76-22705: In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands . The following is a list of townlands in County Antrim , Northern Ireland : Acravally , Aganlane (also known as Parkmore ), Aghaboy , Aghacarnaghan , Aghacarnan , Aghacully , Aghadavy , Aghadolgan , Aghadrumglasny , Aghafatten , Aghagallon , Aghagheigh , Aghaleck , Aghalee , Aghalislone , Aghaloughan , Aghalum , Aghanamoney , Aghancrossy , Aghanliss , Aghavary , Aghnadarragh , Aghnadore , Aghnahough , Aghrunniaght , Agolagh , Aird , Alcrossagh , Alder Rock , Aldfreck , Aldorough , Altagore , Altarichard , Altaveedan South , Altigarron , Altilevelly , Altmore Lower , Altmore Upper , Altnahinch , Andraid , Annaghmore , Anticur , Antiville , Antynanum , Appletee , Araboy , Ardagh , Ardaghmore (Glentop), Ardclinis , Ardclinis Mountain , Ardicoan , Ardihannon , Ardmore , Ardnaglass , Artibrannan , Artiferrall , Artiforty (Shanaghy), Artigoran , Artiloman , Artimacormick , Artlone , Artnacrea , Artnagross , Artnagullian , Artresnahan , Aughaboy , Aughalish , Aughareamlagh , Aughnacleagh , Aughnaholle , Aughnahoy , Aughnamullan , Aughnasillagh , Aughterclooney , Ault Ballaghbeddy , Ballaghmore (Ballymoney) , Ballaghmore Dunluce (aka Bushmills ), Ballealy South , Ballee , Balleny , Ballindam , Ballinderry , Ballinlea Upper , Ballinloughan , Ballintoy Demesne , Ballintrae , Balloo , Ballsallagh , Ballure Ballyagan , Ballyalbanagh , Ballyallaght , Ballyarnot , Ballybeg , Ballybentragh , Ballyberidagh South , Ballybogy , Ballyboley (Ballycor) , Ballyboley (Larne) , Ballybollen , Ballyboylands Upper , Ballybrack , Ballybracken , Ballybraddin , Ballybrakes , Ballybregagh , Ballycairn , Ballycalket , Ballycarrickmaddy , Ballycarry , Ballyclan , Ballyclare , Ballyclaverty , Ballycleagh , Ballyclogh , Ballycloghan , Ballyclogh (Centre) , Ballyclogh (North Centre) , Ballyclogh (South Centre) , Ballyclosh , Ballycollin , Ballyconagan , Ballyconnelly , Ballycoos , Ballycor , Ballycormick , Ballycowan , Ballycraig Upper , Ballycraigy , Ballycregagh , Ballycregagh Upper , Ballycreggy , Ballycronan More , Ballycullo , Ballycushan , Ballydivity , Ballydonaghy , Ballydonnelly , Ballydown , Ballydownfine , Ballyduff , Ballydugennan , Ballydunmaul , Ballydurnian , Ballyearl , Ballyeaston , Ballyedward , Ballyellough , Ballyfad , Ballyfinaghy , Ballyfore , Ballygallagh , Ballygalley , Ballygammon , Ballygan Upper , Ballygarvey , Ballygawn , Ballygelly , Ballygilbert , Ballygill North , Ballyginniff , Ballygobbin , Ballygolan , Ballygortgarve , Ballygowan , Ballygrooby Ballyhackett , Ballyhamage , Ballyhampton , Ballyharry , Ballyhartfield , Ballyharvey Upper , Ballyhemlin , Ballyhenry , Ballyhibistock Upper , Ballyhill , Ballyhill Upper , Ballyhome , Ballyhone , Ballyhowne , Ballyhunsley South , Ballyhutherland , Ballykeel , Ballykelly , Ballykennedy , Ballykenver , Ballyknock Little , Ballylacky , Ballylagan , Ballyleckan , Ballylenully , Ballylesson , Ballylig , Ballyligpatrick , Ballylinney , Ballyloran , Ballylough , Ballyloughan , Ballylough More , Ballylumford , Ballylummin , Ballylurgan , Ballymacaldrack , Ballymacdoe , Ballymacfin , Ballymacilhoyle , Ballymacilrany , Ballymacilroy , Ballymaclose , Ballymacmary , Ballymaconnelly , Ballymacoss , Ballymacrea , Ballymacrea Upper , Ballymacrevan , Ballymacricket , Ballymacward Upper , Ballymagarry , Ballymarlagh , Ballymartin , Ballymather Upper , Ballymatoskerty , Ballymave , Ballymena , Ballymena Little , Ballyminstra , Ballyminymore , Ballymoney , Ballymoneymore , Ballymontenagh , Ballymote , Ballymoy , Ballymuckvea , Ballymuldrogh , Ballymullan , Ballymullock , Ballymurphy Ballynabarnish , Ballynacaird , Ballynacooley , Ballynacoy , Ballynacraigy , Ballynacree Beg , Ballynacree Skein , Ballynadolly , Ballynadrentagh , Ballynafeigh , Ballynafey , Ballynafie , Ballynagabog , Ballynagard , Ballynagarvy , Ballynagashel , Ballynageeragh , Ballynaghten , Ballynaglogh , Ballynagor , Ballynahaville , Ballynalargy , Ballynaleney , Ballynaloob , Ballynalough , Ballynalougher , Ballynamaddy , Ballynamenagh North or Cummingstown , Ballynamoney , Ballynamullan , Ballynanaghten , Ballynarry , Ballynarry Lower , Ballynarry Upper , Ballynashee , Ballynastraid , Ballynoe , Ballynulto , Ballyoglagh , Ballypalady , Ballypatrick , Ballypitmave , Ballypollard , Ballyportery South , Ballyprior More , Ballyquillin , Ballyratahan Upper , Ballyreagh , Ballyreagh Upper , Ballyrickard More , Ballyrobin , Ballyrock Scotch , Ballyruther , Ballyryland , Ballysavage , Ballyscolly , Ballyscullion East , Ballysculty , Ballysessy , Ballyshanaghill , Ballysillan Upper , Ballysnod , Ballystrudder , Ballytaggart , Ballytaylor , Ballyteerim , Ballytober , Ballytober West , Ballytresna , Ballytromery , Ballytunn , Ballytweedy , Ballyutoag , Ballyvaddy , Ballyvallagh , Ballyvanen , Ballyvaston , Ballyveely , Ballyveely Upper , Ballyvelligan , Ballyvennaght , Ballyvernstown , Ballyvesey , Ballyvollen , Ballyvolly , Ballyvorally , Ballyvoy , Ballywatermoy , Ballywattick Middle , Ballywatt Leggs , Ballywee , Ballyweeny , Ballywillin , Ballywindelland Lower , Ballywindelland Upper , Ballywonard , Ballywoodock Baraghilly , Barard , Barmeen , Barnish , Bay , Beaghs , Beardiville , Beerhill , Bellaghy , Bellair , Bellee , Bellisk or Waterford , Bellisle , Beltoy , Bendooragh , Bentra , Benvardin , Bighouse , Billy or Curramoney , Birch Hill , Blackcave North , Blackcave South , Black Hill , Black Mountain , Bleerick , Boatinghole Rock , Boltnaconnell , Bonamargy , Boneyclassagh , Bootown , Bottom , Bovolcan , Boydstown , Brackenhill , Bracknamuckley , Brackney , Brae , Braetown , Bravallen , Brecart , Breckagh , Breen , Brettens Walls , British , Brockaghs , Brockish , Broom-beg , Broom-more , Broughanlea , Broughanore , Broughdone , Broughgammon , Broughmore , Broughshane Upper , Browndod , Bruslee , Bryantang , Buckna , Budore , Bunshanacloney , Burnquarter , Burnside , Bush , Bushfoot or Lissanduff , Bushmills (also known as Ballaghmore (Dunluce) , Bushmills (also known as Magheraboy ), Cabragh , Cabragh or Cavanmore , Caddy , Caherty , Caldanagh , Calhame , Calheme , Callisnagh , Capanagh , Cape Castle , Carclunty , Cardonaghy , Carey Mill , Cargan , Cargin , Cargin Island , Carlane , Carmacmoin , Carmagrim , Carmavy , Carmorn , Carnaff , Carnagall , Carnageeragh , Carnaghliss , Carnaghts , Carnahagh , Carnalbanagh , Carnamaddy , Carnamenagh , Carnanee , Carnanreagh , Carnany Lower , Carnany Upper , Carnasheeran , Carnave , Carn-beg , Carnbore , Carnbrock , Carnbuck , Carncoagh , Carncoggy , Carncolp , Carncome , Carncullagh Middle , Carnduff , Carneal , Carnearney , Carneatly , Carney Hill , Carnfeogue , Carnfinton , Carnfunnock , Carnglass More , Carngranny , Carniny , Carnkeeran , Carnkilly Upper , Carnkirk , Carnkirn , Carnlea , Carnlelis , Carnlougherin , Carnlough North , Carnlough South , Carnmoney , Carnmoney Bog , Carnmoney Glebe , Carnmoon , Carnmore , Carnsampson , Carnside , Carnspindle , Carnstroan , Carntall Carracloghy , Carravinally , Carravindoon , Carrickarade Island , Carrickfergus , Carricknafurd , Carricknagarrowna , Carrivcashel , Carrive , Carrivemurphy Mountain , Carrivereagh , Carrowcloghan , Carrowcowan , Carrowcrin , Carrowcroey , Carrowlaverty , Carrowreagh , Carrowreagh Mountain , Carryduff , Casheltown , Cashlan , Castlecat , Castlegore , Castle Island , Castlenagree , Castle Park , Castlequarter , Castletown , Caulside , Cavan , Cavanmore or Cabragh , Chathamhall , Churchfield , Church Quarter , Church Tamlaght , Clady , Clare , Clare Mountain , Clatteryknowes , Claughey , Cleggan , Clegnagh , Clementshill , Clinty , Cloghan , Cloghanduff , Cloghanmurry , Cloghcor , Cloghcorr , Clogher , Clogher Anderson , Clogher North , Clogher South , Cloghfin , Cloghgaldanagh , Cloghglass , Cloghglass or Retreat , Cloghinarney , Clogh Mills , Cloghogue , Cloghs , Cloghy West , Clonboy , Clonetrace , Cloney , Clonkeen , Clonreagh , Clontyfinnan West , Clooney , Cloonty , Cloughorr , Cluntirriff , Clyttaghan Coggrey , Coldagh , Colebreene Lower , Colebreene Upper , Collinward , Commons , Connor , Conogher , Coolaveely , Coole , Coolkeeran , Coolkenny , Coolmaghra , Coolnagoppoge , Coolranny , Coolsythe , Corbally , Corkermain , Corkey Middle , Corkey North , Corkey South , Corlane , Cormorant Rock , Correen , Corrstown , Corrymellagh , Corvally , Coshkib , Cow Island , Cozies , Craig , Craigaboney , Craigahulliar , Craigalappan , Craiganboy , Craiganee , Craigarogan , Craigatempin , Craigban , Craigdunloof , Craigfad , Craigfaddock , Craiginorne , Craigmacagan , Craigmore , Craignagat , Craignageeragh , Craignamaddy , Craigs , Craigy Hall , Craigywarren , Cranfield , Crankill , Crawfordsland , Creagh , Crebilly , Creenagh , Creevamoy , Creeve , Creevery , Cregcattan & part of Galdanagh , Creggan , Cregganboy , Crevilly-valley , Crew , Crew Park , Croaghbeg , Croaghmore , Croghfern , Cromaghs , Cromkill , Cromy and Taggarts Land , Crookedstone , Crooknahaya , Cross , Crosshill, County Antrim, Crosshill , Crosskennan , Crossmary , Crossreagh , Crosstagherty , Crushybracken , Cubbindall , Culbane , Culbidag , Culbrim Lower , Culcrum , Culdoo Lower , Cullybackey , Culmore , Culnafay , Culramoney , Cummingstown or Ballynamenagh North , Curragh , Curramoney , Curramoney or Billy , Curran and Drumaliss , Currysheskin , Cushendall , Cushendun , Cushenilt , Cushleake Mountain North Dairyland , Deepstown , Deerfin , Deer Park , Deer Park & Little , Deer Park Farms , Deffrick , Demesne , Demesne Upper , Dernaveagh , Derryaghy , Derryclone , Derrygowan , Derryhirk , Derryhollagh , Derrykeighan , Derrykillultagh , Derrymore , Derrynaseer , Derrynisk , Dervock , Desertderrin , Devil's Churn , Dickey's Town , Dira or Upper Broghindrummin , Dirraw , Diskirt , Divis , Doagh , Dobbsland , Donegore , Dooey , Doonan , Doonans , Doonbought , Doonfin , Doory , Douglas , Douglasland , Dowgry , Downkillybegs , Drains, Drains Bog , Dreen , Droagh , Dromain , Dromore , Drumack , Drumacullin , Drumadried , Drumaduan , Drumagorgan , Drumagrove , Drumahaman , Drumaheglis , Drumahiskey , Drumahitt , Drumakeely , Drumaleet , Drumanaway , Drumanduff , Drumankelly , Drumaqueran , Drumard , Drumaridly , Drumaroan , Drumavaddy , Drumavoley , Drumawillin , Drumbare , Drumboe , Drumcon , Drumcrottagh , Drumcrow , Drumcudree , Drumcullen , Drumderg , Drumeeny , Drumfane , Drumfin , Drumfresky , Drumgurland , Drumkeeran , Drumlee , Drummaul , Drumnacross , Drumnacur , Drumadarragh , Drumbest , Drumdallagh , Druminagh , Drumleckney , Drummans , Drummuck , Drumnacole , Drumnacross , Drumnacur , Drumnadonaghy , Drumnadreagh , Drumnadrough , Drumnafivey , Drumnagee , Drumnagessan , Drumnaglea , Drumnagreagh , Drumnaheigh , Drumnahoe , Drumnakeel , Drumnamallaght , Drumnasmear , Drumnasole , Drumourne , Drumramer , Drumrankin , Drumraw , Drumraymond , Drumreagh , Drumroan , Drumsill , Drumskea , Drumsough , Drunkendult East , Duck Island , Dunadry , Dunaghy , Dunaird , Dunamoy , Dunamuggy , Dunanney , Dunarragan , Dunaverney , Duncansland , Duncarbit , Dunclug , Dundermot , Dundesert , Dundonald , Dundressan , Dundrod , Duneany , Dungall , Dungonnell , Dungorbery , Dunloy , Dunluce , Dunmakelter , Dunmall , Dunminning , Dunmurry , Dunnygarran , Dunnyvadden , Dunouragan , Dunseverick alias Feigh , Dunsilly , Dunteige , Dunturky , Durham's Land Eagle Hill or Ouna , Eagry , East Park , East Torr , Eden , Edenturcher , Edenvale , Eglish , Elephant Rock , Elginny , Ellanabough , Enagh Lower , Englishtown , Eshery , Eskylane , Essan , Evishacrow , Evishnablay Fallinerlea , Fallowvee , Falmacbreed , Falmacrilly , Falnaglass , Falrusklin , Farlough , Farranacushog , Farranalessary , Farranmacallan , Farranmacarter , Farranshane , Faughil , Feehogue , Feigh alias Dunseverick , Feigh Carrick , Feigh Mountain , Fenagh , Fenaghy , Ferguson's Land , Fernagh , Fernisky , Feumore , Finkiltagh , Fifty Acres , Five Acres , Flower Hill , Foriff , Forthill , Fort Town , Four Score Acre , Freemanstown , Friary , Frosses Galboly Lower , Galboly Mountain North , Galboly Mountain South , Galboly Upper , Galdanagh , Galgorm Parks , Gallagh , Gallanagh , Gally Hill , Ganaby , Garriffgeery , Garryduff , Garry Lower , Gartford , Gartree , Garvaghy , Gillistown , Glasmullen , Glassaneeran Lower , Glebe , Glenaan , Glenariff Mountain Upper East , Glenafiff Mountain Upper West , Glenariff Mountain Lower , Glenarm Demesne , Glenavy , Glenbuck , Glengad , Glengormly , Glenhead , Glenhugh , Glenleslie , Glenlough , Glenmakeeran , Glenmanus , Glenmullion , Glenocum , Glore , Glenstaghy , Glenstall , Glentask , Glentop or Ardaghmore , Glenville or Leamore , Glenwhirry , Gloonan , Glynn , Gobrana , Goodland , Gortaclee , Gortagharn , Gortaghragan , Gortahar , Gortaheran , Gortamaddy or White Hall , Gortateea , Gortcarney , Gortconny , Gortereghy , Gortfad , Gortgarn , Gortgill , Gortgole , Gortin , Gortlane , Gortmillish , Gortnacapple , Gortnacor , Gortnacor Lower , Gortnagallon , Gortnageeragh , Gortnagory , Gortnagross Middle , Gortnee , Gortrany , Gowkstown alias Ault , Gracehill , Granagh , Grange of Ballyrobert , Grange of Ballywalter , Grange of Carmavy , Grange of Inispollan Mountain , Grange of Mallusk , Grange of Umgall , Grange Park , Gransha , Great Deer Park , Greenaghan , Greenan , Greenhill , Green Island , Greenland , Greenshields Lower , Greenville , Groggan , Gruig Halftown , Half Umry , Hannahstown , Harphall , Harvey's Rock , Headwood , Heagles , Highlandtown , Hightown , Holestone , Holy Well , Horse Carrick , Hungry Hall , Hurtletoot Iderown , Illannaleck Island , Inisloughlin , Inshamph , Inshinagh , Inver , Irish Hill , Irishomerbane , Irishtown , Irragh , Islandahoe , Islandbane , Islandboy , Island Carragh North , Island Kelly , Island Macallan , Islandlean , Islandmore , Islandnabracky , Islandoo , Islandreagh , Islandrose , Islands of Carnmoon , Islandstown , Isle of Muck , Issbawn or Upper Gortnagross Jockeysquarter , John Gillins , Jordanstown Kebble , Kells , Kernyhill , Kettlebottom Island , Kilbegs , Kilbride , Kilcoan Beg , Kilcoobin , Kilcorig , Kilcreeny , Kilcreg , Kilcroagh , Kilcross , Kilcurry , Kildowney , Kildrum , Kilgad , Kilgavanagh , Kilgreel , Kilknock , Killane , Killealy , Killeaton , Killins North , Killough , Killoughag , Killycarn , Killycoogan , Killycowan , Killycreen , Killydonnelly , Killyfad , Killyfast , Killyflugh , Killygarn , Killyglen , Killygore , Killylaes , Killylane , Killyless , Killymaddy , Killyramer , Killyree , Kilmahamogue , Kilmakee , Kilmandil , Kilmore , Kilmoyle , Kilmoyangey , Kilmoyle Upper or Kirkmoyle , Kilnacolpagh , Kilnadore , Kilpatrick , Kilraghts , Kilrobert , Kilroot , Kilvillis , Kinbally , Kinflea , Kingarriff , Kingsbog , Kinkeel , Kinnegalliagh , Kinramer North , Kinune , Kirkhill , Kirkinriola , Kirkmoyle or Kilmoyle Upper , Knockacully , Knockaholet , Knockanavery , Knockanboy , Knockans , Knockans North , Knockanully , Knockavallan , Knockavrinnan , Knockboy , Knockbrack , Knockcairn , Knockeny , Knockertotan , Knockmacolusky , Knocknacarry , Knocknacrow , Knocknadona , Knocknagarvan , Knocknagulliagh , Knocknahinch , Knocknarea , Knocksoghey Ladyhill , Lagavara , Lagflugh , Lagmore , Lambeg North , Landhead , Laney , Langarve , Largy , Largymore , Lavin Lower , Layd , Lealies , Leamore or Glenville , Leck , Leeke , Legacurry , Legagrane , Legaloy , Legatirriff , Legg , Legnagooly , Legoniel , Leitrim Lemnagh Beg , Lemnalary , Lemnalary Mountain , Lenagh , Leymore , Libbert East , Ligadaughtan , Limavallaghan , Liminary , Limnaharry , Linford , Lisbellanagroagh Beg , Lisboy , Lisbreen , Liscolman , Lisconnan , Lisglass , Lisheegan , Lislaban , Lislagan Lower , Lislunnan , Lismacloskey , Lismenary , Lismorrity , Lismurnaghan , Lisnabilla , Lisnabraugh , Lisnacrogher , Lisnafillon , Lisnagarran , Lisnagarvy , Lisnagat , Lisnagaver , Lisnagreggan , Lisnagunogue Lower , Lisnahay North , Lisnahilt , Lisnahunshin , Lisnalinchy , Lisnamanny , Lisnamurrikin , Lisnarick , Lisnasoo , Lisnataylor , Lisnawhiggel , Lisnevanagh , Lisnisk , Lisrodden , Lissanduff or Bushfoot , Lisserluss , Lissue or Teraghafeeva , Little Deer Park , Livery Lower , Loan , Lockstown , Longfield , Long Gilbert , Longmore , Longtown , Loonburn , Losset , Loughan , Loughconnelly , Loughduff , Loughermore , Loughhill , Loughloughan , Loughlynch , Loughmagarry , Loughrelisk , Love's Corkey , Lower Broghindrummin or Tavnaghranny , Lower Tullykittagh , Lowtown , Lubitavish , Lurgansemanus , Lurganteneil , Lurganure , Lurgan West , Lurgill Macfinn Lower , Macfinn Upper , Maddykeel Lower , Maghaberry , Magherabeg , Magheraboy , Magheraboy or Bushmills , Magheraboy Lower , Magheracashel , Magheracross , Magheragall , Magherahoney , Magheralane , Magheralave , Magheraliskmisk , Magheramenagh , Magheramesk , Magheramore , Magheramully , Magheramurphy , Maghereagh , Maghereeroy , Magherindonnel , Magherintendry , Maghernahar , Mallendober , Malone Upper , Manister , Manola Wood , Martinstown , Maxwells Walls , Mazes , McVickersland , Meadow Parks , Middle Gortnagross , Middle Park , Midge Island , Mill Five Acres , Millquarter , Mill Tenement , Minnis North , Minnis South , Mistyburn , Moboy , Monaghan , Monanclogh , Moneybroom , Moneycanon , Moneycrumog , Moneydollog , Moneyduff , Moneyglass , Moneygobbin , Moneyleck , Moneyneagh , Moneynick , Moneyrod , Moneyvart , Monkstown , Montiaghs , Moordyke , Moore Lodge , Moss-Side (Kilbride parish), Moss-Side (Grange of Drumtullagh parish), Mostragee , Mount Edwards , Mount Hamilton , Mount Shalgus , Moyadam , Moyarget Lower , Moyasset , Moyaver Lower , Moycraig Macallister , Moygarriff , Moylarg , Moylinny , Moyrusk , Muckamore , Muckleramer , Muckrim , Mullaghboy , Mullaghbui , Mullaghcarton , Mullaghconnelly , Mullaghdoo , Mullaghduff, Mullaghduff Big , Mullaghgaun , Mullaghglass , Mullaghmossan , Mullaghsandall , Mullans , Mullarts , Mullinaskeagh , Mullindress , Mullinsallagh , Munie North , Murroo or Gortnagross Lower Nappan Mountain , Nappan North , Nappan South , New Buildings or Maddydoo Lower , New Buildings North , New Buildings South , Newhill , Newlands , New Park , Newtown , Niblock, Novally Old Church , Old Forge , Old Freehold , Oldstone , Oldtown , Old Warren , Ouna or Eagle Hill , Outal , Outhill , Owencloghy , Owensland Pans Rock , Parishagh , Park , Park Hall , Park & East , Park & Middle , Park & New , Park & West , Parkmore (also known as Aganlane ), Pharis , Poleglass , Polintamny , Pollee , Poobles , Portlee , Portmore , Portmuck , Portrush , Potterswalls , Priestland East , Procklis , Prolusk , Prospect Quarter Lenagh , Quolie Racavan , Rams Island , Ranaghan , Rananagh , Randalstown , Randox , Rashee , Rathbeg , Rathenraw , Rathkeel , Rathkenny , Rathlin Island , Rathmore , Rathsherry , Red Bay , Redhall , Retreat or Cloughglass , Revallagh North , Rickamore , Risk , Rooghan , Roonivoolin , Rory's Glen , Rosedermot , Roseyards , Rosnashane , Ross , Rushey Hill Saint Cunning , Sallagh , Savagh , Scaryhill , Scolboa , Scotchomerbane , Seacash , Seacon Beg , Seacon More , Sea Gull Isle , Semicock , Seneirl , Shaneoguestown , Shanes , Shane's Castle , Shane's Castle Park , Shaninish , Sharvogues , Sheegy Island , Sheep Island , Shellfield , Shelton North , Sheriff's Land , Shillanavogy , Skady Tower , Skeagh , Sker Beg , Sker More , Skerry East , Skerrywhirry , Skilganaban , Slaght , Slane , Slate House , Sleans , Slievebane , Slievenacloy , Slievenagh , Slievenaghy , Slievenagravery , Smallquarter , Solar , South Island Ean , Spring Farm , Spring Mount , Stackaboy , Stackahorlin , Stackaniska , Stacknacally , Stacknaderginan , Staffordstown , Stanalane , Steedstown , Steeple , Stiles , Stony Hill , Straid , Straidballymorris , Straidbilly , Straidhavern , Straidnahanna , Stranocum , Strawpark , Stroan , Stroan Lower , Swan Island Taggarts Land and Cromy , Taghey , Tamlaght , Tamlaghtmore , Tamnaderry , Tamnaghmore , Tamnyvane , Tamybuck , Tanderagee , Tannaghmore , Tardree , Tate's Fort , Tavnaghan , Tavnagharry , Tavnaghboy , Tavnaghdrissagh , Tavnaghmore , Tavnaghoney , Tavnaghowen , Tavnaghranny or Lower Broghindrummin , Tawnybrack , Taylorstown , Teeshan , Tehorny , Templastragh , Templecormac , Temple-effin , Templepatrick , Tenaghs , Teraghafeeva or Lissue , Terrygowan , Tervillin , The Bull , The Green Beds , The Skerries , Ticloy , Tildarg , Timpan , Tirgracey , Tirkilly , Tiscallen , Toberagnee , Toberbilly , Toberdoney , Toberdornan , Toberdowney , Tobergill , Toberkeagh , Tobernagola , Tobernaveen , Toberwine , Tom of
152-713: A three-year guerrilla war , which ended in a truce in July 1921 (although violence continued until June 1922, mostly in Northern Ireland). In December 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was concluded between the British government and representatives of the Second Dáil . It gave Ireland complete independence in its home affairs and practical independence for foreign policy, but an opt-out clause allowed Northern Ireland to remain within
228-588: A Home Rule bill through parliament, it looked certain that one would finally pass in 1914. To prevent this from happening, the Ulster Volunteers were formed in 1913 under the leadership of Edward Carson . Their formation was followed in 1914 by the establishment of the Irish Volunteers , whose aim was to ensure that the Home Rule Bill was passed. The Act was passed but with the "temporary" exclusion of
304-466: A central plain, with several navigable rivers extending inland. Its lush vegetation is a product of its mild but changeable climate which is free of extremes in temperature. Much of Ireland was woodland until the end of the Middle Ages . Today, woodland makes up about 10% of the island, compared with a European average of over 33%, with most of it being non-native conifer plantations. The Irish climate
