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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
is one of the four countries
Countries of the United Kingdom
Countries of the United Kingdom is a term used to describe England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. These four countries together form the sovereign state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is also described as a country. The alternative terms, constituent...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, it shares a border
Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border
The Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border is the boundary between the sovereign states of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
with the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
to the south and west. At the time of the 2001 UK Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom.
Northern Ireland was created
Partition of Ireland
The partition of Ireland was the division of the island of Ireland into two distinct territories, now Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland . Partition occurred when the British Parliament passed the Government of Ireland Act 1920...
as a distinct division of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920
Government of Ireland Act 1920
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which partitioned Ireland. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill or as the Fourth Home Rule Act.The Act was intended...
, though its constitutional roots lie in the 1800 Act of Union
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...
between Great Britain and Ireland.
Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a violent and bitter ethno-political conflict — the Troubles
The Troubles
The Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland, and mainland Europe. The duration of the Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast...
— which was caused by divisions between nationalists, who are predominantly Roman Catholic, and unionists, who are predominantly Protestant, which has been the most-prevalent religion. Unionists want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, while nationalists wish it to be politically reunited
United Ireland
A united Ireland is the term used to refer to the idea of a sovereign state which covers all of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. The island of Ireland includes the territory of two independent sovereign states: the Republic of Ireland, which covers 26 counties of the island, and the...
with the rest of Ireland. Since the signing of the "Good Friday Agreement
Belfast Agreement
The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement , sometimes called the Stormont Agreement, was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process...
" in 1998, most of the paramilitary
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not considered part of a state's formal armed forces....
groups involved in the Troubles have ceased their armed campaigns.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Northern Ireland:
General reference
- PronunciationInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
- HE: /ˈnɔrðərn/ /ˈaɾlənd/
- UK: /ˈnɔrðərn/ /ˈaɪə.lənd/
- US: /ˈnɔrðərn/ /ˈaɪɚ.lənd/
- Common English country name: Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
- Official English country name: Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
- Common endonym:
- Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann
- Official endonym: Northern Ireland
- Adjectival: Northern Irish
- Demonym: Northern Irishman or Northern Irishwoman, Ulsterman or Ulsterwoman
Geography of Northern Ireland
- Main article: Geography of Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland is: a constituent countryConstituent countryConstituent country is a phrase sometimes used in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity. The term constituent country does not have any defined legal meaning, and is used simply to refer to a country which is a part Constituent country is a phrase sometimes used in contexts...
of the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. See Countries of the United KingdomCountries of the United KingdomCountries of the United Kingdom is a term used to describe England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. These four countries together form the sovereign state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is also described as a country. The alternative terms, constituent...
. - Location
- Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
- Northern HemisphereNorthern HemisphereThe Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
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- EurasiaEurasiaEurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
(but not on the mainlandMainlandMainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region , or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders"...
)- EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
- Northern EuropeNorthern EuropeNorthern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...
and Western EuropeWestern EuropeWestern Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
- British IslesBritish IslesThe British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
- IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
(the northeastern sixth of the island)
- Ireland
- British Isles
- Northern Europe
- Europe
- Extreme points of Northern Ireland
- Atlantic Ocean
- Population of Northern Ireland: 1,759,000 (2008 est)
- Area of Northern Ireland: 13 843 km² (5,345 square miles)
- Places in Northern Ireland
- Atlas of Northern Ireland
Environment of Northern Ireland
- Climate of Northern IrelandClimate of Northern IrelandThe climate of Northern Ireland is an oceanic climate, or temperate maritime climate. It is classified as Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system. Northern Ireland has a latitude between 54°N and 56°N and winters are much milder and wetter than many other cities on this latitude, such as...
- Department of the EnvironmentDepartment of the Environment (Northern Ireland)The Department of the Environment is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for the Environment.-Aim:...
- Geology of Northern Ireland
- Protected areas of Northern Ireland
- Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland
- National parks of Northern Ireland
- List of Areas of Special Scientific Interest in Northern Ireland
- Wildlife of Northern Ireland
- Mammals of Northern Ireland
Natural geographic features of Northern Ireland
- Coastal landforms of Northern Ireland
- Islands of Northern Ireland
- Boa IslandBoa IslandBoa Island is an island near the north shore of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 25 kilometres from Enniskillen town....
- Cannon Rock
- Coney Island, Lough NeaghConey Island, Lough NeaghConey Island is an island in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated approximately 1 km from Maghery in County Armagh, is thickly wooded and of nearly in area. It lies between the mouths of the River Blackwater and the River Bann in the south-west corner of Lough Neagh. Boat trips to the...
- Copeland IslandsCopeland IslandsThe Copeland Islands is a group of three islands in the north Irish Sea, north of Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland consisting of Lighthouse, Mew and Copeland Island.-Area of Special Scientific Interest :...
- Derrywarragh IslandDerrywarragh IslandDerrywarragh Island is a boulder clay island on Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is linked by a bridge to Maghery, County Armagh. The island is approximately northwest of Portadown. Most of the island is wet grassland. There are also areas of wet woodland, marshes and swamps...
- Devenish IslandDevenish IslandDevenish or Devinish is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Aligned roughly north–south, it is about one and a quarter miles long and two-thirds of a mile wide. The main place to get a ferry to the island is at Trory Point, just outside Enniskillen.- Features...
- Loughbrickland CrannógLoughbrickland CrannogLoughbrickland Crannóg is a Bronze Age man-made island known as a crannóg, four miles south west of Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the middle of the lough, 1 mile from the village of Loughbrickland. The crannóg in Loughbrickland is a Scheduled Historic Monument in the...
- Lusty Beg Island
- Lustymore IslandLustymore IslandLustymore Island is an island located in Lower Lough Erne, in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.Nearby Boa Island, in its Caldragh cemetery has a carved Janus type figure. A second figure was brought to Caldragh in 1939 from Lustymore Island....
- Ram's IslandRam's Island, Northern IrelandRam’s Island is located approximately one mile offshore from Lennymore Bay and Sandy Bay on the eastern shore of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.-Features:...
- Rathlin IslandRathlin IslandRathlin Island is an island off the coast of County Antrim, and is the northernmost point of Northern Ireland. Rathlin is the only inhabited offshore island in Northern Ireland, with a rising population of now just over 100 people, and is the most northerly inhabited island off the Irish coast...
- White Island, County FermanaghWhite Island, County FermanaghWhite Island is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is situated in Castle Archdale Bay off the east shore of Lower Lough Erne. The ruins of an ancient church are found near the shore, built on the site of an earlier monastic settlement. It still has an intact...
- Boa Island
- Lakes ("loughs") in Northern Ireland
- Mountains and hills of Northern Ireland
- Rivers of Northern Ireland
- World Heritage Sites in Northern Ireland
Administrative divisions of Northern Ireland
- Main article: Administrative divisions of Northern Ireland
Municipalities of Northern Ireland
- Capital of Northern Ireland: Belfast
- List of settlements in Northern Ireland
- Cities in Northern Ireland
- Towns and villages in Northern Ireland
Government and politics of Northern Ireland
- Main article: Government of Northern IrelandGovernment of Northern IrelandThe Government of Northern Ireland is, generally speaking, whatever political body exercises political authority over Northern Ireland. A number of separate systems of government exist or have existed in Northern Ireland....
and Politics of Northern Ireland
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: - Capital of Northern Ireland: Belfast
- Taxation in Northern Ireland
Law and order in Northern Ireland
- Capital punishment in Northern Ireland: There has been a history but currently none
- Courts of Northern IrelandCourts of Northern IrelandThe courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland: they are constituted and governed by Northern Ireland law....
- Crime in Northern IrelandCrime in Northern IrelandIn Northern Ireland before The Troubles ended what people would call "low level" or "petty crime" was not as common as it would be in other British areas, but since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998 there has been more "low level" crimes being committed, although stats show that Northern...
- Prostitution in Northern Ireland
- Founding laws of Northern Ireland
- Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of IrelandArticles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of IrelandArticle 2 and Article 3 of the Constitution of Ireland were adopted with the constitution as a whole on 29 December 1937, but completely revised by means of the Nineteenth Amendment which took effect on 2 December 1999...
- Government of Ireland Act 1920Government of Ireland Act 1920The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which partitioned Ireland. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill or as the Fourth Home Rule Act.The Act was intended...
- Belfast AgreementBelfast AgreementThe Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement , sometimes called the Stormont Agreement, was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process...
("Good Friday Agreement") - Northern Ireland Act 1998Northern Ireland Act 1998The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster....
- Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland
- Human rights in Northern Ireland
- Freedom of religion in Northern Ireland
- LGBT rights in Northern Ireland
- Law enforcement in Northern Ireland
- Police Service of Northern IrelandPolice Service of Northern IrelandThe Police Service of Northern Ireland is the police force that serves Northern Ireland. It is the successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary which, in turn, was the successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary in Northern Ireland....
(formerly the Royal Ulster ConstabularyRoyal Ulster ConstabularyThe Royal Ulster Constabulary was the name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2000. Following the awarding of the George Cross in 2000, it was subsequently known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary...
)
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Segregation in Northern IrelandSegregation in Northern IrelandSegregation in Northern Ireland is a long-running issue in the political and social history of Northern Ireland. The segregation involves Northern Ireland's two main communities – its nationalist/republican community and its unionist/loyalist community...
