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  Irish general election, 1992 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Irish general election of 1992 was held on Wednesday, November 25, 1992, almost three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 5.
The general election took place in 41 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 166 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann
The general election of 1992 was precipitated by the collapse of the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition government.
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 Irish general election, 1981 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21.
The general election of 1981 was the first one of five during the 1980s.
He had wanted to call the general election for early in the year, however a series of events led to the postponement of the election until the summer.
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 Elections in Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Residents of the Republic who are Irish citizens or citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may participate in elections to the national parliament.
While both Irish and UK citizens resident in the state may vote in elections to Dáil Éireann (the lower house of parliament), only Irish citizens, who must be at least eighteen years of age, may vote in the election of the President.
Irish elections, 1921 in Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland
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 Executive Council of the Irish Free State Online Research :: Information about Executive Council of the Irish Free State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Formally, the role of the Executive Council was to "aid and advise" the Governor-General of the Irish Free State who would exercise the executive authority on behalf of the Monarchy in the Irish Free State.
The President of the Executive was appointed by the Governor-General after being nominated by Dil ireann (Irish Free State), the lower house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State (parliament), and the remaining cabinet ministers were nominated by the President.
The Irish Free State had the status of a Dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations and the Irish Executive Council derived its name from organs of government found in other dominions.
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 Desmond's Concise History of Ireland
In 1537, the Irish Parliament declared the Anglican religion to be the "established" (i.e., official) religion of the Church of Ireland.
Elizabeth and her generals devised a "scorched earth" policy under which they executed every human being who could be found, including innocent women and children, and then, to starve the survivors, they burned all crops, killed all animals, and destroyed every structure.
In the general elections of 1826, as the result of an impressive get-out-the-vote drive funded by Catholic rents and supported by many priests, four sitting anti-emancipation members of Parliament were turned out and replaced by pro-emancipation Protestants.
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 King of Ireland Online Research :: Information about King of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Revival of the title King of Ireland in 1927 thus turned out to be a catalyst for reforming the concept of the indivisibility of the Crown, by elevating the concept of "The Crown" from concrete physicality (the literal crown, as presentation) to abstract principle (the crown as representation).
After the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Irish Catholics, organised in Confederate Ireland recognised Charles I and then Charles II as legitimate monarchs in opposition to the claims of the English Parliament.
From 1936 to 1949 the role of the King of Ireland in the Irish state was greatly reduced and ambiguous.
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 PENNSYLVANIA - Online Information article about PENNSYLVANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
general upland level, which is 1400-1800 ft. above the sea, is little broken except by shallow valleys and occasional knobs.
Potter counties on the north middle border, it rises 2400-2500 ft. above the sea, but from this height the general upland level falls gradually to 1200-1300 ft. in the south-west and 900-loon ft. along the Ohio border, and in Erie county there is a sudden fall of about 200 ft. to the Erie plain.
Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat.
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 World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Ir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Irish Minister for the Co-Ordination of Defensive Measures
Irish Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
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 Seanad Debates Official Report - 27-06-01
Generations of people must almost have come before her, as this is a mammoth Bill.
However, legislation developed at a time when school attendance was compulsory only up to 14 years of age and when a general second level education was the privilege of a relatively small fraction of the population is inadequate today.
There is merit in the view that the ASTI dispute may not have reached its current impasse if the Department had been in a position to concentrate on the issues best dealt with nationally while divesting itself of local issues which clog up the system and lead to inefficiencies and bureaucratic delays.
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 Ireland - becoming a free state
Irish liberation from British rule was achieved as the result of a struggle extending over several centuries and marked by numerous rebellions.
The new constitution, which abolished the Irish Free State and established Éire as a 'Sovereign independent democratic state,' was approved by the voters in a plebiscite conducted simultaneously with the election.
In June 1959, De Valera, at the age of 77, was elected president, and Seán Francis Lemass (1899-1971), deputy prime minister, became prime minister.
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 Irish Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After all, this was a new generation, a generation free from British rule and directly concerned more with plaguing economic woes than their nation's political division.
And because Eleven Northern Irish MPs began pressuring British Prime Minister Eden to threaten the Republic with economic sanctions, the south was forced to deal harshly with the IRA.
The Irish public was growing ambivalent in its attitude toward the militant style of nationalism that had been necessary to win the country’s independence—an insightful indication of trends to come.
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 SAOIRSE Irish Freedom June, 1998
Insofar as the Stormont deal is a stepping-stone it is a stepping-stone away from a free and independent Ireland by reimposing a Stormont-type regime as an obstacle on the road to freedom.
