* Ireland's largest island, Achill Island, lies off Mayo's west coast.

Dublin Business School ( DBS ) is Ireland's largest private third level institution with over 9, 000 students.

The National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown is Ireland's largest indoor water leisure facility.

In Northern Ireland, the largest Pro-Belfast Agreement party, Sinn Féin, not only advocates Northern Ireland's unification with the Republic of Ireland, but also abstains from taking their elected seats in the Westminster government, as this would entail taking a pledge of allegiance to the British monarch.

The main population centre of Inishowen, one of Ireland's largest peninsulae, is Buncrana.

* Irish Cement, Ireland's largest cement works at Platin.

It is based on the principle of power-sharing under the D ' Hondt method to ensure that Northern Ireland's largest political communities, the unionist and nationalist communities both participate in governing the region.

To the south of the town lies Newtownards Airport, home of the Ulster Flying Club — Northern Ireland's largest, non-commercial training and flying organisation.

The town is home to one of Ireland's largest golf courses.

It is Ireland's oldest extant airline, and its second largest, after low-cost rival Ryanair.

She opened the Bloom Festival, Ireland's largest gardening show, on 3 June 2010, acknowledging an improved interest in gardening in Ireland, particularly among younger people.

Sligo is the 22nd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and 26th largest in terms of population.

& R. Odlum, Cleeve's, R & H Hall, Dockrell's, Arnott's, Goulding Chemicals, the Irish Times, the Irish Railways, and the Guinness brewery ( Ireland's largest employer ).

It enjoyed an impressive début at the 1987 general election, winning 14 seats in Dáil Éireann and capturing almost 12 percent of the popular vote to temporarily surpass the Labour Party as Ireland's third largest political party.

Up to 1989, Mitchelstown was the headquarters for Mitchelstown Co-Operative Agricultural Society Ltd, which for over fifty years had been Ireland's largest co-operative.

As a result, several of Ireland's largest industrial pig farms are based in the Mitchelstown area to this day.

* Blennerville Windmill: located about 2 km outside the town, Ireland's largest functioning windmill.

It was produced at Ireland's largest explosives factory in Enfield, County Meath.

Dublin, Ireland's Women's Mini-Marathon is said to be the largest all-female event of its kind in the world.

The University Arena, located on campus, is Ireland's largest indoor sports complex.

Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier ( Aer Lingus ), Europe's largest low-cost carrier ( Ryanair ) and Ireland's regional airline ( Aer Arann ).

The Cineworld ( UGC ) cinema on Parnell Street is the largest cinema in Ireland with seventeen screens, the other notable north inner city cinema, the Savoy, is located on O ' Connell Street and is one of Ireland's oldest cinemas.

It opened in January 2005 and has Ireland's largest elite sports performance gym.

* October 24-Start of Wall Street Crash ; Ireland's economy suffers.

Their Carton House seat was sold ( though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists ), as later on was their other residence in Waterford.

It borders the separate areas of Greenhills and Templeogue, and it contains extensive sporting grounds, ponds, Coláiste De Hide, and one of Ireland's largest playgrounds at the Tymon North entrance.

Many of Ireland's Pitch and Putt courses are situated in the grounds of a hospital like St. Stephen ’ s, which lies just ten kilometres from Ireland ’ s second city ( and one of Pitch and Putt ’ s strongholds ) – Cork.

The castle grounds are also home to Ireland's Historic Science Centre, a museum of Ireland's historic scientists and their contributions to astronomy and botany.

John West is a fierce patriot who supports conscription, and his sometimes fiery debates with the Irish-Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, who opposes conscription on the grounds that to send men to aid England was against his, and Ireland's, historical enmity with that country.

* Digital Rights Ireland: Digital Rights Ireland's challenge against the EU Data Retention Directive and Irish retention legislation on the grounds of European and Irish constitutional law.

The castle is situated in Ireland's most ancient primordial oak woods, once the haunting grounds of Ireland's druids.

