Irish language in Northern Ireland - Irish language in Northern Ireland The Irish language is a minority language in Northern Ireland, known in Irish as Tuaisceart Éireann or na Sé Contae (the six counties). Irish received official recognition in Northern Ireland for the first time under the Good Friday Agreement. A cross-border body known as Foras na Gaeilge was established to promote the language in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, taking over the functions of Bord na Gaeilge. External Links Ultach Trust Lá BBC Northern Ireland Irish language.
Irish language - Irish language Irish (Gaeilge na hÉireann) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland. The language is sometimes referred to in English as Gaelic (SAMPA: /"geIlIk/) or Irish Gaelic but is more generally referred to in Ireland simply as the Irish language or simply Irish. Use of the term Irish also avoids confusion with Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig na h-Alba), the closely-related language spoken in Scotland and usually referred to in English as simply Gaelic (SAMPA: /"gAlIk/). Irish has recently received a degree of formal recognition in Northern Ireland, under the Good Friday Agreement alongside a small minority language called Ulster Scots (though some critics have pointed out that Ulster Scots is not a language in its own right but simply a dialect of Lowland Scots). There is.
Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, lies in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It covers 14,139 km² (5,459 square miles), and has a population of 1,685,267 (April 2001). The capital is Belfast. Northern Ireland Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Overview 2 Geographic Nomenclature 3 History 3.1 Early 20th century 3.2 Late 20th century 3.3 After the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement 4 Demographics 5 Languages 6 Towns and villages 7 Places of interest 8 Recommended Reading List Overview The Government of Ireland Act 1920, enacted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland parliament, set up Northern Ireland as a separate political entity in 1921. Faced with divergent demands from Irish nationalists and Unionists.
Ireland - Ireland The Island of Ireland is the second-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, across from Great Britain. The island of Ireland, named Hibernia by the Romans, is 485km (301 miles) from North to South and 275km (171 miles) from East to West. Central lowlands are framed by hillier areas. The River Shannon, which runs from North-East to South-West, is the longest river, and there are a large number of lakes, of which Lough Neagh is the largest. For more detailed information see: Geography of Ireland. Politically, the island of Ireland is currently divided into: the Republic of Ireland, capital - Dublin, also referred to as 'the Republic'; Northern Ireland, capital - Belfast, also referred to controversially as the.
Irish States (1171-present) - Irish States (1171-present) Irish States have existed under a number of different names for nearly a thousand years. Prior to the Anglo-Noman invasion of 1169 an Irish proto-state had coalesced from the multitude of small tribal kingdoms that existed circa 500AD through several dynastic regional kingdoms into a nascent national kingdom that was extinguished in the wake of the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169. This list deals with the various states that existed from 1171 onwards that owed their origin to English involvement on the island of Ireland. Until the whole island was conquered in 1609 these states shared the island of Ireland with a patchwork of indigenous states that existed outside of their authority. The Lordship of Ireland (1171-1541) The Kingdom of Ireland (1541-1800) The United.
Irish poetry - Irish poetry The history of Irish poetry is complicated by the fact that since at least the 14th century it has been the history of two poetries, one in Irish language and the other in English language. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a set of traditions that are both rich and difficult for the outsider to follow. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Earliest Irish Poetry 2 Medieval/Early Modern 2.1 Bardic Poetry 2.2 Metrical Dindshenchus 2.3 The Poems of Fionn 2.4 The Kildare Poems 2.5 Spenser and Ireland 3 The 18th Century 3.6 Gaelic Songs: the End of an Order 3.7 Cúirt An Mheán Óiche 3.8 Swift and Goldsmith 4 The 19th.
History of the Republic of Ireland - History of the Republic of Ireland The island of Ireland is located off mainland Europe to the west and is part of a group of islands which used to be known as the British Isles but since the Irish Republic gained its independence in 1922, the term Britain and Ireland has come into use and is more acceptable in the Republic. The island is divided into two separate political entities, originally created in the 1920s. Covering three-quarters of the island, and containing twenty-six counties, the southern state officially became Republic of Ireland in 1949 some time after it became independent from the UK in 1922. The remaining six-county state covering the north-east corner of the island is called Northern Ireland and is part of the United Kingdom. (In.