Military of Northern Ireland
- Main article: British Army in Northern Ireland
Political ideologies in Northern Ireland
- NationalistsIrish nationalismIrish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...
- RepublicanismIrish RepublicanismIrish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
- Irish National Liberation ArmyIrish National Liberation ArmyThe Irish National Liberation Army or INLA is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group that was formed on 8 December 1974. Its goal is to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist united Ireland....
- Irish Republican ArmyIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
- Official IRAOfficial IRAThe Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA is an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to create a "32-county workers' republic" in Ireland. It emerged from a split in the Irish Republican Army in December 1969, shortly after the beginning of "The Troubles"...
- Provisional IRA
- Continuity IRA
- Real IRA
- Official IRA
- Irish Republican BrotherhoodIrish Republican BrotherhoodThe Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century...
- Irish National Liberation Army
- Republicanism
- Unionists
- LoyalistUlster loyalismUlster loyalism is an ideology that is opposed to a united Ireland. It can mean either support for upholding Northern Ireland's status as a constituent part of the United Kingdom , support for Northern Ireland independence, or support for loyalist paramilitaries...
- Red Hand CommandosRed Hand CommandosThe Red Hand Commando is a small loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force...
- Ulster Defence Association (Ulster Freedom Fighters)Ulster Defence AssociationThe Ulster Defence Association is the largest although not the deadliest loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in September 1971 and undertook a campaign of almost twenty-four years during "The Troubles"...
- Ulster Young MilitantsUlster Young MilitantsThe Ulster Young Militants are considered to be the youth wing of the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. Commonly known as the Young Militants or UYM, the group formed in 1974 when the Troubles were at their height...
- Ulster Young Militants
- Ulster Volunteer ForceUlster Volunteer ForceThe Ulster Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in late 1965 or early 1966 and named after the Ulster Volunteer Force of 1913. The group's volunteers undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The Troubles...
- Loyalist Volunteer ForceLoyalist Volunteer ForceThe Loyalist Volunteer Force is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed by Billy Wright in 1996 when he and the Portadown unit of the Ulster Volunteer Force's Mid-Ulster Brigade was stood down by the UVF leadership. He had been the commander of the Mid-Ulster Brigade. The...
- Loyalist Volunteer Force
- Red Hand Commandos
- Loyalist
The Troubles
- 1981 Irish Hunger Strike1981 Irish hunger strikeThe 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners...
- Michael Devine
- Kieran DohertyKieran DohertyKieran Doherty TD was an Irish republican hunger striker, Teachta Dála and a volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ....
- Francis HughesFrancis HughesFrancis Hughes was an Irish volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army . Hughes was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest following a shoot-out with the Special Air Service in which an SAS soldier was killed...
- Martin HursonMartin HursonEdward Martin Hurson was an Irish republican hunger striker and a volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Background:...
- Kevin Lynch
- Raymond McCreeshRaymond McCreeshRaymond Peter "Ray" McCreesh was an Irish republican hunger striker and a volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Background:...
- Joe McDonnell
- Thomas McElweeThomas McElweeThomas McElwee was an Irish republican hunger striker and a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army .-Early life:...
- Patsy O'HaraPatsy O'HaraPatsy O'Hara was an Irish republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army .He was born in Bishop Street, Derry, Northern Ireland. O'Hara joined Na Fianna Éireann in 1970, and in 1971 his brother Sean was interned in Long Kesh. In late 1971, he was shot and wounded by a...
- Bobby SandsBobby SandsRobert Gerard "Bobby" Sands was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the United Kingdom Parliament who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze....
- Johnny AdairJohnny AdairJonathan Adair, better known as Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair is the former leader of the "C Company", 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the "Ulster Freedom Fighters" . This was a cover name used by the Ulster Defence Association , an Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation...
- Anti H-BlockAnti H-BlockAnti H-Block was the political label used in 1981 by supporters of the Irish republican hunger strike who were standing for election in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland...
- Armalite and ballot box strategyArmalite and ballot box strategyThe Armalite and ballot box strategy was a strategy pursued by the Irish republican movement in the 1980s and early 1990s in which elections in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were contested by Sinn Féin, while the IRA continued to pursue an armed struggle against the British Army, the...
- Arms CrisisArms CrisisThe Arms Crisis or Arms Trial was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970, when two cabinet ministers — Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney — were sacked for allegedly attempting to illegally import arms for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.-Background:The...
- Battle of the BogsideBattle of the BogsideThe Battle of the Bogside was a very large communal riot that took place during 12–14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland. The fighting was between residents of the Bogside area and the Royal Ulster Constabulary .The rioting erupted after the RUC attempted to disperse Irish nationalists who...
- Birmingham pub bombingsBirmingham pub bombingsThe Birmingham pub bombings occurred on 21 November 1974 in Birmingham, England. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182. The devices were placed in two central Birmingham pubs – the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town . Although warnings were sent, the pubs were not evacuated in time...
- Birmingham SixBirmingham SixThe Birmingham Six were six men—Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker—sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 in the United Kingdom for the Birmingham pub bombings. Their convictions were declared unsafe and quashed by the Court of...
- Birmingham Six
- Blanket protestBlanket protestThe blanket protest was part of a five year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners held in the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. The republican prisoners' status as political prisoners, known as Special Category Status, had...
- Bloody FridayBloody FridayBloody Friday can refer to various events in history that occurred on a Friday:*Bloody Friday , also known as the Battle of George Square.*Bloody Friday...
- Bloody SundayBloody Sunday (1972)Bloody Sunday —sometimes called the Bogside Massacre—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which twenty-six unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army...
- Bloody Sunday InquiryBloody Sunday InquiryThe Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns for a second inquiry by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday...
- Bloody Sunday Inquiry
- Border Campaign (IRA)Border Campaign (IRA)The Border Campaign was a campaign of guerrilla warfare carried out by the Irish Republican Army against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland.Popularly referred to as the Border Campaign, it was also referred to as the...
- Boundary Commission (Ireland)Boundary Commission (Ireland)The Irish Boundary Commission was a commission which met in 1924–25 to decide on the precise delineation of the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland...
- British Military Intelligence Systems in Northern IrelandBritish Military Intelligence Systems in Northern IrelandThe British Military is alleged by author Tony Geraghty to have exploited a number of information sources during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Geraghty describes these in his book, The Irish War, basing his description on an extract from an unspecified, classified document passed to him by an...
- Chronology of the Northern Ireland TroublesChronology of the Northern Ireland TroublesThis article lists the major violent and political incidents during the Troubles and peace process in Northern Ireland. The Troubles was a period of conflict in Northern Ireland involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British security forces, and civil rights groups. The duration of...
- Claudy BombingClaudy BombingThe Claudy bombing occurred on 31 July 1972, when three car bombs exploded mid-morning on the Main Street of Claudy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The attack killed nine civilians, and became known as "Bloody Monday". Those who planted the bombs had attempted to send a warning before the...
- Combined Loyalist Military CommandCombined Loyalist Military CommandThe Combined Loyalist Military Command was an umbrella body for loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland set up in the early 1990s, recalling the earlier Ulster Army Council and Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee....
- Conflict Archive on the InternetConflict Archive on the InternetCAIN is a database containing information about Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the Present. The project began in 1996, with the website launching in 1997. The project is based within the University of Ulster at its Magee campus...
- Corporals killingsCorporals killingsThe corporals killings was the killing of corporals David Robert Howes and Derek Tony Wood, two British Army soldiers of the Royal Corps of Signals killed on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The non-uniformed soldiers were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army , after they...
- Council of IrelandCouncil of IrelandThe Council of Ireland may refer to one of two councils, one established in the 1920s, the other in the 1970s.-Council of Ireland :...
- Crumlin Road GaolCrumlin Road GaolHMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the only Victorian era prison remaining in Northern Ireland and has been derelict since 1996...
- Directory of the Northern Ireland TroublesDirectory of the Northern Ireland TroublesThe whole of Northern Ireland has, in some way, been caught up in the Troubles and subsequent peace process.While not a comprehensive guide, the following directory lists and provides links to articles about the main players in this country.-Main articles:...
- Dirty protestDirty protestThe dirty protest was part of a five year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners held in the Maze prison and Armagh Women's Prison in Northern Ireland.-Background:Convicted paramilitary prisoners were treated as ordinary...
- Denis DonaldsonDenis DonaldsonDenis Martin Donaldson was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army and a member of Sinn Féin who was exposed in December 2005 as an informer in the employment of MI5 and the Special Branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Denis Martin Donaldson (Short Strand, Belfast,...
- Drumcree ChurchDrumcree ChurchDrumcree Parish Church, officially The Church of the Ascension, is the parish church of Drumcree Church of Ireland parish. The church is within the townland of Drumcree, roughly 1.5 miles to the northeast of Portadown, County Armagh....
- Emergency Powers Act (Northern Ireland) 1926Emergency Powers Act (Northern Ireland) 1926The Emergency Powers Act 1926 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that was passed for the purpose of making provision for the protection of the community in Northern Ireland in cases of emergency....
- Denis FaulDenis FaulThe Right Rev. Monsignor Denis O'Beirne Faul , was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and civil rights campaigner best known for his role in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike...
