In discussing the legislation to dissolve Dublin County Council, Avril Doyle TD said, " The Bill before us today effectively abolishes County Dublin, and as one born and bred in these parts of Ireland I find it rather strange that we in this House are abolishing County Dublin.

When I was a student in Dublin we scoffed at the American celebration of St. Patrick, finding something preposterous in the green beer, the search for any connection, no matter how tenuous, to Ireland, the misty sentiment of it all that seemed so at odds with the Ireland we knew and actually lived in.

Anna Crona, marketing director at IKEA UK and Ireland, explained: " We are committed to understanding how our customers live life at home so we can provide solutions to make life happier.

This definition is explained in a book published in 1910 entitled " English as we Speak it in Ireland " by P. W. Joyce.

In 1207, Innocent III placed England under interdict until King John made his kingdom a fiefdom to the Pope, complete with yearly tribute, saying, " we offer and freely yield ... to our lord Pope Innocent III and his catholic successors, the whole kingdom of England and the whole kingdom of Ireland with all their rights and appurtenences for the remission of our sins ".

But will anyone here object if, with a ballot paper in one hand and the Armalite in the other, we take power in Ireland ".

The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig, speaking in the Parliament in October 1922 said that “ when the 6th of December is passed the month begins in which we will have to make the choice either to vote out or remain within the Free State .”.

However, since the account in the Gesta of the early part of his exile ( in Scotland, Cornwall and Ireland ) contains fantastic elements which suggest it is largely fictitious, it is hard to know if we can trust this.

By the Charter of Charles II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to his trustie and well beloved subject, William Penn, Esq., sonne and heire of Sir William Penn, for the Colony of Pennsylvania, the grantee, William Penn, was given power and authority to erect counties, in the following words: " And we do further for us, our heires and successors, give and grant unto the said William Penn, his heirs and assignees, free and absolute power to divide the said countrey and islands into townes, into boroughes and counties, etc .," whereupon William Penn did divide the Province into three counties, Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester.

* ' Some say deporting people of Unionist belief is a form of genocide ; in my opinion they have a country, that country is England and I would be most happy for them to reside there, not interfering with Irish affairs North or South of the unjust border of Ireland, we must not put up with their continuous invasion and occupation of our land.

* ' First and foremost we wish to see the re-unification of Ireland restored.

He became known only by the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, and all the information we have about him is related to this work.

One might suppose Rica to be another name for Gorlois ( though Welsh translations of Geoffrey name him Gwrlais ), but we also have in Geoffrey's account a Gormant the Irish who is king of Ireland ( based on the villain of the French chançon de geste called Gormant et Isenbart ) and this Gormant might be hiding here also as Gormant ap Rica, this being a possible corruption of Gormant Ireland.

When we have undermined English misgovernment we have paved the way for Ireland to take her place amongst the nations of the earth.

None of us whether we be in America or in Ireland ... will be satisfied until we have destroyed the last link which keeps Ireland bound to England.

No man has the right to say to his country, " Thus far shalt thou go and no further ", and we have never attempted to fix the " ne plus ultra " to the progress of Ireland ’ s nationhood, and we never shall.

Another common aspect of the festival in early 20th century Ireland was the hanging of May Boughs on the doors and windows of houses and the making of May Bushes in farmyards, which usually consisted either of a branch of rowan / caorthann ( mountain ash ) or more commonly whitethorn / sceach geal ( hawthorn ) which is in bloom at the time and is commonly called the ' May Bush ' or just ' May ' in both Ireland and Britain.

However, since 29 December 1920, the British government had sanctioned " official reprisals " in Ireland — usually meaning burning property of IRA men and their suspected sympathisers.

* Cell ( archaeology ) The term may be applied to a monks church in Ireland, usually early Christian Place names in Ireland

A crannog (; ; ) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes, rivers and estuarine waters of Scotland and Ireland.

Mountbatten usually holidayed at his summer home in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, a small seaside village between Bundoran, County Donegal, and Sligo town on the northwest coast of Ireland.

Robinson returned to live in Ireland at the end of 2010, and has set up The Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, which aims to be ' a centre for thought leadership, education and advocacy on the struggle to secure global justice for those many victims of climate change who are usually forgotten-the poor, the disempowered and the marginalised across the world.

This congregation / presbytery / synod / general assembly schema is based on the historical structure of the larger Presbyterian churches, such as the Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church ( U. S. A .); some bodies, such as the Presbyterian Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, skip one of the steps between congregation and General Assembly, and usually the step skipped is the Synod.

As a result, in 1927 the United Kingdom changed its formal title to the " United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ," usually shortened to the " United Kingdom ", the " UK " or " Britain ".

