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 Embassy of Ireland - Washington, DC
The island of Ireland consists of a large central lowland of limestone with a relief of hills and several coastal mountains.
Ireland never experienced the barbarian invasions of the early medieval period and, partly as a result, the sixth and seventh centuries saw a flowering of Irish art, learning and culture centring on the Irish monasteries.
The descendants of the Norman settlers in Ireland, who came to be called the Old English, were, by and large, hostile to the Protestant reformation which led to the establishment of the Church of Ireland.
www.irelandemb.org /info.html   (5391 words)

  
 National Declaration by Ireland relating to traditional policy of military neutrality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He presented the "National Declaration by Ireland" reaffirming that the provisions of the Treaty on European Union relating to foreign and security policy did not undermine its traditional policy of military neutrality and that this would continue to be the case after ratification of the Treaty of Nice (see Annex III).
Ireland reaffirms its attachment to the aims and principles of Charter of the United Nations, which confers primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security upon the United Nations Security Council.
Ireland recalls its commitment to the common foreign and security policy of the European Union as set out in the Treaty on European Union, adopted at Maastricht, amended at Amsterdam and approved on each occasion by the Irish people through referendum.
struggle.ws /ireland/nice/sevilledec.html   (742 words)

  
 §15. Leland’s "History of Ireland;" Orme’s "Military Transactions in Indostan;" William Russell’s ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas Leland, senior fellow of Trinity college, Dublin, wrote a History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, ending with the treaty of Limerick (1691), which was published in 1773 in three volumes.
He writes in a lucid, straightforward, but inanimate style, and, though some of his statements and comments are capable of correction by modern scholars, his narrative, as a whole, is accurate, sober and impartial.
The History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from 1745 to 1761, by Robert Orme, published in two volumes (the second in two “sections”) in 1763–78, is a contemporary memoir, for Orme was in India in the company’s service during practically the whole time of which he wrote.
www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/220/1215.html   (1018 words)

  
 The EU, militarism and Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The WEU is, in essence, the regional European co-ordination of the NATO military alliance.
Ireland never joined NATO or the WEU and this has been one of the major ways in which the Irish government has been able to claim that it is a 'neutral' state and does not belong to any of the international military alliances.
NATO is the military alliance of the major ex-colonial powers and many of its interventions in the 20th century were in opposition to National Liberation struggles in the third world.
struggle.ws /wsm/pamphlets/eu/militarism.html   (2520 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Britain Begins to Cut Military in N. Ireland
The group favors merging Northern Ireland with the largely Catholic Republic of Ireland to the south.
Set up to monitor the border with Ireland, they have long been a cause of resentment in the community they overlook, where many people sympathize with the IRA.
President Bush's special envoy for Northern Ireland, Richard Haass, was in Belfast for meetings on Sept. 10 and, like many Americans, was stranded when transatlantic flights were suspended after the attacks.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A47652-2001Oct24?language=printer   (631 words)

  
 Ireland (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
Ireland here is treated as a geographic entity regardless of political jurisdictions and divisions during various historical periods.
Ireland was united administratively with Great Britain in 1801 to form United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Ireland and the War, by Royal Dublin Fusiliers Assocation.
www.regiments.org /nations/europe/ireland.htm   (734 words)

  
 Neutral Ireland debates U.S. military flights as anti-war protester takes ax to plane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ahern said Ireland had provided landing facilities at Shannon for American military aircraft for 40 years, and he had no intention of withdrawing the privilege as long as the United States observed United Nations mandates.
But he warned that Ireland would be in "a new position" if the United States took military action in Iraq without a specific mandate from the U.N. Security Council.
Ireland, which won independence from Britain in 1922, remained neutral in World War II - denying its ports for Allied convoys under attack from German U-boats - and has declined to join NATO.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/831934/posts   (2376 words)

  
 Irish History Before the American Civil War: Shamrock Hill Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A major, fully-illustrated collaborative study of organized military activity and its broad impact on Ireland over the last thousand years or so, from the middle of the first millennium AD to modern times.
The Elizabethan wars in Ireland involved the collision of two civilizations, in which the older went down.
Together, their exploits chart the peak and the decline of one of the most dedicated military civilizations that the world has ever seen.
members.aol.com /historybks/Catalog/Irish/Books/irishpre.htm   (1107 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement and approved in 1998, is being implemented with some difficulties.
Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 7% in 1995-2004.
Ireland joined in circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU nations.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/ei.html   (1223 words)

