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  Irish general election, 1965 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Irish general election of 1965 was held on April 7, 1965.
The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 144 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The general election of 1965 was caused by the loss of a by-election for the ruling Fianna Fáil party.
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 Irish general election, 1973 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Irish general election of 1973 was held on February 28, 1973.
The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 148 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
By the time the general election was called in 1973, Fianna Fáil had been in power for almost sixteen consecutive years.
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 Encyclopedia: United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century.
The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives.
The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives.
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 Encyclopedia: Irish General Election, 1992
Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1.
The Irish general election of 1948 was held on February 4, 1948.
The Irish general election of 1977 was held on June 16, 1977.
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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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 Irish general election, 1969 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Irish general election of 1969 was held on June 18, 1969.
The general election of 1969 saw two new leaders of the two main parties fight their firstgeneral election.
Brendan Corish was fighting his third general election as leader of the Labour Party.
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 Irish general election, 1922 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on June 16, 1922, under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the establishment of the Irish Free State.
For Irish Republicans this chose the membership of the Third Dáil of the Irish Republic; under the provisions of the treaty it was a provisional parliament replacing the parliament of Southern Ireland.
As in the Irish elections, 1921 in the south, Sinn Féin stood one candidate for every seat, except those for the University of Dublin and one other; the treaty had divided the party between 65 pro-treaty candidates, 57 anti-treaty and 1 nominally on both sides.
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 Encyclopedia: Labour Party (UK)
Led by Michael Foot, who was increasingly unpopular with the public, the party went into the 1983 general election with a manifesto dominated by the politics of the party's left-wing, but considered by some socialists to be too watered down by Foot's indecisiveness and pressure from the party's right-wing to be truly convincing.
At the 1987 general election, the party was again defeated in a landslide, but had established itself as the clear challengers to the Conservatives and had fought an effective campaign.
By the time of the 1992 general election, the party had reformed to such an extent that it was perceived as a credible candidate for government.
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 Irish_general_election,_1932 LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
The general election took place in 30 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 153 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The 1932 General Election was one of the most important general elections held in Ireland in the 20th Century.
Not only that but the 1932 General Election was the beginning of a sixteen year period in government for Fianna Fáil.
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 Seanad Éireann - Volume 60 - 12 January, 1966 - Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1965: Second and Subsequent Stages.
At a later stage in their report, in the context of their consideration of the question of qualifications for membership of the Houses of the Oireachtas the Joint Committee also expressed the opinion that the distinction between physical and mental illness should cease to be a factor in the electoral law.
Following the 1965 general election, a good deal of criticism was voiced in this House and elsewhere regarding voting at the election by long-stay mental patients at polling booths situated in or adjacent to mental hospitals.
The general consensus of opinion expressed by persons engaged in the election seemed to favour a reversion to the arrangements which had operated prior to the 1963 Act.
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 Irish_General_Election,_2002 LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland for 166 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
The election was considered a landslide for Fianna Fáil, with the party coming within a handful of seats from achieving an overall majority.
In the immediate aftermath of the election, Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan announced his resignation from the leadership and Enda Kenny was chosen as the new leader in the subsequent election.
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It was firstused by Irish nationalists in 1848 during the 'Young Ireland' rebellion.
At the state funerals accorded to Irish patriots Sir Roger Casement (1965), Kevin Barry (2000) andothers, the National Flag were draped across their coffins as a mark of respect and honour.
In particular, its usage by SinnFéin, a republican party, at election counts in the 2002 Irish general election to triumphantly celebrate its electoralvictories caused considerable comment and criticism in the Irish print and broadcast media, the party and its members beingaccused of showing 'gross disrespect' to the National Flag.
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 Flag of Ireland
The flag was adopted as the national flag of the Irish Free State in 1922.
When the Irish Free State was renamed Éire in the 1937 Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) it was given constitutional status.
It was designed to represent the nationalist, (green) and unionist (orange) populations on the island of Ireland, living together in peace, peace symbolised by white (the French tricolour has a similar symbolism).
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 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
Democratic elections in 1974 and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy; Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992).
The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but are viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people.
Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
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 Irish general election, 1965 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Irish general election, 1965 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Irish general election, 1965 contains research on
Irish general election, 1965, Campaign, Results, First time TDs, Retiring TDs and See also.
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 Articles - Irish general election, 1954   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The general election of 1954 was caused by the loss of an overall majority for the ruling Fianna Fáil party in the Dáil.
A series of by-election defeats were to blame for this.
Rather than be voted down on a vote in the Dáil, Eamon de Valera decided to call a general election and let the people decide.
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The results of the general election allowed Fianna Fáil to form a government for the first time with the support of the Labour Party.
The election also ushered in sixteen years of uninterrupted rule by Fianna Fáil.
The results paved the way for the first transition of power to take place in the Irish Free State and many thought that Cumann na nGaedhael wouldn't hand over power to their Civil War opponents.
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 Dáil Éireann - Volume 246 - 19 May, 1970 - Committee on Finance. - Resolution No.3: General (Resumed).
The question of turnover tax as a method of taxation was a big issue in that general election and the people by returning Fianna Fáil to office gave them a mandate not alone to govern for a further period but also to operate the turnover tax system as a method of taxation.
I was amazed recently to be told by a lady who went into the same shop to buy a jumper that she was told by the person behind the counter that the Irish jumpers they had were not very attractive, that the colours were not good but that they had beautiful Scotch and British jumpers.
The Budget situation in general is one that has to be looked at in conjunction with increases in the cost of living because this Budget more than any other in the history of the State has accelerated increases in the cost of living.
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In April 1995 the Irish Government established ‘The Review Group’ under Dr T K Whitaker with the objective of reviewing the Constitution and establishing where constitutional change would be desirable or necessary.
The most striking aspect of the 1992 election was the success of the Labour Party with 19.3% of the vote and 33 seats.
The 1997 General Election was not the most exciting election in Irish political history.
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Alexander's crucial intervention, depicted in a letter from MacEntee to Daniel McCrea, a former Belfast journalist in 1967, was central to the sparing of the IRA leader.
MacEntee was born in Belfast in 1889 and was influenced by the socialist republicanism of James Connolly, joining the militant wing of the Irish Volunteers in 1914.
After his release in 1917 he was elected a member of the National Executives of both Sinn Féin and the Irish Volunteers and became Sinn Féin MP for south Monaghan in the 1918 general election.
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 World History Compass Home Page
The CAI Web site is divided into a public tier, which contains general information about the Center and its activities, and a members-only tier, which contains specific information on CAI projects, research, and a list-server for members to exchange ideas and information.
Particular strengths include the collections of astrolabes, sundials, quadrants, early mathematical instruments generally (including those used for surveying, drawing, calculating, astronomy and navigation) and optical instruments (including microscopes, telescopes and cameras), together with apparatus associated with chemistry, natural philosophy and medicine.
General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640 With a Specific Reference to Loughborough
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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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November 8 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands (on June 23, 1976 Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches were returned to Seychelles).
November 9 - Northeast Blackout of 1965: Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of flouts lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
1965 is the title of an Afghan Whigs album released in 1998.
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 Flag of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Flag Ratio: 1:2The Irish tricolour with its three equal vertical bands of Green (hoist side), White and Orange is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland.
The Northern Ireland state used the British Union Flag and the 'Red Hand of Ulster' flag (with a crown on top of a six pointed star) to symbolise the state.
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