- Pat FinucanePat Finucane (solicitor)Patrick Finucane was a Catholic Belfast solicitor killed by loyalist paramilitaries on 12 February 1989. His killing was one of the most controversial during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Finucane came to prominence due to successfully challenging the British Government over several important...
- Five techniquesFive techniquesThe term five techniques refers to certain interrogation practices adopted by the Northern Ireland and British governments during Operation Demetrius in the early 1970s...
- Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954The Flags and Emblems Act 1954 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, passed in 1954. It was repealed under the direct rule of the British government, by the Public Order Order 1987....
- Forced disappearanceForced disappearanceIn international human rights law, a forced disappearance occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the...
- Martin GalvinMartin GalvinMartin Galvin is an Irish American lawyer and Irish republican political activist.-Background:Galvin was born on January 8, 1950, and was raised in New York City, although he may have been born in the Republic of Ireland as he once, during an interview with 60 Minutes, referred to the "partition...
- Government of Ireland Act 1920Government of Ireland Act 1920The Government of Ireland Act 1920 was the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which partitioned Ireland. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill or as the Fourth Home Rule Act.The Act was intended...
- Governor of Northern IrelandGovernor of Northern IrelandThe Governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch. The office was established on 9 December 1922 and abolished on 18 July 1973.-Overview:...
- Guildford pub bombingGuildford pub bombingThe Guildford pub bombings occurred on 5 October 1974. The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two 6-pound gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, England. The pubs were targeted because they were popular with British Army personnel...
- Guildford FourGuildford FourThe Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven were two sets of people whose convictions in English courts for the Guildford pub bombings in the 1970s were eventually quashed...
- Guildford Four
- Historical Enquiries TeamHistorical Enquiries TeamThe Historical Enquiries Team is a unit of the Police Service of Northern Ireland set up in September 2005 to investigate the 3,269 unsolved murders committed during the Troubles ....
- Holy Cross disputeHoly Cross disputeThe Holy Cross dispute occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and involved an escalating dispute between on the one hand the pupils and parents of Holy Cross R.C. Primary School and on the other the residents of a loyalist area that lay on the route to the front...
- Independent Commission on Policing for Northern IrelandIndependent Commission on Policing for Northern IrelandThe Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement, intended as a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. Chaired by Conservative politician Chris Patten, it was better known as the Patten Commission. The other members of...
- Independent International Commission on DecommissioningIndependent International Commission on DecommissioningThe Independent International Commission on Decommissioning was established to oversee the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons in Northern Ireland, as part of the peace process.-Legislation and organisation:...
- Irish War of IndependenceIrish War of IndependenceThe Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
- Kingsmill massacreKingsmill massacreThe Kingsmill massacre took place on 5 January 1976 near the village of Kingsmill in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Ten Protestant men were taken from a minibus and shot dead by a group calling itself the South Armagh Republican Action Force...
- Lord MountbattenLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAdmiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
- Loyalist Association of WorkersLoyalist Association of WorkersThe Loyalist Association of Workers was a militant unionist organisation in Northern Ireland that sought to mobilise trade union members in support of the loyalist cause...
- Maguire Seven
- Maze prisonMaze (HM Prison)Her Majesty's Prison Maze was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000....
(also known as Long Kesh) - Michael McKevittMichael McKevittMichael McKevitt is an Irish republican who was convicted of directing terrorism as the leader of the paramilitary organisation, the Real IRA.-Background:...
- Danny McNameeDanny McNameeGilbert "Danny" McNamee is a former electronic engineer from Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland, who was wrongly convicted in 1987 of conspiracy to cause explosions, including the Provisional Irish Republican Army's Hyde Park bombing in 1982.McNamee was arrested on 16 August 1986 at his home in...
- Milltown Cemetery attackMilltown Cemetery attackThe Milltown Cemetery attack The Milltown Cemetery attack The Milltown Cemetery attack (also known as the Milltown Cemetery killings or Milltown Massacre took place on 16 March 1988 in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery...
- George MitchellGeorge J. MitchellGeorge John Mitchell, Jr., is the former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace under the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995...
- Mitchell PrinciplesMitchell PrinciplesThe Mitchell Principles were six ground rules agreed by the Irish and British governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland regarding participation in talks on the future of the region. They were named for United States Senator George Mitchell, who was heavily involved in the Northern...
- Murder triangle
- NORAIDNORAIDNoraid or the Irish Northern Aid Committee is an Irish American fund raising organization founded after the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1969...
- Northern Campaign (IRA)Northern Campaign (IRA)Northern Campaign is a term used to describe attacks involving volunteers of the Irish Republican Army during the Second World War between September 1942 and December 1944. It was a plan conceived by the then IRA Northern Command to launch attacks within Northern Ireland during this period...
- Northern Ireland Civil Rights AssociationNorthern Ireland Civil Rights AssociationThe Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was an organisation which campaigned for equal civil rights for the all the people in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
- Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973...
- Northern Ireland Constitutional ConventionNorthern Ireland Constitutional ConventionThe Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was an elected body set up in 1975 by the UK Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland....
- Northern Ireland ForumNorthern Ireland ForumThe Northern Ireland Forum was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998....
- Northern Ireland peace processNorthern Ireland peace processThe peace process, when discussing the history of Northern Ireland, is often considered to cover the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Belfast Agreement, and subsequent political developments.-Towards a...
- Northern Ireland referendum, 1973Northern Ireland referendum, 1973The Northern Ireland sovereignty referendum of 1973 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland on 8 March 1973 on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or join with the Republic of Ireland to form a united Ireland...
- Northern Ireland referendum, 1998Northern Ireland referendum, 1998The Belfast Agreement referendum, 1998 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland over whether there was support for the Belfast Agreement. The result was a majority in favour...
- Official Sinn Féin
- Omagh bombingOmagh bombingThe Omagh bombing was a car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army , a splinter group of former Provisional Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Good Friday Agreement, on Saturday 15 August 1998, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Twenty-nine people died as a...
- Operation DemetriusOperation DemetriusOperation Demetrius began in Northern Ireland on the morning of Monday 9 August 1971. Operation Demetrius was launched by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary and involved arresting and interning people accused of being paramilitary members...
(also known as Internment) - Operation MotormanOperation MotormanOperation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The operation took place in the early hours of 31 July 1972 with the aim of retaking the "no-go areas" that had been established in Belfast, Derry and other large towns.-Background:The...
- Peace linesPeace linesThe peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere...
- People's DemocracyPeople's DemocracyPeople's Democracy was a political organisation that, while supporting the campaign for civil rights for Northern Ireland's Catholic minority, stated that such rights could only be achieved through the establishment of a socialist republic for all of Ireland...
- Plan KathleenPlan KathleenPlan Kathleen, sometimes referred to as Artus Plan, was a military plan for the invasion of Northern Ireland sanctioned by Stephen Hayes, Acting Irish Republican Army Chief of Staff, in 1940...
- Provisional IRA campaign 1969–1997Provisional IRA campaign 1969–1997From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army conducted an armed paramilitary campaign in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create a united Ireland....
- Provisional IRA South Armagh BrigadeProvisional IRA South Armagh BrigadeThe South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. It was organised into two battalions, one around Jonesborough and another around Crossmaglen. By the 1990s, the South Armagh Brigade was thought to consist of about 40 members,...
- Remembrance Day BombingRemembrance Day BombingThe Remembrance Day bombing took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland...
- Repartition of IrelandRepartition of IrelandThe repartition of Ireland has been suggested as a possible solution to the Troubles. It implies that the essential problem was that the partition of Ireland was gerrymandered, and as a result Northern Ireland contains a large Irish nationalist minority...
- Saor UladhSaor UladhSaor Uladh - was a short-lived paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland in the 1950s.Seen as a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army, it was formed in County Tyrone by Liam Kelly and Phil O'Donnell in 1953...
- Sean O'CallaghanSean O'CallaghanSean O'Callaghan is a former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who became an informer for the Garda Síochána and who was later debriefed by the UK's MI5 in the Netherlands...
- Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern IrelandShoot-to-kill policy in Northern IrelandDuring the period known as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland, the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary were accused of operating a shoot-to-kill policy, under which suspects were alleged to have been deliberately killed without any attempt to arrest them...
- StakeknifeStakeknifeStakeknife is the code name of an alleged spy who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army at a high level, while working for the top secret Force Research Unit of the British Army...
- Freddie ScappaticciFreddie ScappaticciFreddie Scappaticci was accused in the Irish and British media on 11 May 2003 of being a high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army , known by the codename Stakeknife.-Early life:...
- Freddie Scappaticci
- Stevens ReportStevens ReportThe Stevens Inquiries were three official British government inquiries led by Sir John Stevens concerning collusion in Northern Ireland between loyalist paramilitaries and the state security forces...
- Sunningdale AgreementSunningdale AgreementThe Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. The Agreement was signed at the Civil Service College in Sunningdale Park located in Sunningdale, Berkshire, on 9 December 1973.Unionist opposition, violence and...
- SupergrassSupergrass (informer)Supergrass is a slang term for an informer, which originated in London. Informers had been referred to as "grasses" since the late-1930s, and the "super" prefix was coined by journalists in the early 1970s to describe those informers from the city's underworld who testified against former...
- TUASTuasTuas is largely an industrial zone located in the western part of Singapore. The Tuas Planning Area is located within the West Region, and is bounded by Tengeh Reservoir to the north, Strait of Johor to the west, Straits of Singapore to the south, and the Pan Island Expressway to the east.It is...