The Republican vote in the 1927 general election and in the referendum on the 1937 Constitution (6.6% spoiled votes following direction from the Republican leadership) also bear comparison.
In what is not a free election in the Six Counties to the New Stormont given the political test oath for candidates imposed by the British government Republican Sinn Féin is calling for a boycott of the June 25 poll.
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 Guinness Is Not Irish, printer friendly
On Fenianism, Benjamin stated: “Irishmen [sic] generally abhor the projects of Fenianism; and the sentiments of sedition and rebellion which its followers inculcate have emanated from a foreign land, and been spread and nurtured in this country by emissaries, who hope by deception and by pillage to grasp from its owners their property.
During a time of optimistic Irish nationalism, Edward used his position as High Sheriff of Dublin to assist in the organization of the state visit of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.
Ernest Saunders, who is not an Irish citizen or related to the Guinness family, was arrested along with others in March 1987 on charges related to insider trading.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ir'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Irish Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform
Irish Minister for the Environment & Local Government
Irish Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources
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 The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
The railroads permit new areas to be logged, all sizes of trees to be cut and, most importantly, allow year-round transportation of logs to the sawmills.
Their accomplishments will include: planting over 484 million seedlings (more than twice the number in any other state), expending 140,000 man-days in fighting forest fires, placing 150 million fish in rivers and lakes, and constructing 7,000 miles of truck trails, 504 buildings and 222 bridges.
By September 1927, all steps in the manufacturing process, from refining raw materials to final assembly of the automobile, took place at a vast plant in Dearborn, Michigan, characterizing Ford's idea of mass production.
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 Irish general election, 1927 (June) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Irish general election, 1927 (June) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
(Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975)) Eamon de Valera
(An Irish republican political movement founded in 1905 to promote independence from England and unification of Ireland; became the political branch of the Irish Republican Army) Sinn Féin
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 1 JUNE
1927: The BBC broadcast a commentary on the Derby at Epsom.
Whether Custer was a hero or a glory-seeker, his failure to wait for the arrival of General Terry’s men to attack the Sioux led to the disaster for his men.
He was elected as a Sinn Fein member to the Dail (Irish assembly) and joined the IRA which eventually led to his arrest and execution for being in possession of unauthorized weapons.
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 Timeline 1200 to 1299
1215 June 15, The Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") was adopted and sealed by King John, son of Henry II, at Runnymede, England, granting his barons more liberty.
Russian archaeologist Peter Kozloff uncovered the tomb of Genghis Khan in the Gobi Desert in 1927.
Generally regarded as the founder of the Ottoman Turkish state, Osman I (also known as Osman Gazi) led ongoing campaigns against the Byzantines in the 13th and early 14th centuries AD.
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 20th Century Ireland Timeline
June 18: Six Catholic men shot dead by loyalists in a pub in Loughinisland, Co Derry.
June 7: Det. Garda Jerry McCabe is shot dead during a post office raid in Adare, Co Limerick, which gardaí say had the hallmarks of an IRA raid.
June 6: In the Irish Republic, Bertie Ahern becomes Taoiseach after a narrow election win for Fianna Fail.
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 The Political Graveyard: Scotch-Irish ancestry Politicians
June 30, 1850, to Harriet Stonwood; father-in-law of
Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1915-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,
The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
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 Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Ir
Irish Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources
Irish Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs
Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government
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 Today in Irish History, August - World Cultures European   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1927 - After the Free State general election on June 9, de Valera and Fianna Fáil enter the Dáil as the largest opposition party; the Cosgrave administration brings the Farmers' Party into government (independent Ireland's first coalition government, though not so called)
Not tied to a particular year, this colorful and entertaining journal can be used year after year and features a significant Irish fact for every day of the year.
He played a major part in the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War; some of today's problems are his legacy.
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 1927 in History
June 5 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9)
June 11 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
June 16 31st U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa June 18 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- United Kingdom
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Labor 42.1%, Conservative and Unionist 32.7%, Liberal Democrats 18.8%, other 6.4%; seats by party - Labor 412, Conservative and Unionist 166, Liberal Democrat 52, other 29; note - seating as of 5 January 2004: Labor 408, Conservative 163, Liberal Democrats 54, other 34
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
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 General Election, 11th June 1981 -Factfile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
RTE bans FF election anthem "Charlie’s Song" from airwaves - Charles Haughey leader of FF and Taoiseach since December 1979
Economy major issue in election as main parties promote policies on taxation, inflation, public borrowing and unemployment
Final election result : FF 78, FG 65, Lab 15, Others 8
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 General American History
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