By law, Irish whiskey must be produced in Ireland and aged in wooden casks for a period of no less than three years, although in practice it is usually three or four times that period.

The name " Godot " is pronounced in Britain and Ireland with the emphasis on the first syllable, (); in North America it is usually pronounced with an emphasis on the second syllable,.

The United Kingdom, Ireland, and most other countries do not distinguish between subtitles and closed captions, and use " subtitles " as the general term — the equivalent of " captioning " is usually referred to as " Subtitles for the hard of hearing ".

In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and North America, fish and chips usually sell through independent restaurants and take-aways.

Crowds usually cheered Alexandra rapturously, but during a visit to Ireland in 1885, she suffered a rare moment of public hostility when visiting the City of Cork, a hotbed of Irish nationalism.

Although the Christian right is usually associated with the U. S., the movement has been a key factor in the politics of Canada, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Australia, among others.

Jump races and steeplechases, called National Hunt racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland, are run over long distances, usually from two miles ( 3, 200 m ) up to four and a half miles ( 7, 200 m ), and horses carry more weight.

* The All Ireland Club Championship is staged at Senior, Intermediate and Junior level, usually reaching the final stages in November – December or the following March.

It is interesting that Brian is not referred to in the passage from the ' Book of Armagh ' as the ' Ard Ri ' — that is, High-King — but rather he is declared " Imperator Scottorum ," or " Emperor of the Irish " (" Scottorum " then being the common Late Latin term for the Irish: Ireland was usually referred to in Latin as " Scotia Major " while Scotland was referred to as " Scotia Minor ").

In Ireland, since the Standard Time ( Amendment ) Act, 1971, Ireland has used UTC + 1 in summer ( officially " standard time ",, though usually called " summer time ") and UTC + 0 in winter ( officially " winter time ").

Next, the Tuatha Dé Danann, who are usually supposed to have been the gods of the Goidelic Irish, defeated the Fir Bolg in the first Battle of Magh Tuiredh and took possession of Ireland.

In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states, Hong Kong and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers ( or, in Scotland, advocates ), and a lawyer will usually only hold one title.

It is the opening race of the road racing calendar in Ireland and is usually held in April.

In civil cases, the House of Lords could hear appeals from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland and the Scottish Court of Session.

In criminal cases, the House of Lords could hear appeals from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the High Court of England and Wales, the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland and the Courts-Martial Appeal Court but did not hear appeals from the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland.

Whether Handel originally intended to perform Messiah in Dublin is uncertain ; he did not inform Jennens of any such plan, for the latter wrote to Holdsworth on 2 December 1741: "... it was some mortification to me to hear that instead of performing Messiah here he has gone into Ireland with it.

The liberty of Ireland may come sooner or come later, by peaceful negotiation or bloody conflict — but it is sure ; and wherever between the poles I may chance to be, I will hear the crash of the down fall of the thrice-accursed British Empire ".

... what is strangest than all, it seems to be from the Irish that you fear this danger most ; the people whom you have been nourishing, cherishing and spoon-feeding, by means of so many kind and well-paid British nurses, for two years — on whom you have lavished so many tons of printed paper, so many millions of cooked rations — these are the people who plot ' treason ,' and eagerly flock to hear ' open and advised speaking ,' eagerly devour ' published, printed, and written ' language all urging them to arm for the overthrow of British rule in Ireland!

In some parts of Ireland one can hear older people refer to their Wellington boots as " topboots ", usually black in colour, as this was a popular name for Wellingtons in the 1960s.

BBC Northern Ireland have a radio link from their studios in Belfast which allows mobile on-location News crews to hear the studio ; the test tone is known as the " commbeep ".

*" We hear from time to time that the Irish people are determined to formulate their own politics, and not to take them from Rome ; but events constantly demonstrate that not only the religion but the politics of Ireland are those of the Church of Rome, and that the Irish people are still being exploited in the interest of clericalism and for the proselytising of England.

The committee of three laymen and two clergymen, one Roman Catholic and one Church of Ireland, met at 24 Kildare Street, Dublin, between February and December 1926 to hear and consider submissions from a variety of sources, including the Garda, secular and religious organisations and members of the public, and reported to O ' Higgins on 28 December.

* December 14-The Nuremberg Trials hear the story of German plans to create a revolution in Ireland during the War.

The victim's mother, Evelyn Eudy said that she " was appalled to hear Mr Mitchell was running as a presidential candidate in Ireland ".

When sitting as family proceedings courts the magistrates ' courts hear proceedings brought under the Children ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1995.