- TaraTara (Northern Ireland)Tara was a loyalist movement in Northern Ireland that espoused a brand of evangelical Protestantism.The group was first formed in 1966 by William McGrath from an independent Orange lodge that he controlled. It was intended as an outlet for virulent anti-Catholicism...
- Thiepval BarracksThiepval BarracksThiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its 38th Brigade. In August 2008, 19th Light Brigade moved into Thiepval Barracks from Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire...
- Third ForceThird ForceThe Third Force was a paramilitary movement established by unionist politicians in Northern Ireland in 1981.The group was established by Ian Paisley, ostensibly as a complement to the security forces, although it bore many of the hallmarks of the earlier Ulster Protestant Volunteers...
- ToutToutIn British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner...
- Ulster ClubsUlster ClubsThe Ulster Clubs was the name given to a network of unionist organisations founded in Northern Ireland in November 1985. Emerging from an earlier group based in Portadown the Ulster Clubs briefly mobilised wide support across Northern Ireland and sought to co-ordinate opposition to the development...
- Ulster Defence RegimentUlster Defence RegimentThe Ulster Defence Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which became operational in 1970, formed on similar lines to other British reserve forces but with the operational role of defence of life or property in Northern Ireland against armed attack or sabotage...
- Ulster Defence VolunteersUlster Defence VolunteersThe Ulster Defence Volunteers and later the Ulster Home Guard were a force recruited by the Government of Northern Ireland to perform the role of the Home Guard in Northern Ireland during World War II...
- Ulster ProjectUlster ProjectThe Ulster Project was started in 1975 by Rev. Kerry Waterstone, a Church of Ireland priest in Tullamore, County Offally, in order to provide a safe place in America for teenagers in Northern Ireland to discuss the climate of "The Troubles" that was facing them at home...
- Ulster ResistanceUlster ResistanceUlster Resistance was a paramilitary movement established by unionists in Northern Ireland on 10 November 1986 in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement.-Origins:The group was launched at a three thousand-strong invitation-only meeting at the Ulster Hall...
- Ulster Special ConstabularyUlster Special ConstabularyThe Ulster Special Constabulary was a reserve police force in Northern Ireland. It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the founding of Northern Ireland. It was an armed corps, organised partially on military lines and called out in times of emergency, such as war or insurgency...
- Ulster Unionist Labour AssociationUlster Unionist Labour AssociationThe Ulster Unionist Labour Association was an association of trade unionists founded by Edward Carson in June 1918, aligned with the Ulster Unionists in Northern Ireland. Members were known as Labour Unionists. 1918 and 1919 were the years of intense class conflict throughout Britain. This period...
- Ulster Workers CouncilUlster Workers CouncilThe Ulster Workers Council was a loyalist workers' organisation set up in Northern Ireland in 1974 as a more formalised successor to the Loyalist Association of Workers . It was formed by shipyard union leader Harry Murray and initially failed to gain much attention...
- Ulster Workers' Council StrikeUlster Workers' Council StrikeThe Ulster Workers' Council strike was a general strike that took place in Northern Ireland between 15 May and 28 May 1974, during "The Troubles". The strike was called by loyalists and unionists who were against the Sunningdale Agreement, which had been signed in December 1973...
- UlsterisationUlsterisationUlsterisation refers to one part 'primacy of the police' of a three part strategy by the British Government to pacify Northern Ireland during the conflict known as The Troubles...
- UnityUnity (Northern Ireland)"Unity" was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalist and Irish Republican candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
- Warrenpoint ambushWarrenpoint ambushThe Warrenpoint ambush or the Warrenpoint massacre was a guerrilla assault by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on 27 August 1979. The IRA attacked a British Army convoy with two large bombs at Narrow Water Castle , Northern Ireland...
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- 19211921 in Northern Ireland-Events:*13 May - As nominations close in the elections for both Northern and Southern parliaments, Sinn Féin takes 124 of the 128 seats available in the Southern parliament...
- 19221922 in Northern Ireland-Events:*6 January - The terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty are published. Éamon de Valera offers his resignation as President.*7 January - Dáil Éireann votes on the Treaty following Arthur Griffith's motion for approval. The result is 64 in favour and 57 against....
- 19231923 in Northern Ireland-Events:*28 May - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on 24 May. The letters, signed by Éamon de Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle...
- 19241924 in Northern Ireland-Events:*24 March - Ballycastle Railway closes due to financial difficulties.*24 April - No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London...
- 19251925 in Northern Ireland-Events:*10 March - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, James Craig, announces the impending dissolution of the parliament. He says the election will be fought on the Boundary Commission....
- 19261926 in Northern Ireland-Events:*21 January - The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture meets his Free State counterpart, Patrick Hogan. The meeting paves the way for co-operation in securing better animal health for livestock.*The population of Northern Ireland is 1,257,000....
- 19271927 in Northern Ireland-Events:*12 April - The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom....
- 19281928 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 January - In Belfast, members of the nationalist opposition protest at the Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish Proportional representation.*19 May - The foundation stone of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at Stormont....
- 19291929 in Northern Ireland-Events:*8 February - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.*31 May - United Kingdom general election, 1929*Proportional Representation is abolished in Northern Ireland.-Football:...
- 19301930 in Northern Ireland-Football:*International*Irish Cup-Births:*8 March – Douglas Hurd, seventh Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.*8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano.*23 September – Colin Blakely, actor .-Deaths:...
- 19311931 in Northern Ireland-Football:*The Northern Ireland international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*15 February - John Erritt, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service ....
- 19321932 in Northern Ireland-Events:*5 July - The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is dedicated.*16 November - Edward, Prince of Wales travels to Belfast for the first time to open the new Parliament buildings....
- 19331933 in Northern Ireland-Events:*31 January - Start of rail strike disrupting the rail network.*7 April - Rail strike ends.*Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operations.*Construction of the Craigavon Bridge in Derry is completed....
- 19341934 in Northern Ireland-Events:*20 January - The funeral of the veteran nationalist Member of Parliament, Joseph Devlin, takes place in Belfast.*24 April - In a debate in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon, states "All I boast of is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant...
- 19351935 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 April - The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border....
- 19361936 in Northern Ireland-Events:*Public Order Act is introduced, giving the Chief Constable power to impose conditions on parades or public processions if it was believed that they would lead to public disorder.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:...
- 19371937 in Northern Ireland-Events:*28 July- Assassination attempt on King George VI in Belfast by the Irish Republican Army-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:...
- 19381938 in Northern Ireland-Events:*24 May - The new Anti-Partition Party takes eight seats in a unionist-controlled Derry Corporation.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*20 January - Derek Dougan, footballer ....
- 19391939 in Northern Ireland-Events:*17 April - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, dismisses the Dublin government's position of neutrality as cowardly.*4 May - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland announces that conscription will not be extended to Northern Ireland....
- 19401940 in Northern Ireland-Events:*4 July - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted the previous September will not be reversed.*7 November - Éamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by...
- 19411941 in Northern Ireland-Events:*15 April - The Belfast blitz 1,000 people are killed in bombing raids on Belfast. 71 fire men with 13 fire tenders from Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, and Dún Laoghaire crossed the Irish border to assist their Belfast colleagues....
- 19421942 in Northern Ireland-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*19 February - Phil Coulter, musician and music producer.*1 May - Eric Welsh, footballer.*8 May - Terry Neill, footballer and football manager.*10 June - Gordon Burns, journalist and television presenter....
- 19431943 in Northern Ireland-Events:*9 February - the Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie*1 May - Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:...
- 19441944 in Northern IrelandThis is a list of events that happened in Northern Ireland in 1944.-Events:*March 13 - The British Government bans all travel between Great Britain and Ireland.*August 22 - Men from Tyrone and Fermanagh form an Anti-Partition League in Dublin.-Football:...
- 19451945 in Northern Ireland-Events:*8 May - V-E Day is celebrated throughout the UK.*16 May - Éamon de Valera replies in a radio broadcast to Winston Churchill's criticism of Irish neutrality.*26 July - United Kingdom general election, 1945.*15 August- V-J Day is celebrated in the UK....
- 19461946 in Northern Ireland-Events:*6 June - The Ulster Unionist Party gain Down in a by-election.*Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Golf:...
- 19471947 in Northern Ireland-Events:*11 August - The Enterprise Express service commences from Belfast to Dublin.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-GAA:* Cavan defeat Antrim 3-04 to 1-06 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship....
- 19481948 in Northern Ireland-Events:*7 March - The Minister for External Affairs, Seán MacBride, recommends an economic or customs union between the two parts of Ireland.* 5 July - The NHS launches in Northern Ireland*7 September - In Ottawa, Taoiseach John A...
- 19491949 in Northern Ireland-Events:*17 April — At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland....
- 19501950 in Northern Ireland-Events:*12 March - 83 people die when a plane carrying rugby fans home from Belfast crashes in Wales.*12 May - Nationalist Senators and MPs in Northern Ireland ask the government of the Republic to give Northern-elected representatives seats in the Dáil and Seanad....
- 19511951 in Northern Ireland-Events:*2 February - Éamon de Valera visits Newry for the first time since his arrest there in 1924.*17 March -Free Presbyterian Church formed in Crossgar Co...
- 19521952 in Northern Ireland-Events:* August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel , feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:...