  
 Twin Carbombs Strike Ireland Military Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Military sources reported twenty soldiers and eleven civilians injured by the twin detonations.
A spokesman for Ireland's semi-state RTE broadcasting network said a caller allegedly representing the "Continuity Army Council" (CAC) called shortly before noon and claimed responsibility for Monday's Lisburn barracks blast.
Regardless of the validity of the call, concerns are being raised throughout England and Ireland about the possibilities of another round of violence between Republicans and Protestant antagonists.
www.emergency.com /lisbrnbm.htm   (520 words)

  
 Learn more about Ireland in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Learn more about Ireland in the online encyclopedia.
The island of Ireland, named Hibernia by the Romans, is 485km (301 miles) from North to South and 275km (171 miles) from East to West.
Northern Ireland, capital - Belfast, also referred to controversially as the 'Six Counties', 'The North of Ireland', and 'Ulster' (the latter somewhat misleadingly as it is also the name of the historic province of Ulster encompassing three counties in the Republic as well as the six counties of Northern Ireland).
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /i/ir/ireland.html   (1041 words)

  
 Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement and approved in 1998, is currently being implemented.
Although exports remain the primary engine for Ireland's robust growth, the economy is also benefiting from a rise in consumer spending, construction, and business investment.
Ireland joined in launching the euro currency system in January 1999 along with 10 other EU nations.
travel.jdwebpages.com /country-info/Ireland.html   (1265 words)

  
 Canadian Journal of History: Fighting for Ireland: The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As he suggests, many republicans believe that Ireland's failure to reach its imagined potential is entirely the result of British interference, even though its geographic position on the Western fringe of the European economy is just one of many alternative explanations.
Smith charts the development of the military strategy of the republican movement between these eras with aplomb, covering issues such as the Border Campaign, the emergence of the Provisionals and the gradual elevation of Sinn Fein in relation to the Army Council.
The announcement, in 1990, that the British Government had "no selfish strategic or economic interest" in Northern Ireland was the catalyst for all that has followed and must have shaken the republican movement to the core.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3686/is_199908/ai_n8872692   (718 words)

  
 The Military History Society of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Military History Society of Ireland was founded in 1949.
The aim of the Society is to promote the study of military history, and in particular the history of warfare in Ireland and of Irishmen in war.
The flagship of the Society, The Irish Sword, is a twice yearly publication, renowned for its scholarly treatment of military history.
www.mhsirl.com   (193 words)

  
 A Military History of Ireland - Cambridge University Press
This is a major, collaborative study of organised military activity and its broad impact on Ireland over the last thousand years or so, from the middle of the first millennium AD to modern times.
It integrates the best recent scholarship in military history into its social and political context to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Irish military experience.
Drawing the whole work together is a wide-ranging introductory essay on the ‘Irish military tradition’ which explores the relationship of Irish society and politics with militarism and military affairs.
www.cambridge.org /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521415993&print=y   (514 words)

  
 The British Military Garrison in Ireland
The English militia garrison in Ireland is comprised of personnel from the regular British Army regiments, the locally recruited Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) and the RUC.
All matters pertaining to the military occupation of the Six Counties are directly controlled by a British cabinet committee.
This committee is chaired by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and is comprised of representatives from the British intelligence services, Northern Ireland civil service, and the heads of the British Army and the RUC.
sinnfein.org /bmgii   (491 words)

  
 Military Prints of Northern Ireland
Military art prints of British regiments in Northern Ireland in various duties.
These superb military prints by leading historical artists David Pentland, John Wynne Hopkins and David Rowlands are available from regimental art prints, a division of Cranston Fine Arts.
Mainly consisting of aviation, naval, and modern military after 1940 and a selection of 50 historical prints of earlier periods.
regimental-art.com /northern_ireland.htm   (1456 words)

  
 Refueling Peace - Campaign to monitor and stop US military refueling in Ireland
This is an invitation to anyone who would like to join a direct action campaign to end Ireland's participation in Bush's so-called "war on terrorism".
Refueling Peace is taking place within the context of an international peace movement seeking nonviolent responses to terror, and a movement in Ireland to defend our military neutrality and commitment to human rights.
Refueling Peace is a practical way of peacefully disrupting part of a military machine which claims thousands of lives and consumes billions of dollars every year.
www.redbrick.dcu.ie /~slack/rp/index.php   (301 words)

  
 Irish Battles - A Military History of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Illustrated in full colour and with plans of each battlefield, it presents a military history of Ireland in the form of connected accounts of the major Irish battles, from Clontarf in 1014 to Arklow in 1798.
Among the subjects discussed are the leadership of outstanding military figures such as Hugh and Owen Roe O'Neill and Patrick Sarsfield, and the continuance down the centuries of two kinds of warfare, the formal type and also the distinctively Irish warfare of the countryside which foreshadowed the guerrilla tactics of more recent times.
The book will appeal not only to students of history, but also to the general reader and to the tourist with an eye for places where the drama of history was shaped.
www.appletree.ie /cat/books/250x.htm   (171 words)

