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  Republic of Ireland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Republic of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Connemara in County Galway, Ireland; a wild and barren region of bogs, heath, and mountains west of Galway City.
The new constitution declared Ireland (now called ‘Eire’) to be a sovereign, independent state; no mention was made of the British crown, but the External Relations Act of 1936 remained in force, giving the crown certain functions in the concluding of treaties and the accrediting of diplomatic representatives.
The new coalition began working closely with the UK government in seeking an end to the violence in Northern Ireland, culminating in the Downing Street Declaration in December 1993, in which both Reynolds and UK prime minister John Major offered constitutional talks with all parties if violence was renounced.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Republic+of+Ireland   (3561 words)

  
 Mary McAleese
She is a member of the Bar in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
McAleese was a member of the Catholic Church Episcopal Delegation to the New Ireland Forum in 1984 and a member of the Catholic Church delegation to the North Commission on Contentious Parades in 1996.
A Northern Ireland nationalist, she is a regular visitor to Northern Ireland, where she has been warmly welcomed by both communities.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mary_mcaleese.html   (421 words)

  
 Irish calendar - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
May 5 - 1949: Ireland one of ten founder members of Council of Europe with HQ is Strasbourg
July 1 - 1937: Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann), enacted by plebiscite.
December 19 - 1974: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh inaugurated as President of Ireland.
open-encyclopedia.com /Irish_Calendar   (3257 words)

  
 Ireland encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Ireland politics and officials, Ireland History. Travel to Ireland
Irish governments have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland and have cooperated with Britain against terrorist groups.
A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement and approved in 1998, is being implemented with some difficulties.
Ireland said Wednesday it has withdrawn a major grant package to Intel Corp., the world's leading computer-chip maker, because European Union competition authorities were likely to reject the proposed aid as illegal.
www.irelandiworld.com   (525 words)

  
 Articles - Irish calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The last days of March and the first three days of April are known as The Old Cows Days/The Days of the Brindled Cow or, in the Irish language, Laethanta na mBó Riabhaigh.
May 14 - Feast of Saint Mochuda (Carthage), patron of Lismore Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
June 5 - 1798: Battle of New Ross
www.efireplaces.net /articles/Irish_Calendar   (3271 words)

  
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