History of Ireland

Susan Boyle was born in Scotland of Irish-born parents (Co. Donegal).

There are 2 legends surrounding the Claddagh. The first one seems to be more legend than fact, but it goes like this. A great Irish Prince fell in love with a commoner in his realm. Her father was not pleased about the relationship, fearing the Prince would simply have his way with the young woman and then leave her in disgrace. The Prince wanted to prove his love and devotion to his maiden's father. So he designed a ring. The hands to represent his long held friendship with his maid and her family. The crown to represent his undying loyalty and devotion. The heart to represent his ever lasting love. The Prince traveled to the home of his maiden, and presented the ring to her in front of her father. Asking for her hand in marriage. Upon seeing the ring and hearing the proposal, the father gave his blessing and all lived happily ever after. The second legend holds more historical fact in it's story. Claddagh itself refers to a small fishing village just near Galway city. The Claddagh ring supposedly originated in this area. The original Claddagh ring is generally attributed to one Richard Joyce, of Galway. Joyce departed from Claddagh, a small fishing village where the waters of the River Corrib meet Galway Bay, on a ship enroute to the plantations of the West Indies. That week he was to was to be married, but his ship was captured by Mediterranean Algerian pirates and the crew were sold as a slaves; Richard Joyce was sold to a Moorish goldsmith who trained him in his craft. He soon became a master in his trade and hand crafted a ring for the woman at home he could not forget. In 1689 he was released after William III came to the throne of England and concluded an agreement whereby all his subjects who where held in captivity by the Moors were to be allowed return to their homes. The Moorish goldsmith offered Richard his only daughter in marriage and half his wealth if he would remain in Algiers. He declined and returned to Claddagh to find that the woman of his heart had never married. He gave her the ring and they were married and he set up a goldsmith shop in the town of Claddagh. By tradition the ring is taken to signify the wish that Love and friendship should reign supreme. The hands signify friendship, the crown loyalty, and the heart love. These rings were kept as heirlooms with great pride and passed from mother to daughter. The ring is worn extensively across Ireland, either on the right hand with the heart turned outwards showing that the wearer is "fancy free" or with the heart turned inwards to denote that he or she is "spoken for". The pride of place is on the left hand, with the heart turned in, indicating that the wearer is happily married and the love and friendship will last forever, the two never separated.

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You have to click your heels together, while in the air.

But with your legs straight, and in front of you.

Soo put one leg straight out and jump bringing the other one forward and clicking heels.

I hope this helped.

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A Celtic symbol for the love of a family member, like that of a father and daughter, is the Celtic Knot. A Celtic Knot is a symbol that has three intertwining knots and is shaped like a triangle.

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This is the historic agreement in the Northern Ireland peace process that was signed between the British and Irish governments on 10 April 1998 - which happened to be Good Friday that year. It was also supported in a referendum and only one political party chose to oppose it. Read the full text in the Web Link to the left.

because it was hoped that it would get rid of poverty and people living on the street.

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They left because of the potatoe famine, in which a blight caused potatoes to be inedible , and considering Ireland was so poor back then and the potato was the staple diet, people thought that they'd have a better life in the us. They left Ireland because of the "opportunities" united sates, because they believed that they would live alot better there.

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The potato famine, which started in the mid 1840s until the early 1850s.

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In order of birth

1. Margaret

2. Johnny

3. Johanna

4. Mary

5. Helena

6. Patrick

7. Kathleen

8. Michael (10-16-1890 to 8-22-1922)

The history of the Titanic and Ireland begins in 1911 with the ship's construction at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was built in the Belfast shipyard alongside her sister ship, the Olympic. The White Star Line owned the ship and intended to carry trans-atlantic traffic between Europe and America.

Newspaper notices in May 1911 invited the public to view the completed liner before the launch on May 31, 1911. Leaving from Belfast, Titanic successfully completed sea trials in Belfast Lough during 1912. Hundreds of Belfast men had taken part in the construction of the luxury liner, and there were Irish passengers and crew on board during the maiden voyage.

One hundred twenty-three Irish men, women and children boarded the Titanic at Cobh, or Queenstown, County Cork. Most of them were embarking on a new life in America.

Éamon de Valera died on August 29, 1975 at the age of 92.

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Most Protestants want to remain WITH Britain and not become part of a united Ireland. Irish nationalists want to unite the country - hence the troubles. The division of Ireland into the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic republic and the north, which remained part of the renamed the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland', dates from 1921. In that year Ireland was divided, following a vicious civil war. The most recent 'troubles' have been ongoing since 1969 (with breaks). Joncey

port cake, bread pudding, ale, Irish stew, bacon and cabbage (boiled together in water).Boxty, coddle, which involves boiled pork sausages. Ireland is famous for the Irish breakfast, a fried (or grilled) meal generally comprising bacon, egg, sausage, black and white pudding, fried tomato and which may also include fried potato farls, fried potato slices, soda bread,plum pudding, Irish tea, corned beef, and buttermilk scones.