- 19531953 in Northern Ireland-Events:*31 January - The car ferry, MV Princess Victoria sailing from Stranraer, Scotland to Larne, Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea killing 133 people onboard. Among the dead included Northern Ireland Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Major Maynard Sinclair, and Sir Walter...
- 19541954 in Northern Ireland-Events:* April 6 - Flags and Emblems Act is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.* June 12 - An IRA unit carries...
- 19551955 in Northern Ireland-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.*20 January - Joe Doherty, former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.*25 February - Davy Hyland, former Sinn Féin, now independent, MLA....
- 19561956 in Northern Ireland-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*5 February - Jackie Woodburne, actress.*24 May - Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher .*2 September - Angelo Fusco, former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army and escapee....
- 19571957 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - Seán South and Fergal O'Hanlon are killed in an IRA attack on an RUC barracks in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh. The two men become part of republican folklore....
- 19581958 in Northern Ireland-Events:*March 18 - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland on wider economic co-operation.-Football:* Football World Cup**Group stage***Northern Ireland 1-1 Czechoslovakia...
- 19591959 in Northern Ireland-Events:*10 February - Unions vote to end the 15-year split in the Irish trade union movement. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions results from the merger of the TUC and the CIU....
- 19601960 in Northern Ireland-Arts and literature:*26 January - The first staging of the Sam Thompson play, Over the Bridge, at the Empire Theatre in Belfast.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist....
- 19611961 in Northern Ireland-Events:*December 20 - The last legal execution in Ireland occurs in Belfast, Northern Ireland - it is of Robert McGladdery for murder.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*15 January - Damian O'Neill, guitarist.*15 June - Dave McAuley, boxer....
- 19621962 in Northern Ireland-Events:* 31 May - The Northern Ireland general election again produces a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, winning 34 out of 51 seats, though the Nationalist Party gains two seats for a total of 9.*21 August - Former US President Dwight D...
- 19631963 in Northern Ireland-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Golf:*British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, .-Births:*10 July - Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MP and MLA....
- 19641964 in Northern Ireland-Events:*28 January - Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry to demand rehousing.*15 October - United Kingdom general election, 1964*New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.-Football:*Irish League...
- 19651965 in Northern Ireland-Events:*January 14 - Taoiseach Seán Lemass travels to Belfast for an historic meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill. First meeting of Prime Ministers in 43 years....
- 19661966 in Northern Ireland-Events:*8 March - Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street is blown up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.*1 April - Author and satirist Brian O'Nolan dies....
- 19671967 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 January - Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association founded in Belfast.*December - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Stormont.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:...
- 19681968 in Northern Ireland-January to June:*8 January - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.*March - Members of the Derry Housing Action Committee disrupt a meeting of Londonderry Corporation to protest at the lack of housing provision in the city.*5 April -...
- 19691969 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - The People's Democracy civil rights march leaves Belfast for Derry.*4 January - Militant loyalists, including off-duty members of the Ulster Special Constabulary , attack the civil rights marchers at Burntoilet bridge in County Londonderry.*5 January - Riots in Derry leave over...
- 19701970 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - Ulster Defence Regiment replaces the B Specials.*11 January - Sinn Féin splits into Provisional and Official wings over a disagreement on abstentionism....
- 19711971 in Northern Ireland-Events:*6 February - Gunner Robert Curtis becomes the first British soldier to die in the Troubles.*15 February - Decimal Day: The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency....
- 19721972 in Northern Ireland-Events:*January 30 - Bloody Sunday: Thirteen unarmed civilians are shot dead in Derry as British paratroopers open fire on a banned civil rights march...
- 19731973 in Northern Ireland-Events:* 9 March - Northern Ireland vote overwhelmingly to remain within the UK. Voter turnout is reportedly at 59%, although less than 1% of Catholics vote....
- 19741974 in Northern Ireland-Events:*2 January - First day in office of the Northern Ireland Executive.*15 February - A 600 lb bomb explodes in Dungannon.*28 February - United Kingdom general election*5 March - Merlyn Rees becomes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland....
- 19751975 in Northern Ireland-Events:*31 July - Three members of the Miami Showband are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force attack as they return from a dance in County Down...
- 19761976 in Northern Ireland-Events:*5 January - Kingsmill massacre: ten Protestant men killed in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army , using the cover name "South Armagh Republican Action Force"....
- 19771977 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 May - A massive peace rally takes place in Belfast organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad Corrigan and Ciarán McKeown.*May - Shankill Butchers are arrested....
- 19781978 in Northern Ireland-Events:*18 January - The European Court of Human Rights finds Britain guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of republican internees in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.*17 February - The IRA La Mon restaurant bombing kills 12 people....
- 19791979 in Northern Ireland-January to March:*5 January - Two members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army , are killed in Ardoyne, Belfast, when the car bomb they are transporting explodes prematurely....
- 19801980 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - First national anti-H-Block march.*27 October - Seven Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners go on hunger strike in Long Kesh....
- 19811981 in Northern Ireland-Events:*16 January- Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and former Westminster MP, Bernadette McAliskey is shot and injured by Loyalist paramilitaries at her home in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland....
- 19821982 in Northern Ireland-Events:*19 February - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.*6 April - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.*10 May - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party is appointed to Seanad Éireann....
- 19831983 in Northern Ireland-Events:*23 May - The Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim celebrates its 350th anniversary.*30 May - The inaugural meeting of the New Ireland Forum takes place at Dublin Castle....
- 19841984 in Northern Ireland-Events:*14 March - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast.*2 May - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty....
- 19851985 in Northern Ireland-Events:*28 February - The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day....
- 19861986 in Northern Ireland-Events:*3 March - Unionists hold an extensive day of action against the Anglo-Irish Agreement.*31 March - Tom King, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announces decision to ban the Apprentice Boys Easter Monday Parade, resulting in rioting in Portadown and other parts of the North, police...
- 19871987 in Northern Ireland-Events:*8 May - The SAS kills 8 IRA members and a civilian in an ambush at Loughgall.*8 November - 11 civilians are killed in an IRA explosion during a Remembrance Day service in Enniskillen...
- 19881988 in Northern Ireland-Events:*11 January - SDLP leader, John Hume and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin, have a surprise meeting in Belfast.*16 March - Three men are killed and 70 are wounded in a gun and grenade attack by Michael Stone on mourners in the Milltown Cemetery attack during the funerals of three IRA members.*19...
- 19891989 in Northern Ireland-Events:*8 January - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 on a flight to Belfast crashes onto the M1 motorway on the approach to East Midlands Airport killing 44 people.*12 February - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by loyalists....
- 19901990 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 January - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.*24 July - The IRA kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.*24 August - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut....
- 19911991 in Northern Ireland-Events:*3 June- The British Army kill 3 IRA members in Northern Ireland.*November - Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Musgrave Park Hospital killing two British Army soldiers and injuring 11 other people.-Football:*Irish League*Irish Cup...
- 19921992 in Northern Ireland-Events:*January 20 - Peter Brooke offers to resign as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following criticism of his singing on The Late Late Show only hours after an Irish Republican Army bomb explodes....
- 19931993 in Northern Ireland-Events:* 24 June - Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigns over links with tycoon Asil Nadir.*23 October - Shankill Road bombing carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Belfast. There were 10 fatalities, including the bomber....
- 19941994 in Northern Ireland-Events:*2 June - Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members...
- 19951995 in Northern Ireland-Events:*2 January - The House of Commons chamber in Parliament Buildings is destroyed by fire blamed on an electrical fault.*27 January - Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions....
- 19961996 in Northern Ireland-Events:*24 January - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.*31 March - Crumlin Road in Belfast is closed....
- 19971997 in Northern Ireland-Events:*March - The first phase of the Forestside Shopping Centre in Belfast opens with a new Sainsbury's store.*1 May- United Kingdom general election, 1997*3 July - Taoiseach Bertie Ahern meets Prime Minister Tony Blair for the first time....
- 19981998 in Northern Ireland-Events:*9 January - British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, visits loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison. Afterward loyalists agree to attend the Stormont talks.*20 February - Sinn Féin is excluded from the Northern Ireland talks for two weeks...
- 19991999 in Northern Ireland-Events:*15 March - Rosemary Nelson, Lurgan solicitor killed in a car bomb attack by loyalist paramilitary group, Red Hand Defenders.*14 May - The fully renovated St George's Market in Belfast reopens its doors....
- 20002000 in Northern Ireland-Events:*11 February - The British government suspends devolution in Northern Ireland.*25 March - David Trimble retains leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party at its annual general meeting, following a challenge from Martin Smyth....
- 20012001 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 April - 2001 Census carried out. Northern Ireland population: 1,685,267.*15 June - Dispute arose between local loyalist and republican activists on the Crumlin Road peace line in North Belfast over the flying of loyalist paramilitary flags. Loyalists began to picket the nearby Holy...
- 20022002 in Northern Ireland-Events:*9 January - confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School during the afternoon school run, exploded into widespread sectarian rioting, which spread across north Belfast and continued on 10 January, when the school was closed....
- 20032003 in Northern Ireland-Events:*1 February - The Protestant Ulster Defence Association Belfast leader John Gregg is killed by a loyalist faction.*16 February - 100,000 people in Dublin, and 30,000 in Belfast march to express their opposition to the imminent invasion of Iraq....
