The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

( Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans )

* 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In the United Kingdom, dialects, word use and accents vary not only between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but also within them.

* No monarch may leave " the dominions of England, Scotland, or Ireland ," without the consent of Parliament.

The most troublesome enemies of Roman Britain were the Picts of central and northern Scotland, and the Gaels known as Scoti, who were raiders from Ireland.

The membership of nearly 25, 000 women, all singing in English, includes choruses in most of the fifty United States as well as in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, Wales and the Netherlands.

The British and Irish Lions ( formerly known as the British Isles and the British Lions ) is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

On the 1930 tour a delegation led by the Irish lock George Beamish expressed their displeasure at the fact that whilst the blue of Scotland, white of England and red of Wales were represented in the strip there was no green for Ireland.

The International Badminton Federation ( IBF ) ( now known as Badminton World Federation ) was established in 1934 with Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members.

For example, although the words wee and little are interchangeable in some contexts, wee ( as an adjective ) is almost exclusively written by some people from some parts of northern Britain ( and especially Scotland ) or from Northern Ireland, whereas in Southern England and Wales, little is used predominantly.

Beltane was an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Beltane regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and is still observed as a cultural festival by some in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and among their diasporas.

Due to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, Bealltainn in Scotland was commonly celebrated on 15 May while in Ireland " Old Beltane " or " Old May " began about the night of 11 May.

The Bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes in the United Kingdom, but has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales and regulates the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

However, the limitations of the 1844 Act only affected banks in England and Wales, and today three commercial banks in Scotland and four in Northern Ireland continue to issue their own sterling banknotes, regulated by the Bank of England.

Other such breast mountains are Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border, Beinn Chìochan and the Maiden Paps in Scotland, the " Bundok ng Susong Dalaga " ( Maiden's breast mountains ) in Talim Island, Philippines, the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu ( Dá Chích Anann or the breasts of Anu ), near Killarney in Ireland, the 2, 086 m high Tetica de Bacares or " La Tetica " in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain, and Khao Nom Sao in Thailand, Cerro Las Tetas in Puerto Rico and the Breasts of Aphrodite in Mykonos, among many others.

While the crew spent six weeks shooting on location in Scotland, the major battle scenes were shot in the Republic of Ireland using members of the Irish Army Reserve as extras.

Fans come from all over the world to see the places in Scotland where William Wallace fought for Scottish freedom, and also to the places in Scotland and Ireland to see the locations used in the film.

Graphics and titles were developed by the Lambie-Nairn design agency and were gradually rolled out across the whole of BBC News, including a similar design for regional news starting with Newsroom South East and the three BBC Nations – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it is traditional for the Premier League, Scottish Premier League and Irish Premier League respectively, as well as the lower divisions and rugby leagues, to hold a full programme of football and Rugby League matches on Boxing Day.

Shakespeare often used Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland — commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles — as a source for his plays, and in Macbeth he borrows from several of the tales in that work.

Following the 1707 union of England and Scotland, and the 1801 creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British foreign policy, on the continent, was to contain expansion by its competitor powers such as France and Spain.

Since the foundation of the festival in 1995 performers and musical groups from all over Ireland and Europe have performed at Féile na nDéise.

The River Feale ( An Fhéil or Abhainn na Féile in Irish ) rises near Rockchapel in the Mullaghareirk Mountains of County Cork in the southwest of Ireland and flows northwestwards through Abbeyfeale and Listowel in County Kerry before finally emptying into the Mouth of the Shannon by Ballyduff.

Every August bank holiday, Carraroe hosts Féile an Dóilín, the largest Galway hooker festival in Ireland, and one of the largest maritime festivals in the country.

* Fleadh ceol na hEireann ( Tullamore, Ireland )

The Continuity Irish Republican Army, otherwise known as the Continuity IRA ( CIRA ) and styling itself as Óglaigh na hÉireann, is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that aims to bring about a united Ireland.

The Bridge of Tears ( Droichead na nDeor in Irish language | Irish ) in County Donegal | West Donegal, Ireland.

Ireland has one of the largest dedicated freight railways in Europe, operated by Bord na Móna totalling nearly.

The Modern Irish word Samhain is derived from the Old Irish samain, samuin, or samfuin, all referring to 1 November ( latha na samna: ' samhain day '), and the festival and royal assembly held on that date in medieval Ireland ( oenaig na samna: ' samhain assembly ').

In other parts of the British Isles, different terms were used, for instance in Wales, the log was often referred to as Y Bloccyn Gwylian, meaning " the Festival Block ", whilst in Scotland, Yeel Carline ( meaning " the Christmas Old Wife ") was used, and in Ireland, the term, Bloc na Nollaig, which meant " the Christmas Block ", was used.

* December 29 – The new Constitution of Ireland ( Bunreacht na hÉireann ) comes into force.

The National Botanic Gardens ( Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Luais ) are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland.

The new Constitution of Ireland ( Bunreacht na hÉireann ) repealed the 1922 Constitution, and came into effect on 29 December 1937.

According to the 11th c. Lebor Gabála Érenn ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland ), the 14th c. Auraicept na n-Éces and other Irish folklore, the Irish originated in Scythia and were descendants of Fénius Farsaid, a Scythian prince who created the Ogham alphabet and who was one of the principal architects of the Gaelic language.

In 1933 three groups, Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party and the National Guard came together to form a new political force, Fine Gael-the United Ireland Party.

Conradh na Gaeilge (; abbreviated CnaG and historically known by its English name, the Gaelic League ) is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and elsewhere.

" Conradh na Gaeilge was founded in Dublin on 31 July 1893 by Douglas Hyde (), the son of a Church of Ireland rector from Frenchpark, County Roscommon with the aid of Eugene O ' Growney, Eoin MacNeill, Thomas O ' Neill Russell and others.

The organisation has branches in several parts of Ireland and is closely involved in the development of the Seachtain na Gaeilge promotional campaign.

* Photos of the Hag's Chair and other megalithic features at Slieve na Calliagh, Ireland

They landed in Ireland at Dún na mBarc ( Donemark, on Bantry Bay in County Cork ), forty days before the Flood, in Age of the World 2242 according to the Annals of the Four Masters, or 2361 BC according to Seathrún Céitinn's chronology.

The name Fianna Éireann (), also written Fianna na hÉireann and Na Fianna Éireann ( Irish: " Soldiery of Ireland " or " Warriors ' of Ireland ", named after the mythological Fianna ), has been used by various Irish republican youth movements throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Specifically in the Republic of Ireland, a state-owned company called Bord na Móna is responsible for managing peat production.

An Ghaeltacht 1926 ; areas of the island of Ireland which would have qualified for Gaeltacht status according to the recommendations of the first Coimisiún na Gaeltachta

The study was undertaken by Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge ( part of the National University of Ireland, Galway ), and " Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíoch ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht " (" A Comprehensive Linguistic Study of the Usage of Irish in the Gaeltacht ") was published on 1 November 2007.

Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal is the largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland, which is home to regional studios of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and world-class musicians, such as Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Altan, Moya Brennan ( Máire Ní Bhraonáin ), Enya ( Eithne ), and Clannad, who were all raised with Irish as their first language.