380-556: A century, with the migrations of the Celts being one of the more enduring themes of archaeological and linguistic studies. The most recent genetic research strongly associates the spread of Indo-European languages (including Celtic) through Western Europe with a people bringing a composite Beaker culture , with its arrival in Britain and Ireland dated to around the middle of the third millennium BC. According to John T. Koch and others, Ireland in
456-668: A goddess in Irish mythology first recorded in the ninth century. The etymology of Ériu is disputed but may derive from the Proto-Indo-European root * h2uer , referring to flowing water. During the last glacial period , and until about 16,000 BC, much of Ireland was periodically covered in ice. The relative sea level was less than 50m lower resulting in an ice bridge (but not a land bridge ) forming between Ireland and Great Britain. By 14,000 BC this ice bridge existed only between Northern Ireland and Scotland and by 12,000 BC Ireland
532-530: A new language and culture introduced directly by migration and genetic replacement). The earliest written records of Ireland come from classical Greco-Roman geographers. Ptolemy in his Almagest refers to Ireland as Mikra Brettania ("Little Britain"), in contrast to the larger island, which he called Megale Brettania ("Great Britain"). In his map of Ireland in his later work, Geography , Ptolemy refers to Ireland as Iouernia and to Great Britain as Albion . These 'new' names were likely to have been
608-559: A political reality until the Viking Age and even then was not a consistent one. Ireland did have a culturally unifying rule of law: the early written judicial system, the Brehon Laws , administered by a professional class of jurists known as the brehons . The Chronicle of Ireland records that in 431, Bishop Palladius arrived in Ireland on a mission from Pope Celestine I to minister to
684-493: A republican rebellion inspired and led by the Society of United Irishmen , with the aim of creating an independent Ireland. Despite assistance from France the rebellion was put down by British and Irish government and yeomanry forces. The rebellion lasted from the 24th of May to the 12th of October that year and saw the establishment of the short lived Irish Republic (1798) in the province on Connacht . It saw numerous battles across
760-505: A sheep's tooth were carbon-dated to c. 4,350 BC. Field systems were developed in different parts of Ireland, including at the Céide Fields , that has been preserved beneath a blanket of peat in present-day Tyrawley . An extensive field system , arguably the oldest in the world, consisted of small divisions separated by dry-stone walls . The fields were farmed for several centuries between 3,500 BC and 3,000 BC. Wheat and barley were
836-650: A sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland , which is part of the United Kingdom . As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. The geography of Ireland comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding
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#1733085998001912-22172: Is a list of townlands in County Antrim , Northern Ireland : Acravally , Aganlane (also known as Parkmore ), Aghaboy , Aghacarnaghan , Aghacarnan , Aghacully , Aghadavy , Aghadolgan , Aghadrumglasny , Aghafatten , Aghagallon , Aghagheigh , Aghaleck , Aghalee , Aghalislone , Aghaloughan , Aghalum , Aghanamoney , Aghancrossy , Aghanliss , Aghavary , Aghnadarragh , Aghnadore , Aghnahough , Aghrunniaght , Agolagh , Aird , Alcrossagh , Alder Rock , Aldfreck , Aldorough , Altagore , Altarichard , Altaveedan South , Altigarron , Altilevelly , Altmore Lower , Altmore Upper , Altnahinch , Andraid , Annaghmore , Anticur , Antiville , Antynanum , Appletee , Araboy , Ardagh , Ardaghmore (Glentop), Ardclinis , Ardclinis Mountain , Ardicoan , Ardihannon , Ardmore , Ardnaglass , Artibrannan , Artiferrall , Artiforty (Shanaghy), Artigoran , Artiloman , Artimacormick , Artlone , Artnacrea , Artnagross , Artnagullian , Artresnahan , Aughaboy , Aughalish , Aughareamlagh , Aughnacleagh , Aughnaholle , Aughnahoy , Aughnamullan , Aughnasillagh , Aughterclooney , Ault Ballaghbeddy , Ballaghmore (Ballymoney) , Ballaghmore Dunluce (aka Bushmills ), Ballealy South , Ballee , Balleny , Ballindam , Ballinderry , Ballinlea Upper , Ballinloughan , Ballintoy Demesne , Ballintrae , Balloo , Ballsallagh , Ballure Ballyagan , Ballyalbanagh , Ballyallaght , Ballyarnot , Ballybeg , Ballybentragh , Ballyberidagh South , Ballybogy , Ballyboley (Ballycor) , Ballyboley (Larne) , Ballybollen , Ballyboylands Upper , Ballybrack , Ballybracken , Ballybraddin , Ballybrakes , Ballybregagh , Ballycairn , Ballycalket , Ballycarrickmaddy , Ballycarry , Ballyclan , Ballyclare , Ballyclaverty , Ballycleagh , Ballyclogh , Ballycloghan , Ballyclogh (Centre) , Ballyclogh (North Centre) , Ballyclogh (South Centre) , Ballyclosh , Ballycollin , Ballyconagan , Ballyconnelly , Ballycoos , Ballycor , Ballycormick , Ballycowan , Ballycraig Upper , Ballycraigy , Ballycregagh , Ballycregagh Upper , Ballycreggy , Ballycronan More , Ballycullo , Ballycushan , Ballydivity , Ballydonaghy , Ballydonnelly , Ballydown , Ballydownfine , Ballyduff , Ballydugennan , Ballydunmaul , Ballydurnian , Ballyearl , Ballyeaston , Ballyedward , Ballyellough , Ballyfad , Ballyfinaghy , Ballyfore , Ballygallagh , Ballygalley , Ballygammon , Ballygan Upper , Ballygarvey , Ballygawn , Ballygelly , Ballygilbert , Ballygill North , Ballyginniff , Ballygobbin , Ballygolan , Ballygortgarve , Ballygowan , Ballygrooby Ballyhackett , Ballyhamage , Ballyhampton , Ballyharry , Ballyhartfield , Ballyharvey Upper , Ballyhemlin , Ballyhenry , Ballyhibistock Upper , Ballyhill , Ballyhill Upper , Ballyhome , Ballyhone , Ballyhowne , Ballyhunsley South , Ballyhutherland , Ballykeel , Ballykelly , Ballykennedy , Ballykenver , Ballyknock Little , Ballylacky , Ballylagan , Ballyleckan , Ballylenully , Ballylesson , Ballylig , Ballyligpatrick , Ballylinney , Ballyloran , Ballylough , Ballyloughan , Ballylough More , Ballylumford , Ballylummin , Ballylurgan , Ballymacaldrack , Ballymacdoe , Ballymacfin , Ballymacilhoyle , Ballymacilrany , Ballymacilroy , Ballymaclose , Ballymacmary , Ballymaconnelly , Ballymacoss , Ballymacrea , Ballymacrea Upper , Ballymacrevan , Ballymacricket , Ballymacward Upper , Ballymagarry , Ballymarlagh , Ballymartin , Ballymather Upper , Ballymatoskerty , Ballymave , Ballymena , Ballymena Little , Ballyminstra , Ballyminymore , Ballymoney , Ballymoneymore , Ballymontenagh , Ballymote , Ballymoy , Ballymuckvea , Ballymuldrogh , Ballymullan , Ballymullock , Ballymurphy Ballynabarnish , Ballynacaird , Ballynacooley , Ballynacoy , Ballynacraigy , Ballynacree Beg , Ballynacree Skein , Ballynadolly , Ballynadrentagh , Ballynafeigh , Ballynafey , Ballynafie , Ballynagabog , Ballynagard , Ballynagarvy , Ballynagashel , Ballynageeragh , Ballynaghten , Ballynaglogh , Ballynagor , Ballynahaville , Ballynalargy , Ballynaleney , Ballynaloob , Ballynalough , Ballynalougher , Ballynamaddy , Ballynamenagh North or Cummingstown , Ballynamoney , Ballynamullan , Ballynanaghten , Ballynarry , Ballynarry Lower , Ballynarry Upper , Ballynashee , Ballynastraid , Ballynoe , Ballynulto , Ballyoglagh , Ballypalady , Ballypatrick , Ballypitmave , Ballypollard , Ballyportery South , Ballyprior More , Ballyquillin , Ballyratahan Upper , Ballyreagh , Ballyreagh Upper , Ballyrickard More , Ballyrobin , Ballyrock Scotch , Ballyruther , Ballyryland , Ballysavage , Ballyscolly , Ballyscullion East , Ballysculty , Ballysessy , Ballyshanaghill , Ballysillan Upper , Ballysnod , Ballystrudder , Ballytaggart , Ballytaylor , Ballyteerim , Ballytober , Ballytober West , Ballytresna , Ballytromery , Ballytunn , Ballytweedy , Ballyutoag , Ballyvaddy , Ballyvallagh , Ballyvanen , Ballyvaston , Ballyveely , Ballyveely Upper , Ballyvelligan , Ballyvennaght , Ballyvernstown , Ballyvesey , Ballyvollen , Ballyvolly , Ballyvorally , Ballyvoy , Ballywatermoy , Ballywattick Middle , Ballywatt Leggs , Ballywee , Ballyweeny , Ballywillin , Ballywindelland Lower , Ballywindelland Upper , Ballywonard , Ballywoodock Baraghilly , Barard , Barmeen , Barnish , Bay , Beaghs , Beardiville , Beerhill , Bellaghy , Bellair , Bellee , Bellisk or Waterford , Bellisle , Beltoy , Bendooragh , Bentra , Benvardin , Bighouse , Billy or Curramoney , Birch Hill , Blackcave North , Blackcave South , Black Hill , Black Mountain , Bleerick , Boatinghole Rock , Boltnaconnell , Bonamargy , Boneyclassagh , Bootown , Bottom , Bovolcan , Boydstown , Brackenhill , Bracknamuckley , Brackney , Brae , Braetown , Bravallen , Brecart , Breckagh , Breen , Brettens Walls , British , Brockaghs , Brockish , Broom-beg , Broom-more , Broughanlea , Broughanore , Broughdone , Broughgammon , Broughmore , Broughshane Upper , Browndod , Bruslee , Bryantang , Buckna , Budore , Bunshanacloney , Burnquarter , Burnside , Bush , Bushfoot or Lissanduff , Bushmills (also known as Ballaghmore (Dunluce) , Bushmills (also known as Magheraboy ), Cabragh , Cabragh or Cavanmore , Caddy , Caherty , Caldanagh , Calhame , Calheme , Callisnagh , Capanagh , Cape Castle , Carclunty , Cardonaghy , Carey Mill , Cargan , Cargin , Cargin Island , Carlane , Carmacmoin , Carmagrim , Carmavy , Carmorn , Carnaff , Carnagall , Carnageeragh , Carnaghliss , Carnaghts , Carnahagh , Carnalbanagh , Carnamaddy , Carnamenagh , Carnanee , Carnanreagh , Carnany Lower , Carnany Upper , Carnasheeran , Carnave , Carn-beg , Carnbore , Carnbrock , Carnbuck , Carncoagh , Carncoggy , Carncolp , Carncome , Carncullagh Middle , Carnduff , Carneal , Carnearney , Carneatly , Carney Hill , Carnfeogue , Carnfinton , Carnfunnock , Carnglass More , Carngranny , Carniny , Carnkeeran , Carnkilly Upper , Carnkirk , Carnkirn , Carnlea , Carnlelis , Carnlougherin , Carnlough North , Carnlough South , Carnmoney , Carnmoney Bog , Carnmoney Glebe , Carnmoon , Carnmore , Carnsampson , Carnside , Carnspindle , Carnstroan , Carntall Carracloghy , Carravinally , Carravindoon , Carrickarade Island , Carrickfergus , Carricknafurd , Carricknagarrowna , Carrivcashel , Carrive , Carrivemurphy Mountain , Carrivereagh , Carrowcloghan , Carrowcowan , Carrowcrin , Carrowcroey , Carrowlaverty , Carrowreagh , Carrowreagh Mountain , Carryduff , Casheltown , Cashlan , Castlecat , Castlegore , Castle Island , Castlenagree , Castle Park , Castlequarter , Castletown , Caulside , Cavan , Cavanmore or Cabragh , Chathamhall , Churchfield , Church Quarter , Church Tamlaght , Clady , Clare , Clare Mountain , Clatteryknowes , Claughey , Cleggan , Clegnagh , Clementshill , Clinty , Cloghan , Cloghanduff , Cloghanmurry , Cloghcor , Cloghcorr , Clogher , Clogher Anderson , Clogher North , Clogher South , Cloghfin , Cloghgaldanagh , Cloghglass , Cloghglass or Retreat , Cloghinarney , Clogh Mills , Cloghogue , Cloghs , Cloghy West , Clonboy , Clonetrace , Cloney , Clonkeen , Clonreagh , Clontyfinnan West , Clooney , Cloonty , Cloughorr , Cluntirriff , Clyttaghan Coggrey , Coldagh , Colebreene Lower , Colebreene Upper , Collinward , Commons , Connor , Conogher , Coolaveely , Coole , Coolkeeran , Coolkenny , Coolmaghra , Coolnagoppoge , Coolranny , Coolsythe , Corbally , Corkermain , Corkey Middle , Corkey North , Corkey South , Corlane , Cormorant Rock , Correen , Corrstown , Corrymellagh , Corvally , Coshkib , Cow Island , Cozies , Craig , Craigaboney , Craigahulliar , Craigalappan , Craiganboy , Craiganee , Craigarogan , Craigatempin , Craigban , Craigdunloof , Craigfad , Craigfaddock , Craiginorne , Craigmacagan , Craigmore , Craignagat , Craignageeragh , Craignamaddy , Craigs , Craigy Hall , Craigywarren , Cranfield , Crankill , Crawfordsland , Creagh , Crebilly , Creenagh , Creevamoy , Creeve , Creevery , Cregcattan & part of Galdanagh , Creggan , Cregganboy , Crevilly-valley , Crew , Crew Park , Croaghbeg , Croaghmore , Croghfern , Cromaghs , Cromkill , Cromy and Taggarts Land , Crookedstone , Crooknahaya , Cross , Crosshill, County Antrim, Crosshill , Crosskennan , Crossmary , Crossreagh , Crosstagherty , Crushybracken , Cubbindall , Culbane , Culbidag , Culbrim Lower , Culcrum , Culdoo Lower , Cullybackey , Culmore , Culnafay , Culramoney , Cummingstown or Ballynamenagh North , Curragh , Curramoney , Curramoney or Billy , Curran and Drumaliss , Currysheskin , Cushendall , Cushendun , Cushenilt , Cushleake Mountain North Dairyland , Deepstown , Deerfin , Deer Park , Deer Park & Little , Deer Park Farms , Deffrick , Demesne , Demesne Upper , Dernaveagh , Derryaghy , Derryclone , Derrygowan , Derryhirk , Derryhollagh , Derrykeighan , Derrykillultagh , Derrymore , Derrynaseer , Derrynisk , Dervock , Desertderrin , Devil's Churn , Dickey's Town , Dira or Upper Broghindrummin , Dirraw , Diskirt , Divis , Doagh , Dobbsland , Donegore , Dooey , Doonan , Doonans , Doonbought , Doonfin , Doory , Douglas , Douglasland , Dowgry , Downkillybegs , Drains, Drains Bog , Dreen , Droagh , Dromain , Dromore , Drumack , Drumacullin , Drumadried , Drumaduan , Drumagorgan , Drumagrove , Drumahaman , Drumaheglis , Drumahiskey , Drumahitt , Drumakeely , Drumaleet , Drumanaway , Drumanduff , Drumankelly , Drumaqueran , Drumard , Drumaridly , Drumaroan , Drumavaddy , Drumavoley , Drumawillin , Drumbare , Drumboe , Drumcon , Drumcrottagh , Drumcrow , Drumcudree , Drumcullen , Drumderg , Drumeeny , Drumfane , Drumfin , Drumfresky , Drumgurland , Drumkeeran , Drumlee , Drummaul , Drumnacross , Drumnacur , Drumadarragh , Drumbest , Drumdallagh , Druminagh , Drumleckney , Drummans , Drummuck , Drumnacole , Drumnacross , Drumnacur , Drumnadonaghy , Drumnadreagh , Drumnadrough , Drumnafivey , Drumnagee , Drumnagessan , Drumnaglea , Drumnagreagh , Drumnaheigh , Drumnahoe , Drumnakeel , Drumnamallaght , Drumnasmear , Drumnasole , Drumourne , Drumramer , Drumrankin , Drumraw , Drumraymond , Drumreagh , Drumroan , Drumsill , Drumskea , Drumsough , Drunkendult East , Duck Island , Dunadry , Dunaghy , Dunaird , Dunamoy , Dunamuggy , Dunanney , Dunarragan , Dunaverney , Duncansland , Duncarbit , Dunclug , Dundermot , Dundesert , Dundonald , Dundressan , Dundrod , Duneany , Dungall , Dungonnell , Dungorbery , Dunloy , Dunluce , Dunmakelter , Dunmall , Dunminning , Dunmurry , Dunnygarran , Dunnyvadden , Dunouragan , Dunseverick alias Feigh , Dunsilly , Dunteige , Dunturky , Durham's Land Eagle Hill or Ouna , Eagry , East Park , East Torr , Eden , Edenturcher , Edenvale , Eglish , Elephant Rock , Elginny , Ellanabough , Enagh Lower , Englishtown , Eshery , Eskylane , Essan , Evishacrow , Evishnablay Fallinerlea , Fallowvee , Falmacbreed , Falmacrilly , Falnaglass , Falrusklin , Farlough , Farranacushog , Farranalessary , Farranmacallan , Farranmacarter , Farranshane , Faughil , Feehogue , Feigh alias Dunseverick , Feigh Carrick , Feigh Mountain , Fenagh , Fenaghy , Ferguson's Land , Fernagh , Fernisky , Feumore , Finkiltagh , Fifty Acres , Five Acres , Flower Hill , Foriff , Forthill , Fort Town , Four Score Acre , Freemanstown , Friary , Frosses Galboly Lower , Galboly Mountain North , Galboly Mountain South , Galboly Upper , Galdanagh , Galgorm Parks , Gallagh , Gallanagh , Gally Hill , Ganaby , Garriffgeery , Garryduff , Garry Lower , Gartford , Gartree , Garvaghy , Gillistown , Glasmullen , Glassaneeran Lower , Glebe , Glenaan , Glenariff Mountain Upper East , Glenafiff Mountain Upper West , Glenariff Mountain Lower , Glenarm Demesne , Glenavy , Glenbuck , Glengad , Glengormly , Glenhead , Glenhugh , Glenleslie , Glenlough , Glenmakeeran , Glenmanus , Glenmullion , Glenocum , Glore , Glenstaghy , Glenstall , Glentask , Glentop or Ardaghmore , Glenville or Leamore , Glenwhirry , Gloonan , Glynn , Gobrana , Goodland , Gortaclee , Gortagharn , Gortaghragan , Gortahar , Gortaheran , Gortamaddy or White Hall , Gortateea , Gortcarney , Gortconny , Gortereghy , Gortfad , Gortgarn , Gortgill , Gortgole , Gortin , Gortlane , Gortmillish , Gortnacapple , Gortnacor , Gortnacor Lower , Gortnagallon , Gortnageeragh , Gortnagory , Gortnagross Middle , Gortnee , Gortrany , Gowkstown alias Ault , Gracehill , Granagh , Grange of Ballyrobert , Grange of Ballywalter , Grange of Carmavy , Grange of Inispollan Mountain , Grange of Mallusk , Grange of Umgall , Grange Park , Gransha , Great Deer Park , Greenaghan , Greenan , Greenhill , Green Island , Greenland , Greenshields Lower , Greenville , Groggan , Gruig Halftown , Half Umry , Hannahstown , Harphall , Harvey's Rock , Headwood , Heagles , Highlandtown , Hightown , Holestone , Holy Well , Horse Carrick , Hungry Hall , Hurtletoot Iderown , Illannaleck Island , Inisloughlin , Inshamph , Inshinagh , Inver , Irish Hill , Irishomerbane , Irishtown , Irragh , Islandahoe , Islandbane , Islandboy , Island Carragh North , Island Kelly , Island Macallan , Islandlean , Islandmore , Islandnabracky , Islandoo , Islandreagh , Islandrose , Islands of Carnmoon , Islandstown , Isle of Muck , Issbawn or Upper Gortnagross Jockeysquarter , John Gillins , Jordanstown Kebble , Kells , Kernyhill , Kettlebottom Island , Kilbegs , Kilbride , Kilcoan Beg , Kilcoobin , Kilcorig , Kilcreeny , Kilcreg , Kilcroagh , Kilcross , Kilcurry , Kildowney , Kildrum , Kilgad , Kilgavanagh , Kilgreel , Kilknock , Killane , Killealy , Killeaton , Killins North , Killough , Killoughag , Killycarn , Killycoogan , Killycowan , Killycreen , Killydonnelly , Killyfad , Killyfast , Killyflugh , Killygarn , Killyglen , Killygore , Killylaes , Killylane , Killyless , Killymaddy , Killyramer , Killyree , Kilmahamogue , Kilmakee , Kilmandil , Kilmore , Kilmoyle , Kilmoyangey , Kilmoyle Upper or Kirkmoyle , Kilnacolpagh , Kilnadore , Kilpatrick , Kilraghts , Kilrobert , Kilroot , Kilvillis , Kinbally , Kinflea , Kingarriff , Kingsbog , Kinkeel , Kinnegalliagh , Kinramer North , Kinune , Kirkhill , Kirkinriola , Kirkmoyle or Kilmoyle Upper , Knockacully , Knockaholet , Knockanavery , Knockanboy , Knockans , Knockans North , Knockanully , Knockavallan , Knockavrinnan , Knockboy , Knockbrack , Knockcairn , Knockeny , Knockertotan , Knockmacolusky , Knocknacarry , Knocknacrow , Knocknadona , Knocknagarvan , Knocknagulliagh , Knocknahinch , Knocknarea , Knocksoghey Ladyhill , Lagavara , Lagflugh , Lagmore , Lambeg North , Landhead , Laney , Langarve , Largy , Largymore , Lavin Lower , Layd , Lealies , Leamore or Glenville , Leck , Leeke , Legacurry , Legagrane , Legaloy , Legatirriff , Legg , Legnagooly , Legoniel , Leitrim Lemnagh Beg , Lemnalary , Lemnalary Mountain , Lenagh , Leymore , Libbert East , Ligadaughtan , Limavallaghan , Liminary , Limnaharry , Linford , Lisbellanagroagh Beg , Lisboy , Lisbreen , Liscolman , Lisconnan , Lisglass , Lisheegan , Lislaban , Lislagan Lower , Lislunnan , Lismacloskey , Lismenary , Lismorrity , Lismurnaghan , Lisnabilla , Lisnabraugh , Lisnacrogher , Lisnafillon , Lisnagarran , Lisnagarvy , Lisnagat , Lisnagaver , Lisnagreggan , Lisnagunogue Lower , Lisnahay North , Lisnahilt , Lisnahunshin , Lisnalinchy , Lisnamanny , Lisnamurrikin , Lisnarick , Lisnasoo , Lisnataylor , Lisnawhiggel , Lisnevanagh , Lisnisk , Lisrodden , Lissanduff or Bushfoot , Lisserluss , Lissue or Teraghafeeva , Little Deer Park , Livery Lower , Loan , Lockstown , Longfield , Long Gilbert , Longmore , Longtown , Loonburn , Losset , Loughan , Loughconnelly , Loughduff , Loughermore , Loughhill , Loughloughan , Loughlynch , Loughmagarry , Loughrelisk , Love's Corkey , Lower Broghindrummin or Tavnaghranny , Lower Tullykittagh , Lowtown , Lubitavish , Lurgansemanus , Lurganteneil , Lurganure , Lurgan West , Lurgill Macfinn Lower , Macfinn Upper , Maddykeel Lower , Maghaberry , Magherabeg , Magheraboy , Magheraboy or Bushmills , Magheraboy Lower , Magheracashel , Magheracross , Magheragall , Magherahoney , Magheralane , Magheralave , Magheraliskmisk , Magheramenagh , Magheramesk , Magheramore , Magheramully , Magheramurphy , Maghereagh , Maghereeroy , Magherindonnel , Magherintendry , Maghernahar , Mallendober , Malone Upper , Manister , Manola Wood , Martinstown , Maxwells Walls , Mazes , McVickersland , Meadow Parks , Middle Gortnagross , Middle Park , Midge Island , Mill Five Acres , Millquarter , Mill Tenement , Minnis North , Minnis South , Mistyburn , Moboy , Monaghan , Monanclogh , Moneybroom , Moneycanon , Moneycrumog , Moneydollog , Moneyduff , Moneyglass , Moneygobbin , Moneyleck , Moneyneagh , Moneynick , Moneyrod , Moneyvart , Monkstown , Montiaghs , Moordyke , Moore Lodge , Moss-Side (Kilbride parish), Moss-Side (Grange of Drumtullagh parish), Mostragee , Mount Edwards , Mount Hamilton , Mount Shalgus , Moyadam , Moyarget Lower , Moyasset , Moyaver Lower , Moycraig Macallister , Moygarriff , Moylarg , Moylinny , Moyrusk , Muckamore , Muckleramer , Muckrim , Mullaghboy , Mullaghbui , Mullaghcarton , Mullaghconnelly , Mullaghdoo , Mullaghduff, Mullaghduff Big , Mullaghgaun , Mullaghglass , Mullaghmossan , Mullaghsandall , Mullans , Mullarts , Mullinaskeagh , Mullindress , Mullinsallagh , Munie North , Murroo or Gortnagross Lower Nappan Mountain , Nappan North , Nappan South , New Buildings or Maddydoo Lower , New Buildings North , New Buildings South , Newhill , Newlands , New Park , Newtown , Niblock, Novally Old Church , Old Forge , Old Freehold , Oldstone , Oldtown , Old Warren , Ouna or Eagle Hill , Outal , Outhill , Owencloghy , Owensland Pans Rock , Parishagh , Park , Park Hall , Park & East , Park & Middle , Park & New , Park & West , Parkmore (also known as Aganlane ), Pharis , Poleglass , Polintamny , Pollee , Poobles , Portlee , Portmore , Portmuck , Portrush , Potterswalls , Priestland East , Procklis , Prolusk , Prospect Quarter Lenagh , Quolie Racavan , Rams Island , Ranaghan , Rananagh , Randalstown , Randox , Rashee , Rathbeg , Rathenraw , Rathkeel , Rathkenny , Rathlin Island , Rathmore , Rathsherry , Red Bay , Redhall , Retreat or Cloughglass , Revallagh North , Rickamore , Risk , Rooghan , Roonivoolin , Rory's Glen , Rosedermot , Roseyards , Rosnashane , Ross , Rushey Hill Saint Cunning , Sallagh , Savagh , Scaryhill , Scolboa , Scotchomerbane , Seacash , Seacon Beg , Seacon More , Sea Gull Isle , Semicock , Seneirl , Shaneoguestown , Shanes , Shane's Castle , Shane's Castle Park , Shaninish , Sharvogues , Sheegy Island , Sheep Island , Shellfield , Shelton North , Sheriff's Land , Shillanavogy , Skady Tower , Skeagh , Sker Beg , Sker More , Skerry East , Skerrywhirry , Skilganaban , Slaght , Slane , Slate House , Sleans , Slievebane , Slievenacloy , Slievenagh , Slievenaghy , Slievenagravery , Smallquarter , Solar , South Island Ean , Spring Farm , Spring Mount , Stackaboy , Stackahorlin , Stackaniska , Stacknacally , Stacknaderginan , Staffordstown , Stanalane , Steedstown , Steeple , Stiles , Stony Hill , Straid , Straidballymorris , Straidbilly , Straidhavern , Straidnahanna , Stranocum , Strawpark , Stroan , Stroan Lower , Swan Island Taggarts Land and Cromy , Taghey , Tamlaght , Tamlaghtmore , Tamnaderry , Tamnaghmore , Tamnyvane , Tamybuck , Tanderagee , Tannaghmore , Tardree , Tate's Fort , Tavnaghan , Tavnagharry , Tavnaghboy , Tavnaghdrissagh , Tavnaghmore , Tavnaghoney , Tavnaghowen , Tavnaghranny or Lower Broghindrummin , Tawnybrack , Taylorstown , Teeshan , Tehorny , Templastragh , Templecormac , Temple-effin , Templepatrick , Tenaghs , Teraghafeeva or Lissue , Terrygowan , Tervillin , The Bull , The Green Beds , The Skerries , Ticloy , Tildarg , Timpan , Tirgracey , Tirkilly , Tiscallen , Toberagnee , Toberbilly , Toberdoney , Toberdornan , Toberdowney , Tobergill , Toberkeagh , Tobernagola , Tobernaveen , Toberwine , Tom of
988-538: Is accepted that such movements are notoriously difficult to identify. Historical linguists are skeptical that this method alone could account for the absorption of Celtic language, with some saying that an assumed processual view of Celtic linguistic formation is 'an especially hazardous exercise'. Genetic lineage investigation into the area of Celtic migration to Ireland has led to findings that showed no significant differences in mitochondrial DNA between Ireland and large areas of continental Europe, in contrast to parts of
1064-699: Is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean , in north-western Europe . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George's Channel . Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles , the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland ),
1140-605: Is extant in Ireland as a voluntary donation. In turn, Henry assumed the title of Lord of Ireland which Henry conferred on his younger son, John Lackland , in 1185. This defined the Anglo-Norman administration in Ireland as the Lordship of Ireland . When Henry's successor died unexpectedly in 1199, John inherited the crown of England and retained the Lordship of Ireland. Over the century that followed, Norman feudal law gradually replaced
1216-507: Is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and thus very moderate, and winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area, although summers are cooler than those in continental Europe. Rainfall and cloud cover are abundant. Gaelic Ireland had emerged by the 1st century AD. The island was Christianised from the 5th century onwards. During this period Ireland was divided into many petty kingships under provincial kingships (Cúige "fifth" of
1292-561: Is unclear. However, a number of finds of Roman coins have been made, for example at the Iron Age settlement of Freestone Hill near Gowran and Newgrange . Ireland continued as a patchwork of rival kingdoms; however, beginning in the 7th century, a concept of national kingship gradually became articulated through the concept of a High King of Ireland . Medieval Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of high kings stretching back thousands of years, but some modern historians believe
1368-676: The Lebor Gabála Érenn , a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland, along with the presence of Celtic culture, language and artefacts found in Ireland such as Celtic bronze spears, shields, torcs and other finely crafted Celtic associated possessions. The theory holds that there were four separate Celtic invasions of Ireland. The Priteni were said to be the first, followed by the Belgae from northern Gaul and Britain. Later, Laighin tribes from Armorica (present-day Brittany) were said to have invaded Ireland and Britain more or less simultaneously. Lastly,
1444-608: The Act of Settlement 1701 . Daniel O'Connell led a subsequent campaign, for the repeal of the Act of Union, which failed. Later in the century, Charles Stewart Parnell and others campaigned for autonomy within the Union, or " Home Rule ". Unionists, especially those located in Ulster, were strongly opposed to Home Rule, which they thought would be dominated by Catholic interests. After several attempts to pass
1520-624: The Duke of Wellington . Steering the Catholic Relief Bill through Parliament, aided by future prime minister Robert Peel , Wellington prevailed upon a reluctant George IV to sign the Bill and proclaim it into law. George's father had opposed the plan of the earlier Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger , to introduce such a bill following the Union of 1801, fearing Catholic Emancipation to be in conflict with
1596-723: The Good Friday Agreement in 1998. In 1973, both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland as part of it, joined the European Economic Community . Following a referendum vote in 2016, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland included, left the European Union (EU) in 2020. Northern Ireland was granted a limited special status and allowed to operate within the EU single market for goods without being in
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#17330859980011672-539: The Irish parliament passed the Statutes of Kilkenny in 1367. These were a set of laws designed to prevent the assimilation of the Normans into Irish society by requiring English subjects in Ireland to speak English, follow English customs and abide by English law. By the end of the 15th century, central English authority in Ireland had all but disappeared, and a renewed Irish culture and language, albeit with Norman influences,
1748-583: The Milesians ( Gaels ) were said to have reached Ireland from either northern Iberia or southern Gaul. It was claimed that a second wave named the Euerni, belonging to the Belgae people of northern Gaul, began arriving about the sixth century BC. They were said to have given their name to the island. The theory was advanced in part because of the lack of archaeological evidence for large-scale Celtic immigration, though it