Ulster Scots language - Ulster Scots language Ulster Scots, also known as Ullans, is the name given to the varieties of the Scots Language spoken in Northern Ireland and is recognised as such by the British Government in the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages and by the Irish Government in the Good Friday Agreement. Scots is spoken in parts of the region of Ireland traditionally called Ulster. Some enthusiastic individuals like to think of Ulster Scots as an independent language closely related to the dialects of Lowland Scots, hence the spelling using a hyphen: Ulster-Scots. This is linguistically tenuous. Scots is the member of the Germanic language family most closely related to English. Scots should not be confused with Scots Gaelic, which is a Celtic language related to Irish Gaelic.
Unionists (Ireland) - Unionists (Ireland) In the Irish context, Unionists form a group of largely (though not exclusively) Protestant people in Ireland, of all classeses, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, under which the Northern Ireland provincial state created in that latter Act remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Prior to 1921, Irish Unionists wished to see the Act of Union (which in 1801 had merged the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) remain in place. They opposed Irish Home Rule, which mainstream Irish nationalistss had demanded since the 1870s. Home Rule would have involved Ireland, while still remaining in.
Constitution of Ireland - Constitution of Ireland The constitution of Ireland (Irish language: Bunreacht na hÉireann, pronounced bun-rockt na hair-inn) is the constitution of Éire, also known since 1949 as the Republic of Ireland. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Drafting of Bunreacht na hÉireann 2 Structure of the Bunreacht 2.1 Transitory Provisions 3 The Bunreacht's Main Innovations 4 'Myths' about the Bunreacht 4.2 Catholicism 4.3 Northern Ireland 4.4 A republic 4.5 Women 5 Constitutional amendments since 1937 5.6 Transitory Provisions amendments 5.7 Rejected proposed amendments 5.8 National Emergency 6 Judicial review 7 See Also 8 Footnote 8.9 Recommended Reading 9 Copies of Bunreacht na hÉireann The Drafting of Bunreacht na hÉireann It was the work of Eamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council (prime minister) of the Irish Free.
Scottish Gaelic language - Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic or just Gaelic (Gàidhlig; SAMPA: /"gAlIk/) is one of the Goidelic branches of Celtic languages still in use today. The Goidelic (northern) branch includes Scottish and Irish Gaelic as well as Manx, and is distinct from the Brythonic branch which includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Scottish, Manx and Irish Gaelic are all descended from Old Irish. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Differences between Scottish Gaelic and Irish 1.1 Orthography 1.2 Vocabulary 2 Official Recognition 3 Place names 4 External Links Differences between Scottish Gaelic and Irish Scottish Gaelic is quite similar to Irish, especially the dialect spoken in Donegal, as illustrated by the sentence "how are you?". Scottish Gaelic - ''Ciamar a tha thu?' Ulster Irish - Cad e mar a.
Place names in Irish - Place names in Irish Many place names in Ireland in the English language are either anglicisations of those in the Irish language, or completely different, such as the name for the capital of the Republic of Ireland, which in English is Dublin, but in Irish is Baile Átha Cliath. After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922, some names were changed including Kingstown in County Dublin, which became Dún Laoghaire (pronounced 'dunleary' by English speakers, and 'doonlairah' by Irish speakers) and Queenstown in County Cork which became Cóbh (pronounced 'cove'). King's County and Queen's County were renamed County Laois and County Offaly in 1921. In the Republic, both Irish and English names have equal status and are displayed on road and signs, although postmarks are only.
Neo-Gaelic language - Neo-Gaelic language The Neo-Gaelic was formerly spoken in South and North Carolina and Tennessee in the United States, particularly in counties along the North Carolina/South Carolina state line and the Smoky Mountains by mostly Scottish immigrants and their descendants. The label "Neo-Gaelic" is very recent, being called "the Gaelic" or "Arsh" by its speakers. Deriving from a mixture of Scottish and Irish dialects (particularly that of Ulster), Neo-Gaelic received profound phonological, grammatical and lexical influence from other languages spoken in the area, particularly Lowland Scots, Welsh, Cornish, and Southern German dialects. Further vocabulary came from English, African languages (via African American English dialects or creoles like Gullah), French (spoken by the Huguenots) and perhaps a handful of terms from local Native American languages. Coming to the Carolinas and.
