Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

Since the beginning of Norman rule in the 12th century, the city has functioned as the capital in varying geopolitical entities: Lordship of Ireland ( 1171 – 1541 ), Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541 – 1800 ), island as part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801 – 1922 ), and the Irish Republic ( 1919 – 1922 ).

Since the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Irish have become assimilated into the British population.

Since the 2008 onset of the Irish economic and banking crisis, however, the country's economy has suffered, and since then Ireland has experienced net emigration once again.

Since Imbolc is immediately followed ( on 2 February ) by Candlemas ( Irish Lá Fhéile Muire na gCoinneal " feast day of Mary of the Candles ", Welsh Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau ), Irish imbolc is sometimes rendered as " Candlemas " in English translation ; e. g. iar n-imbulc, ba garb a ngeilt translated as " after Candlemas, rough was their herding ".

Since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Bucharest has again become an increasingly cosmopolitan city, including identifiable Chinese and Irish presences.

Since the Irish immigration to America, the hake has followed in the wake of their masters, as it is now found in New York bay, in the waters around Boston, and off Cape Cod.

Since their respective declines, the government has been one of the major employers in the town: the maximum-security Port Laoise Prison, which houses the majority of the Irish Republican political prisoners sentenced in the Republic, the Midlands Prison, and the Department of Agriculture are all large-scale employers in the town.

Since early 2008 Portlaoise has been the Irish base of Self Help Africa, formerly Self Help Development International, the Irish development agency engaged in implementing long term rural development programmes in Sub-Sahara.

Since the 1980s, the Irish-born community has reduced in size, although the legacy of their presence remains, not least in the number of Irish pubs and organisations and the many thousands with Irish ancestry that continue to populate the area.

Since the late 19th century, Grafton Hill and Vernon Hill have been points of entry for immigrants from all over the world: Irish, Italians, Lithuanians, Poles, Syrians, Lebanese, Indians, Puerto Ricans, French Canadians, and more recently, Albanians and Brazilians.

Since William Camden, Burgh Castle has been suggested as the site of " Cnobheresburg ", the unknown place ( a castrum or fort ) in East Anglia, where in about 630 the first Irish monastery in southern England was founded by Saint Fursey as part of the Hiberno-Scottish mission described by Bede.

Since then it has been involved in feuds with both the Provisional IRA and the Irish National Liberation Army, a radical splinter group formed in 1974.

Since the coming info force of the 1937 constitution, no Irish government has proposed changing the maximum term of the Dáil, which still remains five years.

Since Myer's move to the rival Irish Independent, " An Irishman's Diary " is now usually the work of Frank McNally.

Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s, Nickelodeon as a brand has expanded into include language-or culture-specific Nickelodeon channels for various other territories in different parts of the world including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia, Asia, and recently Canada, and has licensed some of its cartoons and other content, in English and local languages, to TV and cable stations such as KiKA and Super RTL in Germany, RTÉ Two ( English speaking ) and TG4 ( Irish speaking ) in Ireland, YTV ( in English ) and VRAK. TV ( in French ) in Canada, Canal J in France, Alpha Kids in Greece and CNBC-e in Turkey.

Since the height of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) campaign, the entrance to Downing Street has been closed, preventing the general public from getting near Number 10.

Today, he is best known for his popular and sometimes controversial books on aspects of modern Irish history, including The IRA, Ireland Since the Rising, On the Blanket, and biographies of Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.

His principal works also include Ireland Since the Famine, the standard university textbook for Irish history from the mid-19th to late-20th century, and a biography of Charles Stewart Parnell.

Since coming to power after the Irish Free State's 1932 general election, Éamon de Valera's government had secured the passage of a number of amendments to the Irish constitution, reducing the role of the Crown in the state's internal affairs.

Since the Second World War, both theoretical and experimental fields have advanced at a rapid pace.

Since World War II, main battle tanks have largely replaced gun-armed tank destroyers although lightly armored anti tank guided missile ( ATGM ) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank work.

Since World War II, main battle tanks have largely replaced gun-armed tank destroyers although lightly armored anti tank guided missile ( ATGM ) carriers are commonly used for supplementary long-range anti-tank work.

Since that time, the term Bolshevik has been regarded as obsolete, and relevant only to the pre-Revolutionary times, during the Russian Revolution itself and the Russian Civil War which followed.

Since the end of the Second World War, the development of computers has allowed a systematic development of computational chemistry, which is the art of developing and applying computer programs for solving chemical problems.

Since the end of the Second World War, the development of computers has allowed a systematic development of computational chemistry, which is the art of developing and applying computer programs for solving chemical problems.

Since the end of the Cold War, the focus of civil defense has largely shifted from military attack to emergencies and disasters in general.

Since World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany, only the third stanza has been used as the national anthem.

Since the American Civil War the term " discrimination " generally evolved in American English usage as an understanding of prejudicial treatment of an individual based solely on their race, later generalized as membership in a certain socially undesirable group or social category.

Since the Second World War, they have been attended by an average of over 2, 000 and up to 6, 000 people.

Since 1998 and the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, the relationship became increasingly hostile.

Since World War II, Ethiopia has played an active role in world and African affairs.

Since that law was repealed in the aftermath of World War II, the present Emperor Akihito became the first crown prince for over a thousand years to have an empress outside the previously eligible circle.

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Since World War I, achieving and maintaining air superiority has been essential for victory in conventional warfare.

Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions ( through 1989 )... Five to 7 points are a lot, given that there may be only a 15-or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team.

Since 2001, the Royal Danish Army has been involved in the War in Afghanistan as part of the ISAF.

Since the end of World War II, the number of students entering universities has more than tripled, and the trade and technical schools are among the world's best.

Since then Mullan and Edwards have travelled to Flanders and the site of the World War One Christmas Truce and the legendary football game between British and German soldiers.

Since the World War II, copper and plastic piping has replaced galvanized piping for interior drinking water service, but galvanized steel pipes are still used in outdoor applications where mechanical strength is required.

Since the days of the Second World War, US and British intelligence have shared information.

Since World War II France has been a leading member in the UN, the European Union and NATO, and remains a strong economic, cultural, military and political influence in the 21st century.

Since the Second Lebanon War, however, Iran has restructured Hezbollah to limit the power of Hassan Nasrallah, and invested billions of dollars " rehabilitating " Hezbollah.

Since World War II the United Kingdom was forced to withdraw from the area, to be replaced by India, the USSR, and the United States.