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| | IRELAND - LoveToKnow Article on IRELAND |
 | | IRELAND, JOHN (1838), American Roman Catholic prelate, was born at Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the 11th of September 1838. |
 | | As the Atlantic spread into the valleys on the west of Ireland, forming the well-known marine inlets, Europe grew, under the influence of the Alpine movements, upon the east; and Ireland was caught in, as it were, on the western edge of the new continent. |
 | | Ireland is represented in the House of Lords by 28 temporal peers elected for life from among the Irish peers. |
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