- 20042004 in Northern Ireland-Events:*27 March - Ireland's rugby team wins the Triple Crown for the first time since 1985.*27 March - David Trimble retains leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party at their annual general meeting....
- 20052005 in Northern Ireland-Events:*20 January - Belfast man Robert McCartney is murdered outside a bar in the city by members of the Provisional IRA.*January - During a storm, a lorry is blown off the Foyle Bridge and its driver killed....
- 20062006 in Northern Ireland- Events :*30 January - Postal workers enter a 20 day wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service.*25 February - Rioting in Dublin as Republican protesters organise counter protests to a "Love Ulster" parade in the city, which subsequently become violent.*17 March - New Oncology...
- 20072007 in Northern Ireland-Events:*22 January - report by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland states that the Special Brunch of the then Royal Ulster Constabulary had colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in a number of murders and attempted murders in Northern Belfast between 1989 and 2002...
- 20082008 in Northern Ireland-Events:* 4 January - An unforecasted blizzard creates havoc across eastern Northern Ireland, with falls of 8 inches in one hour.* 22 January - Peter Robinson, Minister of Finance, releases the first final budget and programme for government, agreed by the Stormont executive.* 23 January - The...
- 20092009 in Northern Ireland-Events:*23 January - The seventh plenary meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council is held at the University of Ulster at Magee, Derry.*27 January - Environment Minister Sammy Wilson grants the National Trust planning permission for a new visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway.*January -...
- 20102010 in Northern Ireland-January:*6 January - Ulster Defence Association confirms that all weaponry under its control has been put verifiably beyond use.*8 January - PSNI Constable Peadar Heffron seriously injured as a bomb explodes under his car in Randalstown...
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- History of the Jews in Northern IrelandHistory of the Jews in Northern IrelandThe Jews of Northern Ireland have lived primarily in Belfast, where the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, an Ashkanasi orthodox community, was established in 1870...
- History of local government in Northern Ireland
Culture of Northern Ireland
- Main article: Culture of Northern IrelandCulture of Northern IrelandThe culture of Northern Ireland relates to the traditions of Northern Ireland and its resident communities.Elements of the culture of Ireland, the culture of Ulster and the culture of the United Kingdom are to be found.-Heritage:...
- Celtic calendarCeltic calendarThe Celtic calendar is a compilation of pre-Christian Celtic systems of timekeeping, including the Gaulish Coligny calendar, used by Celtic countries to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals....
- Cultural icons of Northern Ireland
- HarpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
- Red Hand of UlsterRed Hand of UlsterThe Red Hand of Ulster is a symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster. It is less commonly known as the Red Hand of O'Neill. Its origins are said to be attributed to the mythical Irish figure Labraid Lámh Dhearg , and appear in other mythical tales passed down from generation...
- ShamrockShamrockThe shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
- Harp
- Ethnic minorities in Northern IrelandEthnic minorities in Northern IrelandDuring The Troubles, the levels of immigration to Northern Ireland were low. However, there has been an increase since the power sharing agreement brought an end to official terrorist activity....
- Gardens in Northern IrelandGardens in Northern IrelandGardens in Northern Ireland is a link page for any garden open to the public in Northern Ireland.List of gardens in Northern Ireland:*Belfast Botanic Gardens*Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, County Down*Drenagh, Limavady, County Londonderry...
- Marriage in Northern IrelandMarriage in Northern IrelandMarriage in Northern Ireland is legally defined as between a man and a woman. Civil partnerships became available to same-sex couples in December 2005 and grant rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage. There are residency conditions that have to be met prior to marriage...
- Media in Northern Ireland
- Irish mythologyIrish mythologyThe mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle. There are...
- CúchulainnCúchulainnCú Chulainn or Cúchulainn , and sometimes known in English as Cuhullin , is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore...
- Ulster CycleUlster CycleThe Ulster Cycle , formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Down and...
- Cúchulainn
- Museums in Northern Ireland
- The Ormeau Baths GalleryOrmeau Baths GalleryThe Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is one of Ireland's premier contemporary art spaces. It curated exhibitions by prominent international artists including; Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, Victor Sloan, Bill Viola, Hans Peter Kuhn, Stan Douglas, David Byrne, Willie Doherty and...
- The Ulster MuseumUlster MuseumThe Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial...
- The Ormeau Baths Gallery
- National symbols of Northern Ireland
- Coat of arms of Northern IrelandCoat of arms of Northern IrelandThe coat of arms of Northern Ireland was granted to the government of Northern Ireland in 1924, after the Irish Free State had separated from the United Kingdom....
- Flags used in Northern Ireland
- Flag of Northern IrelandFlag of Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland has not had its own unique, government-sanctioned flag since the Northern Ireland parliament and government were prorogued in 1972, and abolished in 1973...
- Flag of Northern Ireland
- Great Seal of Northern IrelandGreat Seal of Northern IrelandThe Great Seal of Northern Ireland is the seal used for Northern Ireland. The great seal is currently under the possession of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland...
- National anthem of Northern Ireland
- Coat of arms of Northern Ireland
- Parades in Northern IrelandParades in Northern IrelandParades are an important part of Northern Irish culture. Although the majority of parades are held ostensibly by Protestant, unionist or Ulster loyalist groups, nationalist, republican and non-political groups also parade. Parading is often considered to be an assertion of a group's control over a...
- People of Northern IrelandPeople of Northern IrelandNorthern Irish people or people of Northern Ireland are "all persons born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British citizen, an Irish citizen or is otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of...
- List of Northern Irish people
- CeltCeltThe Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....
- Modern CeltsModern CeltsA Celtic identity emerged in the "Celtic" nations of Western Europe, following the identification of the native peoples of the Atlantic fringe as "Celts" by Edward Lhuyd in the 18th century and during the course of the 19th-century Celtic Revival, taking the form of ethnic nationalism particularly...
- Modern Celts
- Irish diasporaIrish diasporathumb|Night Train with Reaper by London Irish artist [[Brian Whelan]] from the book Myth of Return, 2007The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa,...
- GaelsGaelsThe Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
- Irish peopleIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
- Irish TravellerIrish TravellerIrish Travellers are a traditionally nomadic people of ethnic Irish origin, who maintain a separate language and set of traditions. They live predominantly in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.-Etymology:...
- Prostitution in Northern Ireland
- Public holidays in Northern Ireland
- Saint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday celebrated internationally on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick , the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of :Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion , the Eastern...
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Other
- Apprentice Boys of DerryApprentice Boys of DerryThe Apprentice Boys of Derry is a Protestant fraternal society with a worldwide membership of over 80,000, founded in 1814. They are based in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland. However, there are Clubs and branches across Ireland, Great Britain and further afield...
- The Orange OrderOrange InstitutionThe Orange Institution is a Protestant fraternal organisation based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, though it has lodges throughout the Commonwealth and United States. The Institution was founded in 1796 near the village of Loughgall in County Armagh, Ireland...
- Orange WalkOrange walkOrange walks are a series of parades held annually by members of the Orange Order during the summer in Northern Ireland, to a lesser extent in Scotland, and occasionally in England, the Republic of Ireland, and throughout the Commonwealth...
- Royal Black PreceptoryRoyal Black PreceptoryThe Royal Black Institution, also known as the Royal Black Preceptory or The Imperial Grand Black Chapter Of The British Commonwealth or simply as the Black Institution is a Protestant fraternal society....
- Apprentice Boys of Derry
Architecture in Northern Ireland
- Abbeys and priories in Northern IrelandAbbeys and priories in Northern IrelandAbbeys and priories in Northern Ireland is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Northern Ireland.-Abbreviations and Key:-County Antrim:-County Armagh:-County Down:-County Fermanagh:-County Londonderry:...
- Castles in Northern Ireland
- Cathedrals in Northern Ireland
- Cenotaphs in Northern Ireland
- National Trust properties in Northern Ireland
- Historic houses in Northern Ireland
- Market Houses in Northern IrelandMarket Houses in Northern IrelandMarket houses are a notable feature of many Northern Ireland towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. Originally there were three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper...
- Shopping centres in Northern Ireland
- Victoria Square Shopping Centre
- High-rise buildings in Northern Ireland
- Aurora buildingAurora buildingThe Aurora building was a proposed construction project that was not granted planning permission. At its height of 109 metres, 37 storeys, it would have been the tallest building in Northern Ireland. The proposed location of the Belfast tower was on the corner of Great Victoria and Ventry Street...
- Obel TowerObel TowerThe Obel Tower is a skyscraper in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Costing £60 million and measuring 85 metres in height, the tower dominates the Belfast skyline. On completion it overtook the previous tallest skyscraper in Ireland, Windsor House , also in Belfast...
- Windsor HouseWindsor HouseWindsor House is a high-rise office building in Bedford Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The building was the tallest storeyed building on the island of Ireland before being surpassed by Obel Tower and stands at 80 metres tall, with 23 floors.Being the former tallest building on the Island of...
- Aurora building
Art in Northern Ireland
- Cinema of Northern Ireland
- Cinema of Ireland
- Cinema of the United KingdomCinema of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
- Films set in Northern Ireland
- Dance in Northern IrelandIrish danceIrish dancing or Irish dance is a group of traditional dance forms originating in Ireland which can broadly be divided into social dance and performance dances. Irish social dances can be divided further into céilí and set dancing...