There were many ships that brought Irish immigrants to the USA. The most well-known was the Titanic. Third Class passengers were on the lower decks and did not have anywhere near the luxurious amenities that the First Class passengers had. After the Titanic sank some steerage passengers were rescued, along with other passengers, and eventually made it to the USA, but many more died.

Queen Victoria reigned from 20th June 1837, until her death on 22nd January 1901, as Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

From 1st May 1876 she was also Empress of India.

As the British monarch, she was also head of The British Empire which has expanded and contracted over the centuries before, after and during her reign. and in the 19th Century included India, large parts of Africa, Asia and The Middle East, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus parts of South and Central America and The Caribbean.

She was Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland she was also the Empress of India

Let us look at the scope of the Empire: Great Britain, then including Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, (combined Militarily as ANZAC in War I) South Africa, Rhodesia, Egypt, Cyprus, and various Island states. Quite a haul, but some argue that theoretically, Anastasia would have had a greater spread- l5 Time zones.

The British Empire

Colonial Name, Current Name,Year of Independance, Colonial name, Current Name, Year of independance.

AdenYemen1967Kuwait1961Ascension IslandNot yetMalayaWest Malaysia1965AnguillaNot yetMaldive Islands1976Australia1901Malta1964Bahamas1973Mauritius1961Bahrain1971MontserratNot yetBarbados1966NewfoundlandCanada1949BasutolandLesotho1966New Hebrides (with France)Vanuatu1980BechuanalandBotswana1966New Zealand1947BermudaNot yetNigeria1960British CameroonCameroon (part)1961North BorneoSabah1965British GuyanaGuyana1966NyasalandMalawi1963British HondurasBelize1981OmanNever formally a protectorateBritish SomalilandSomaliland1960Papua New Guinea1976British Solomon IslandsSolomon Is.1978PalestineIsrael1948BruneiBrunei1984Pitcairn IslandNot yetBurmaMyanmar1948Qatar1971Canada1926RhodesiaZimbabwe & Zambia1979

1964Cayman IslandsNot yetSarawakEast Malaysia1965CeylonSri Lanka1948St HelenaNot yetCook IslandsNZ assoc.St KittsSt Kitts/Nevis1983Cyprus1960St Lucia1979Egypt1922?St Vincent1979Falkland Islands and dependenciesNot yetSeychelles1976Fiji1970Sierra Leone1961Gambia1965Singapore1963GibraltarNot yetSouth Africa1910Gilbert and Ellice IslandsKiribati & Tuvalu1979

1978Sudan1954Gold CoastGhana1957Swaziland1968Grenada1974TanganyikaTanzania1963GuernseyChannel Is.Tonga1970TransjordanJordan1948Hong KongChina1997TrinidadTrinidad & Tobago1962IndiaPakistan & Bangladesh)1947Tristan Da CunhaNot yetIraq1932Trucial OmanUnited Arab Emirates1971Ireland1922Turks and Caicos IslandsNot yetJamaica1963Uganda1962JerseyChannel Is.Western Samoa1962Kenya1963ZanzibarTanzania1963

After putting "Irish Penal Laws" in the search engine, this website came up for me. LAWS IN IRELAND FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF POPERY commonly known as the PENAL LAWS From the consolidation of English power in 1691 until well into the nineteenth century, religion was the gulf which divided the colonial rulers of Ireland from the native majority. This sectarian division resulted from deliberate government policy. It reached into political, economic, and personal life, through a series of statutes known as the Penal Laws. This site contains the texts of these laws. Much additional information was included, of course.

The Druids were the scholarly, priest-like figures in the ancient Celtic cultures of Ireland, Scotland, and France (Gaul) during the several hundred years before Christ. They performed many rituals in the service of their animist religion, including human sacrifice. The Druids had a reincarnationesque-style philosophy that caused them to believe that the soul entered into another body after death.

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I can't find a single account of anyone having fallen while kissing the Blarney Stone. But a pilgrim was reputed to have slipped to his death when trying to kiss the stone by hanging over the edge. Nowadays you go out through a hole on your back and kiss the underside of the Blarney Stone. You do need to be fit. There is an iron cage to prevent you falling.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.

Independence was declared for all of Ireland in 1916. Northern Ireland and what is now called the Republic of Ireland were created in 1922. It was then known as the Irish Free State. The term Republic of Ireland was not used for it until 1949.