Michael Collins (Irish leader) - Michael Collins (Irish leader) Michael Collins (October 16, 1890 - August 22, 1922), an Irish revolutionary leader, served as Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, as a member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, as Chairman of the Provisional Government and as Commander-in-Chief of the National Army. He was assassinated in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War. Michael Collins as Commander-in-Chief at President Griffith's funeral one week before his own murder. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Life 2 The Easter Rising 3 The First Dáil 4 Minister for Finance 5 The Treaty 6 The Triple Approval: Dáil, British Parliament & House of Commons of Southern Ireland 7 The Provisional Government 8 Collins' Legacy 9 The Film 10 Footnotes Early Life Michael Collins.
Languages in the United Kingdom - United Kingdom The United Kingdom has no official language. English is the main language and the de facto official language. Welsh and Scottish Gaelic are recognised as having equal status with English in Wales and Scotland respectively. Other native languages include Irish (in Northern Ireland), Scots in Scotland and Ulster (Northern Ireland), Cornish (in Cornwall) and British Sign Language. See also UK topics.
List of Irish television channels - List of Irish television channels Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Terrestrial Stations 2 Free Digital Channels 3 Satellite & Cable Terrestrial Stations These channels are available as free-to-air analogue broadcasts, as well as on digital, satellite and cable systems. Radio Telifís Éireann - the independent state broadcasting company RTÉ1 - main RTÉ national station Network 2 - secondary RTÉ national station (previously called RTÉ2) TG4 - National Irish Language station Independent terrestrial station TV3 - independent commercial broadcaster Foreign analogue stations available in most of Ireland BBC ONE/BBC Northern Ireland BBC TWO ITV1/Ulster Television Channel 4 Free Digital Channels Most of these channels are available on the Freeview service as well as in basic digital cable and satellite packages. QVC Sky News Sky Sports News Sky Travel.
List of official languages - sovereign countries Afrikaans: South Africa (with English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Albanian: Albania Arabic: Algeria Bahrain Chad Djibouti Iraq (with Kurdish) Israel (with Hebrew) Lebanon Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Sudan Syria The United Arab Emirates Yemen Armenian: Armenia Azeri: Azerbaijan Bahasa Indonesia: Indonesia Bulgarian: Bulgaria Catalan: Andorra parts of Spain Balearic Islands (with Spanish) Catalonia (with Spanish) Valencia (named as Valencian, with Spanish) Danish Denmark Greenland (with Inuktitut) Dari: Afghanistan (with Pashtu) Dutch: Belgium (with French and German) The Netherlands Suriname Dzongkha: Bhutan English: Australia Bahamas Botswana (but the national language is Setswana) Canada (federally, with French) New Brunswick (with French) Nunavut (with French, Inuktitut, and Inuvialuktun) Northwest Territories (with Chipewyan, Cree, Dogrib, French, Gwich'in, Inuktitut, and Slavey) Yukon (with French) Cyprus (with Turkish.
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Ian Paisley - Richard Kyle Paisley (born April 6, 1926) is a Northern Irish politician and church leader. Rev. Ian Paisley, MP, MLA, MEP. Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church. In the early 1960s Ian Paisley helped to establish the first Free Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland. He then following a vote in his own church joined the Free Presbyterian Church and was elected moderator of it, keeping this post ever since. He subsequently set up his own newspaper, the Protestant Telegraph as a mechanism for further spreading his message. 'No Surrender' In the 1960s he campaigned against Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill's rapprochment with the Republic of Ireland and his meetings with his counterpart in the Republic, Sean Lemass. He opposed efforts by O'Neill as.
History of England - Avebury, is an extremely large although untypical example. The south of England contains many iron-age hill forts, surviving as systems of concentric earthworks, from the huge Maiden Castle in Dorset down to much smaller ones like Grimsbury Castle in Berkshire. Dartmoor National park in Devon displays much evidence of its early inhabitants, being beset with many hut-circles, stone-rows, kistvaens and other visible reminders of the times. Pre-Roman Languages The pre-Roman inhabitants of England are believed to have been Celts, and to have spoken an extinct Insular Celtic language known as Brythonic, which probably had no written form. Some examples of the Oghamic [1] script used in Ireland have been found on the west coast of England, but this script is now believed to be a modified form of the Roman alphabet.
