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In the 12th century Normans landed in southeastern Ireland. Over the centuries the British conquered the whole island. In 1801 Ireland and Britain were united as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Around 1920, the Irish War of Independence was fought. At the end in 1922, the British agreed to most of the island of Ireland becoming independent again However, they kept six counties in the northeast. Those six counties became known as 'Northern Ireland' and are still part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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