  
 GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Military History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Victoria Cross website gives information on every VC recipient who was buried in the UK or Ireland.
There are 666 entries giving name, rank, force, date and place of award, date in London Gazette, dates of birth and death, burial location and the present location of the VC itself.
Military History Research Index is an "interests" page aimed especially at genealogists researching ancestors with military connections.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/MilitaryHistory.html   (1190 words)

  
 Directory - Regional: Europe: Ireland: Government: Military
Military Heritage Trust of Ireland  · Includes information about the trust, a newsletter, mission statement and a discussion forum.
Military Heritage Tours Ltd.   · Offering military history related tours and lectures.
Association of Irish Military Parachutists  · Includes news, background and membership info.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=23194   (296 words)

  
 We have a duty to intern US military in Ireland - National Miscellaneous - Indymedia Ireland
It should be distinguished from other uses of the term, for example to describe the permanent status of a state neutralised by special treaty (See 'Documents on the Laws of War' 3rd Edition, p.85).
When Ireland is not participating in a war we have certain rights and responsibilities as a neutral power like every other country.
As pointed out in a previous article here ("Blank Cheque: Revisiting Ireland's decision to refuel US warplanes" http://indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=22825&start=0) many grave war crimes are being committed presently with our assistance.
www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=25530&print_page=true   (1159 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Political Violence in Northern Ireland: Conflict and Conflict Resolution by Alan Oday
Political violence in Northern Ireland began in the late 1960s and has been part of life there and to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain for nearly three decades.
This study adds an important fresh texture to the ongoing discussion of political violence and the problems in Northern Ireland.
Contributors analyze recent political conflict in Northern Ireland, with chapters on the ceasefires of 1994, Unionism since the Downing Street Declaration, 1993-95, paramilitary prisoners and the peace process, the underdevelopment of the Irish economy, and gender, citizenship, and national identity in Ireland.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0275954145   (419 words)

  
 GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Military Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The article British Military Records by Jay Hall originally appeared in the September- October 1987 issue of Everton's Genealogical Helper.
Soldiers' Memorials pages give details of military casualties in campaigns from the 18th century to the present time.
Naval and Marine Officers listed in the Naval and Military Almanac for 1840, by Marianne Philson: Names A-H (76k); names I-Y (87k).
www.genuki.org.uk /big/MilitaryRecords.html   (1473 words)

  
 UKDS 2004 - Chapter 7 - Northern Ireland and Military Aid to the Civil Community: Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Table 7.1 Number of service personnel committed to Northern Ireland and in the Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service), and numbers of Army units at 1 April each year
Table 7.4 Number of Army personnel deployed to Northern Ireland and number of Service personnel deaths and injuries since 1969
Table 7.6 Military Aid to the Civil Community and other Government Departments - examples of when and where service assistance was provided
www.dasa.mod.uk /natstats/ukds/2004/chap7.html   (183 words)

  
 CBC News: Britain starts reducing military in N. Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid said workers this week will begin dismantling watch towers on Sturgan Mountain and Camlough Mountain in South Armagh, which borders the Republic of Ireland and has a high IRA presence.
Decommissioning has been the main stumbling block in the negotiations between the republicans and unionists in Northern Ireland.
Sinn Fein had insisted that the British reduce the presence of troops in Northern Ireland and reform the police before decommissioning would occur.
www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/10/24/ira011024   (565 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Ireland: Government: Military   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Military Chaplaincy - Official website of the Irish Military Chaplaincy Service.
Military Heritage Tours Ltd. - Offering military history related tours and lectures.
Military Heritage Trust of Ireland - Includes information about the trust, a newsletter, mission statement and a discussion forum.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Ireland/Government/Military   (455 words)

  
 GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The UK and Ireland are regarded, for the purposes of this Genealogical Information Service, as being made up of England, Ireland (i.e.
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), Wales, and Scotland, together with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
However, in line with normal genealogical practice, this Information Service is structured according to the counties as shown in these maps of England, Scotland and Wales, and of Ireland, i.e., as they were prior to the re-organisation that took place in 1974 (1975 for Scotland).
www.genuki.org.uk /big/index.html   (1850 words)

  
 Ireland 2003 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 821,378 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 31,437 (2003 est.)
www.theodora.com /wfb2003/ireland/ireland_military.html   (113 words)

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