Northern Ireland

Place

Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It is variously described as a country, province, or region of the United Kingdom, amongst other terms. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing. According to the agreement, Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland on some policy areas, while other areas are reserved for the British Government, though the Republic of Ireland "may put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between [the two governments]".

• also known as the six counties, the North of Ireland, the occupied six counties
• founded on 3 May 1921 (94 years ago)
• country: United Kingdom
• instance of: European country / European nation = any one of the countries occupying the European continent
• parts:
  • Bangor = a town in southeastern Northern Ireland
  • capital of Northern Ireland / Belfast = capital and largest city of Northern Ireland
• read more about Northern Ireland (country)

Writings

1. "Northern Ireland" is a book by Maurice Irvine.
   • also known as "Northern Ireland: faith and faction", "Northern Ireland: fact and fiction"
2. "Northern Ireland" is a book by William D. Flackes.
   • also known as "Northern Ireland: a political directory, 1968-83"; "Northern Ireland: a political directory, 1968-1993"
3. "Northern Ireland" is a book by Merlyn Rees.
   • also known as "Northern Ireland: a personal perspective"
4. "Northern Ireland" is a book by Craig E. Seaton.
   • also known as "Northern Ireland: the context for conflict and for reconciliation"
5. "Northern Ireland" is a book by Frank Gaffikin.
   • also known as "Northern Ireland: the Thatcher years"

Phrases with Northern Ireland

1. capital of northern ireland
2. Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland Territory and Troubles (1999)

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Combating Terrorism in Northern Ireland (2008)

by James Dingley

Northern Ireland is a deeply divided society wherein disputes over the issue of national identity and state sovereignty ignited political violence (O'Leary and McGarry, 1995). In the context of the legitimacy of the State, while members of the ...

The IRA: The Irish Republican Army (2012)

by James C. Dingley

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland is a new creation, but can also display a pedigree of sorts, even if no more of an independent nation than the Republic ever was. Republican, scholastically derived rhetoric limits Nationalists' ability to see any ...

Historical Dictionary of the Northern Ireland Conflict (2017)

by Gordon Gillespie

The Northern Ireland Problem. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. Barton, Brian, and Patrick Roche, eds. The Northern Ireland Question: Perspectives and Policies. Aldershot, UK: Avebury, 1994. Boyce, D. G., and Alan O'Day, eds.

A Dictionary of the European Union (2013)

by David Phinnemore, Lee McGowan

The ONIEB was created, aspart of the Belfast Agreement,asa meansof enabling thenewlydevolved Northern Ireland executiveto play a role in Europe. The functions of theONIEB are essentially: to monitor the development byEU institutions of ...

Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities (2013)

by Carl Skutsch

Adams, Gerry (Northern Ireland Catholic) Aga Khan (Ismaili) Ali, Muhammad (African-American) Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (Dalit) Arafat, Yasser (Palestinian) Bhindranwale, Jarnail Sant (India-Sikh) ...

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Sign language

"Northern Ireland" in international sign language

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Quotes about Northern Ireland

People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been the general pattern in Northern Ireland for many, many years. (John Hume)
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