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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. |
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