Staunton quickly consented to Ireland's compassionate leave on these grounds, a private jet was chartered for his return.

For example, bills imposing a tax, or involving public expenditure, are introduced into the House of Commons in the United Kingdom by convention, and in Canada's House of Commons and Ireland's Dáil as a matter of law.

Article 15 of Ireland's constitution describes the body as " a House of Representatives to be called Dáil Éireann " ( Teach Ionadóirí ar a dtugtar Dáil Éireann ).

He is famous not just for his role in parliament but also for his great wealth that allowed him to build one of Ireland's greatest Georgian houses, Castletown House.

On its northern side is a building known today as the Bank of Ireland which until 1800 was Ireland's Parliament House.

The most famous building built with Ardbraccan stone is Leinster House, once the Dublin residence of the Duke of Leinster, Ireland's premier peer, and now the seat of the Irish parliament, Oireachtas Éireann. Ardbraccan limestone was also used on the restoration of The Custom House in Dublin after it was burned down by the IRA in 1921.

A later Irish Taoiseach ( prime minister ), John Bruton, hung a painting of Redmond, whom he regarded as his hero because of his commitment to non-violence, in his office in Ireland's Leinster House Government Buildings.

Carew's house, named Chichester House after its later owner Sir Arthur Chichester, was already a building of sufficient importance to have become a temporary home of the Kingdom of Ireland's law courts during the Michaelmas law term in 1605.

Speaker Conolly remains today one of the most widely known figures ever to be produced by an Irish parliament, and not just for his role in Parliament but also for his great wealth that allowed him to build one of Ireland's greatest Georgian houses, Castletown House.

Copies of debates of the old Irish Parliament are now kept in Ireland's modern-day parliament house, Leinster House, on nearby Kildare Street, so keeping a direct link between the old bicameral Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland and the modern-day bicameral parliament, the Oireachtas, of the modern Republic of Ireland.

Frognal House by George Shepherd appears in Thomas Ireland's History of Kent published c. 1830.

* Leinster House in Dublin-residence of the Duke of Leinster ( Ireland's premier duke ) and now the seat of Oireachtas Éireann, the Irish parliament.

According to The Times Guide to the House of Commons, she is popular across the sectarian divide in one of Northern Ireland's most polarised constituencies.

Fota Island is host to Ireland's only wildlife park — as well as the historical Fota House with ornamental gardens and an 18-hole golf course owned by the " Fota Island Golf Club and Resort ".

Between 1956 and 1965 the sixth Baron was the owner of Castletown House and Estate in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, regarded as one of Ireland's finest country houses and now a museum open to the public and in the ownership of the Irish State.

More recently, as a Member of the House of Commons ' Social Security Select Committee ( from 1991 to 1997 ) and the Commons ' Environment, Transport and the Regions Select Committee ( from 1997 until his death in 2000 ), Forsythe was an active Committee Member ensuring that Northern Ireland's interests were represented and needs were articulated.

Designed by the famous architects Richard Cassels and James Wyatt in the 18th century, Westport House is considered one of Ireland's most beautiful historic homes open to the public.

Westport House is situated in an impressive parkland setting with a lake, terraces, gardens and magnificent views overlooking Clew Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Achill, Clare Island and Ireland's Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick.

Academy House was home to many of Ireland's finest national treasures, including the Ardagh Chalice and the Tara Brooch, until 1890 when the Academy transferred its collections to the newly established National Museum of Ireland.

The programme is broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from BBC Northern Ireland's headquarters in Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

Though initially the most prosperous residences of peers were located on the northside, in places like Henrietta Street and Rutland Square, the decision of the Earl of Kildare ( Ireland's premier peer, later made Duke of Leinster ), to build his new townhouse, Kildare House ( later renamed Leinster House after he was made Duke of Leinster ) on the southside, led to a rush from peers to build new houses on the southside, in or around the three major southern squares.