- Folk art of Northern Ireland
- Banners in Northern IrelandBanners in Northern IrelandBanners are a significant part of the Culture of Northern Ireland, particularly for the Protestant/unionist community, and one of the region's most prominent types of folk art. They are typically carried in parades such as those held on the Twelfth of July, Saint Patrick's Day and other times...
- Cenotaphs in Northern Ireland
- Murals in Northern Ireland
- Banners in Northern Ireland
- Literature of Northern Ireland
- Poetry of Northern IrelandIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
- Television in Northern IrelandTelevision in Northern IrelandTelevision in Northern Ireland is available using analogue terrestrial, digital terrestrial , digital satellite and cable ....
- Theatre in Northern Ireland
Music of Northern Ireland
- Folk music of Northern Ireland
- List of Irish ballads
- Billy BoysBilly BoysThe Billy Boys is a loyalist song from Glasgow, sung to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia." It originated in the 1930s as the signature song of one of the Glasgow razor gangs led by Billy Fullerton and later reflected the long running sectarian divide in the city...
- The Boyne WaterThe Boyne Water"The Boyne Water" is an Ulster Protestant folksong by an anonymous lyricist. The lyrics of the song commemorate King William III of Orange's victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne...
- Come Out Ye Black and TansCome out Ye Black and Tans"Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song referring to the Black and Tans, the British paramilitary police auxiliary force in Ireland during the 1920s. The song was written by Dominic Behan as a tribute to his father Stephen; often authorship of the song is attributed to Stephen...
- Danny BoyDanny Boy-Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine...
- Four Green FieldsFour Green FieldsFour Green Fields is a 1967 folk song by Irish musician Tommy Makem, described in the New York Times as a "hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad." Of Makem's many compositions, it has become the most familiar, and is part of the common repertoire of Irish folk musicians.-Content and...
- Ireland's CallIreland's CallIreland's Call is a song commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union for use at international Rugby Union fixtures.It has since also been adopted by the Irish Hockey, Cricket, Rugby League and A1GP teams.- Overview :...
- LillibulleroLillibulleroLillibullero is a march that sets the words of a satirical ballad generally said to be by Lord Thomas Wharton to music attributed to Henry Purcell. Although Purcell published Lillibullero in his compilation Music's Handmaid of 1689 as "a new Irish tune", it is probable that Purcell hijacked the...
- Londonderry AirLondonderry AirLondonderry Air is an air that originated from County Londonderry in Ireland. It is popular among the Irish diaspora and is very well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the victory anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. "Danny Boy" is a popular set of lyrics to the...
- The Men Behind the WireThe Men Behind the Wire"The Men Behind The Wire" is a song written and composed by Paddy McGuigan of the Barleycorn folk group in the aftermath of internment.The song was recorded by the Barleycorn in Belfast and pressed in Dublin by Release Records in December 1971...
- The Mountains of MourneThe Mountains of MourneThe lyrics to the song "The Mountains of Mourne" were written by Irish musician Percy French. It is normally sung to the traditional Irish folk tune Carrigdonn or Carrigdhoun as it is sometimes spelt. This was the same tune used by Thomas Moore for his song "Bendemeer's Stream".The song is...
- The Patriot GameThe Patriot Game"The Patriot Game" is an Irish ballad about an incident during the Border Campaign launched by the Irish Republican Army during the 1950s to bring about the reunification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland. It was written by Dominic Behan, younger brother of playwright Brendan...
- There Were Roses
- The Town I Loved So WellThe Town I Loved So Well"The Town I Loved So Well" is a song written by Phil Coulter about his childhood in Derry, Northern Ireland. The first three verses are about the simple lifestyle he grew up with in Derry, while the final two deal with the Troubles, and lament how his placid hometown had become a major military...
- The SashThe SashThe Sash is a ballad from Ireland commemorating the victory of King William III in the Williamite war in Ireland in 1690–1691....
- Star of the County DownStar of the County Down"Star of the County Down" is an old Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, in Ireland. The words are by Cathal McGarvey, 1866-1927, from Ramelton, County Donegal...
- Billy Boys
- List of Irish ballads
Cuisine of Northern Ireland
- BarmbrackBarmbrackBarmbrack is a yeasted bread with added sultanas and raisins.Usually sold in flattened rounds, it is often served toasted with butter along with a cup of tea in the afternoon. The dough is sweeter than sandwich bread, but not as rich as cake, and the sultanas and raisins add flavour and texture to...
- Irish breakfast
- Irish stewIrish stewIrish stew is a traditional stew made from lamb, or mutton, as well as potatoes, carrots, onions, and parsley....
- Irish whiskeyIrish whiskeyIrish whiskey is whiskey made in Ireland.Key regulations defining Irish whiskey and its production are established by the Irish Whiskey Act of 1980, and are relatively simple...
- Pork in IrelandPork in IrelandPork has been an important food animal since the beginning of human settlement on the Island of Ireland. Ireland’s native population of flora and fauna inhabited the island via the land bridge that connected it to Britain until rising sea levels broke the link around 10,000 BC...
- Potato breadPotato breadPotato bread is a form of bread in which potato replaces a portion of the regular wheat flour. It is cooked in a variety of methods, including by baking it on a hot griddle or pan, or in an oven. It may be leavened or unleavened, and may have a variety of other ingredients baked into it...
- Soda breadSoda breadSoda bread is a variety of quick bread traditionally made in a variety of cuisines in which sodium bicarbonate is used as a raising agent rather than the more common yeast. The ingredients of traditional soda bread are flour, bread soda, salt, and buttermilk...
- Ulster fry
- Veda breadVeda breadVeda bread is a malted bread sold in Northern Ireland. It is a small, caramel-coloured loaf with a very soft consistency when fresh.- Secret formula :It is still impossible to find a recipe for a Veda loaf, over a hundred years after it was invented...
Language in Northern Ireland
- Languages of Northern Ireland
- Irish language in Northern IrelandIrish language in Northern IrelandThe Irish language is a minority language in Northern Ireland. The dialect spoken there is known as Ulster Irish....
- Irish language in Northern Ireland
- PejorativePejorativePejoratives , including name slurs, are words or grammatical forms that connote negativity and express contempt or distaste. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social groups but not in others, e.g., hacker is a term used for computer criminals as well as quick and clever computer experts...
s- FenianFenianThe Fenians , both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood , were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century. The name "Fenians" was first applied by John O'Mahony to the members of the Irish republican...
- Millie
- MOPEMOPEMOPE may refer to:* Ministry of Population and Environment, a government ministry in Nepal.* Ministry of Power and Energy, a government ministry in Sri Lanka.* Mope, a song by the Bloodhound Gang....
- PaddyPaddyPaddy may refer to:*Paddy , a World War II carrier pigeon*Paddy , a comic strip*Paddy field, a type of cultivated land*Paddy Whiskey, a liquor*Patrick , including people with the name*Padraic, including people with the name...
- SpideSpideA spide , is a pejorative stereotype, in Northern Ireland, especially in Belfast, of a person who has a particular dress code and attitude. Spides are often young, unemployed, male adults...
- TaigTaigTaig is a derogatory term for an Irish Catholic. It is mainly used by sectarian loyalists in Northern Ireland and Scotland. It has been used in sectarian slogans such as "Kill All Taigs" , "All Taigs Are Targets" and "Any Taig Will Do"...
- West BritonWest BritonWest Brit, an abbreviation of West British, is a pejorative term for an Irish person, usually from South Dublin, who is perceived by his or her countrymen as being too anglophilic in matters of culture or politics.-History:...
- Hun
- Orangie
- Prod
- Fenian
Religious places
- Abbeys and priories in Northern IrelandAbbeys and priories in Northern IrelandAbbeys and priories in Northern Ireland is a link page for any abbey, priory, friary or other religious house in Northern Ireland.-Abbreviations and Key:-County Antrim:-County Armagh:-County Down:-County Fermanagh:-County Londonderry:...
- Cathedrals in Ireland
- Cemeteries in Northern Ireland
- Cenotaphs in Northern Ireland
Religions in Northern Ireland
- Bahá'í Faith in Northern IrelandBahá'í Faith in Northern IrelandBahá'í Faith in Northern Ireland begins after a century of contact between Irishmen and the Bahá'í Faith beyond the island and on the island. The members of the religion elected its first Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly in 1949 in Belfast...
- Christianity in Northern Ireland
- Association of Baptist Churches in IrelandAssociation of Baptist Churches in IrelandThe Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland is a Republic of Ireland and a United Kingdom based Baptist Christian denomination. It is a group of 121 autonomous Baptist churches on Ireland working and fellowshipping together in evangelism, training and caring ministries...
- Church of IrelandChurch of IrelandThe Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
- Church of Ireland dioceses
- Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
- Methodist Church in IrelandMethodist Church in IrelandThe Methodist Church in Ireland is a Wesleyan Methodist church that operates across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on an all Ireland basis, It is the 4th largest Christian denomination in both jurisdictions and on the island as a whole...
- Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of IrelandNon-subscribing Presbyterian Church of IrelandThe Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland derives its name and its liberal and tolerant identity from early 18th century Presbyterian ministers who refused to subscribe at their ordination to the Westminster Confession, a standard Reformed statement of faith; and who formed, in 1725, the...
- Presbyterian Church in IrelandPresbyterian Church in IrelandThe Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...
- Church HouseChurch House, BelfastChurch House in Belfast, Northern Ireland is the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Although there was a decision taken to move to a new location the General Assembly, in 2005, voted to overturn the decision...
- General AssemblyGeneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in IrelandThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the sovereign and highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and is thus the Church's governing body. The General Assembly normally meets annually, during the first full week in June....
- Irish Presbyterians
- ModeratorModerator of the Presbyterian Church in IrelandThe Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the most senior office-bearer within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which is Northern Ireland's largest Protestant denomination....
- Union Theological CollegeUnion Theological CollegeUnion Theological College is the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1853 as Assembly's College. The building served as the location for the early Northern Ireland Parliaments.The college offers a full range...
- Church House
- Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group)Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group)The Reformed Presbyterian Church is a group of denominations following a form of Protestant Christianity related to Presbyterianism. Reformed Presbyterian congregations are found in several countries, including Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, France, United States of America,...
- Roman Catholicism in Northern Ireland
- Irish CatholicIrish CatholicIrish Catholic is a term used to describe people who are both Roman Catholic and Irish .Note: the term is not used to describe a variant of Catholicism. More particularly, it is not a separate creed or sect in the sense that "Anglo-Catholic", "Old Catholic", "Eastern Orthodox Catholic" might be...
- Roman Catholic dioceses of Ireland
- Irish Catholic
- Roman Catholicism in Northern Ireland
- Hinduism in Northern IrelandHinduism in Northern IrelandHinduism is a relatively minor religion in Northern Ireland with only around 200 Hindu families in the country. There are, however, 3 Mandirs in Belfast: Radha-Krishna Temple in Malone Road, Laxmi-Narayan Mandir in Clifton Street and Radha Madhava Mandir in Upper Dunmurry Lane...
- Islam in Northern IrelandIslam in Northern IrelandIslam in Northern Ireland details Islam in Northern Ireland since its creation as a separate country within the United Kingdom on 3 May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920....
- History of the Jews in Northern IrelandHistory of the Jews in Northern IrelandThe Jews of Northern Ireland have lived primarily in Belfast, where the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, an Ashkanasi orthodox community, was established in 1870...
- PrimatesPrimate (religion)Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or ceremonial precedence ....
- Primate of All Ireland
- Primate of IrelandPrimate of IrelandThe Primacy of Ireland was historically disputed between the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin until finally settled by Pope Innocent VI. Primate is a title of honour denoting ceremonial precedence in the Church, and in the Middle Ages there was an intense rivalry between the two...
Sport in Northern Ireland
- Main article: Sport in Northern IrelandSport in Northern IrelandSport in Northern Ireland is important in the lives of many people. Some sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union, Gaelic football, basketball, hockey and cricket, whereas others, like association football, are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland.- Gaelic...
- Cricket in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland cricket team
- Football in Northern Ireland
- Irish Football AssociationIrish Football AssociationThe Irish Football Association is the organising body for association football in Northern Ireland, and was historically the governing body for Ireland...
- Irish Football League
- Northern Ireland national football teamNorthern Ireland national football teamThe Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
- Irish Football Association
- Gaelic GamesGaelic gamesGaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...
- Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
- Ulster GAAUlster GAAThe Ulster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City....
- All-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipThe All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling ChampionshipAll-Ireland Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland....
- Gaelic Athletic Association
- RugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
in Northern Ireland- Rugby union in Northern Ireland
- Irish rugby union systemIrish rugby union systemThe top level of competition in the Irish rugby union system is the Celtic League , a league of professional teams originally from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales that expanded to include two Italian teams in the 2010–11 season...
- Magners League
- AIB LeagueAIB LeagueThe Ulster Bank All-Ireland League is the national league system for the 48 senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is not, however, the highest level of rugby union in Ireland, as teams representing the four provinces of Ireland play...
- Ireland national rugby union teamIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
- Irish rugby union system
- Rugby union in Northern Ireland
- Special Olympics
- 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games2003 Special Olympics World Summer GamesThe 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games were hosted in Ireland, with participants staying in various host towns around the island in the lead up to the games before moving to Dublin for the events. Events were held from 21 June-29 June 2003 at many venues including Morton Stadium, the Royal...
- 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games
- Swim IrelandSwim IrelandSwim Ireland is the national governing body of swimming and associated aquatic disciplines in Ireland, including Northern Ireland. It is affiliated with both LEN and FINA.- History :...
- Tennis IrelandTennis IrelandTennis Ireland is the governing body for Tennis for the whole of Ireland with responsibilities for clubs and competitions. Tennis Ireland is divided into four Branches corresponding to the four Provinces of Ireland with its national headquarters located on the campus of Dublin City...
- Basketball IrelandBasketball IrelandBasketball Ireland is the National Governing Body for Basketball in Ireland. The association has responsibility for the promotion, development and administration of all basketball activities in the Republic and Northern Ireland...
Economy and infrastructure of Northern Ireland
- Main article: Economy of Northern IrelandEconomy of Northern IrelandThe economy of Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four countries in the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland has traditionally had an industrial economy, most notably in shipbuilding, rope manufacture and textiles, but most heavy industry has since been replaced by services...
- Communications in Northern Ireland
- Internet in Northern Ireland
- CurrencyCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
of the United Kingdom: Pound SterlingPound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence... - Tourism in Northern Ireland
- Transport in Northern Ireland
Education in Northern Ireland
- Main article: Education in Northern IrelandEducation in Northern IrelandEducation in Northern Ireland differs slightly from systems used elsewhere in the United Kingdom, though it is more similar to that used in England and Wales than it is to Scotland. A child's age on 1 July determines the point of entry into the relevant stage of education unlike England and Wales...
- Boards of Education
- Belfast Education and Library Board
- North Eastern Education and Library BoardNorth Eastern Education and Library BoardThe North Eastern Education and Library Board is an organisation providing education and library services for the north-eastern Local Government Districts, Northern Ireland, in County Antrim and eastern County Londonderry...
- South Eastern Education and Library Board
- Southern Education and Library BoardSouthern Education and Library BoardThe Southern Education and Library Board is a board providing education and library services in the southern districts of Northern Ireland: namely the district councils of Armagh, Banbridge, Cookstown, Craigavon, Dungannon and South Tyrone, and Newry and Mourne...
- Western Education and Library Board
- Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
- Department of EducationDepartment of Education (Northern Ireland)The Department of Education is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
- Department for Employment and LearningDepartment for Employment and LearningThe Department for Employment and Learning , formerly the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment , is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
- Integrated EducationIntegrated EducationThe Integrated education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions: the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all cultural and religious...
- List of Irish learned societies
- Union of Students in IrelandUnion of Students in IrelandThe Union of Students in Ireland is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. The Union of Students in Ireland is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland but does not represent students from two of the seven Irish Universities, namely...
Specific schools
Types of schools
- Grammar schools in the United Kingdom
- Independent schoolIndependent school (UK)An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
- Preparatory schoolPreparatory school (UK)In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
Infrastructure of Northern Ireland
- Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
- Water supply and sanitation in Northern Ireland
Transport in Northern Ireland
- Airports in Northern Ireland
- Belfast International AirportBelfast International AirportBelfast International Airport is a major airport located northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It was formerly known and is still referred to as Aldergrove Airport, after the village of the same name lying immediately to the west of the airport. Belfast International shares its runways with...
- City of Derry AirportCity of Derry AirportCity of Derry Airport is an airport located northeast of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is located on the south bank of Lough Foyle, a short distance from the village of Eglinton and from the city centre...
- George Best Belfast City AirportGeorge Best Belfast City AirportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport is a single-runway airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Situated adjacent to the Port of Belfast it is from Belfast City Centre. It shares the site with the Short Brothers/Bombardier aircraft manufacturing facility...
- Belfast International Airport
- Common Travel AreaCommon Travel AreaThe Common Travel Area is a passport-free zone that comprises the islands of Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The area's internal borders are subject to minimal or non-existent border controls and can normally be crossed by Irish and British citizens with only...
- Rail transport in Northern Ireland
- Armagh rail disasterArmagh rail disasterThe Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, Ireland when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled. The train crew decided to divide the train and take forward the front...
- History of rail transport in IrelandHistory of rail transport in IrelandThe history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland counted 5,500 route kilometers...
- Armagh rail disaster
- Roads in Northern IrelandRoads in Northern IrelandThe main roads in Northern Ireland, which connect well with those in the south, are classified "M"/"A"/"B" as in Great Britain. Whereas the roads in Great Britain are numbered according to a zonal system, there is no available explanation for the allocation of road numbers in Northern Ireland,...
- TranslinkTranslink (Northern Ireland)Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company , a public corporation in Northern Ireland which provides the public transport in the region. NI Railways, Ulsterbus and Metro are all part of Translink....
- MetroMetro (Belfast)Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, within the common management structure of Translink, along with Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways....
(formerly Citybus) - Northern Ireland RailwaysNorthern Ireland RailwaysNI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways and for a brief period of time, Ulster Transport Railways , is the railway operator in Northern Ireland...
- UlsterbusUlsterbusUlsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink , which also includes Northern Ireland Railways, Metro Belfast and Flexibus.-Services:Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the province-wide bus...
- Metro
See also
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
- Outline of the Republic of Ireland
- Outline of the United KingdomOutline of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain, is a sovereign island nation located in the British Isles of Western Europe...