1824-468: The Protestant Ascendancy . The " Great Frost " struck Ireland and the rest of Europe between December 1739 and September 1741, after a decade of relatively mild winters. The winters destroyed stored crops of potatoes and other staples, and the poor summers severely damaged harvests. This resulted in the famine of 1740 . An estimated 250,000 people (about one in eight of the population) died from
1900-735: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Williamite War . Irish losses during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (which, in Ireland, included the Irish Confederacy and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ) are estimated to include 20,000 battlefield casualties. 200,000 civilians are estimated to have died as a result of a combination of war-related famine, displacement, guerrilla activity and pestilence throughout
1976-638: The 17th century left a deep sectarian division in Ireland. Religious allegiance now determined the perception in law of loyalty to the Irish King and Parliament. After the passing of the Test Act 1672 , and the victory of the forces of the dual monarchy of William and Mary over the Jacobites , Roman Catholics and nonconforming Protestant Dissenters were barred from sitting as members in the Irish Parliament. Under
2052-583: The 9th century, waves of Viking raiders plundered Irish monasteries and towns. These raids added to a pattern of raiding and endemic warfare that was already deep-seated in Ireland. The Vikings were involved in establishing most of the major coastal settlements in Ireland: Dublin , Limerick , Cork , Wexford , Waterford , as well as other smaller settlements. On 1 May 1169, an expedition of Cambro-Norman knights, with an army of about 600 men, landed at Bannow Strand in present-day County Wexford . It
2128-692: The English church at the time, the Catholic Church , was published in 1216 and the Parliament of Ireland was founded in 1297. From the mid-14th century, after the Black Death , Norman settlements in Ireland went into a period of decline. The Norman rulers and the Gaelic Irish elites intermarried and the areas under Norman rule became Gaelicised . In some parts, a hybrid Hiberno-Norman culture emerged. In response,
2204-614: The European Union. Irish culture has had a significant influence on other cultures, especially in the field of literature . Alongside mainstream Western culture , a strong indigenous culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games , Irish music , Irish language , and Irish dance . The island's culture shares many features with that of Great Britain, including the English language, and sports such as association football , rugby , horse racing , golf , and boxing . The names Ireland and Éire derive from Old Irish Ériu ,
2280-629: The Gaelic Brehon Law across large areas, so that by the late 13th century the Norman-Irish had established a feudal system throughout much of Ireland. Norman settlements were characterised by the establishment of baronies, manors, towns and the seeds of the modern county system. A version of Magna Carta (the Great Charter of Ireland ), substituting Dublin for London and the Irish Church for,
2356-553: The Irish "already believing in Christ". The same chronicle records that Saint Patrick , Ireland's best known patron saint , arrived the following year. There is continued debate over the missions of Palladius and Patrick, but the consensus is that they both took place and that the older druid tradition collapsed in the face of the new religion. Irish Christian scholars excelled in the study of Latin and Greek learning and Christian theology. In
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2432-637: The Irish Volunteers' name and opposed Ireland's involvement in the war. The Easter Rising of 1916 was carried out by the latter group together with a smaller socialist militia, the Irish Citizen Army . The British response, executing fifteen leaders of the Rising over a period of ten days and imprisoning or interning more than a thousand people, turned the mood of the country in favour of the rebels. Support for Irish republicanism increased further due to
2508-746: The Late Bronze Age was part of a maritime trading-network culture called the Atlantic Bronze Age that also included Britain, western France and Iberia, and that this is where Celtic languages developed. This contrasts with the traditional view that their origin lies in mainland Europe with the Hallstatt culture . The long-standing traditional view is that the Celtic language, Ogham script and culture were brought to Ireland by waves of invading or migrating Celts from mainland Europe. This theory draws on
2584-1023: The Tae-End , Tonagh , Tonduff , Toome , Topp Lower , Torcorr , Torglass , Tornabodagh , Tornagrough , Tornamoney , Tornaroan , Tornaroy , Torr & East , Torr & West , Townend , Town Parks , Tromra , Trummery , Tuftarney , Tullaghans , Tullaghbane , Tullaghbeg , Tullaghgarley , Tullaghgore , Tullaghore , Tully , Tullyballydonnell , Tullybane , Tullymore , Tullynahinnion , Tullynamullan , Tullyrusk , Turfahun , Turnagrove , Turraloskin , Two Acres and Half Unshinagh Mountain , Upper Broghindrummin (Dira) Warren , West Division , Whappstown , Whiteabbey , White Hall (Gortamaddy), Whitehead , White House , White Mountain , White Park Ireland in Europe (dark grey) Ireland ( / ˈ aɪər l ə n d / IRE -lənd ; Irish : Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ; Ulster-Scots : Airlann [ˈɑːrlən] )
2660-489: The United Kingdom, was not neutral during the Second World War, and Belfast suffered four bombing raids in 1941. Conscription was not extended to Northern Ireland, and roughly an equal number volunteered from Northern Ireland as volunteered from the Republic of Ireland. Ballyberidagh South In Ireland Counties are divided into Civil Parishes and Parishes are further divided into townlands . The following
2736-669: The United Kingdom, which it immediately exercised. Additionally, Members of the Free State Parliament were required to swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the Irish Free State and make a statement of faithfulness to the king. Disagreements over these provisions led to a split in the nationalist movement and a subsequent Irish Civil War between the new government of the Irish Free State and those opposed to
2812-571: The Y-chromosome pattern. When taking both into account, a study concluded that modern Celtic speakers in Ireland could be thought of as European "Atlantic Celts" showing a shared ancestry throughout the Atlantic zone from northern Iberia to western Scandinavia rather than substantially central European. In 2012, research showed that the occurrence of genetic markers for the earliest farmers was almost eliminated by Beaker-culture immigrants: they carried what
2888-453: The alleged Papal Bull Laudabiliter , issued by an Englishman, Adrian IV , in 1155. The document apparently encouraged Henry to take control in Ireland in order to oversee the financial and administrative reorganisation of the Irish Church and its integration into the Roman Church system. Some restructuring had already begun at the ecclesiastical level following the Synod of Kells in 1152. There has been significant controversy regarding
2964-423: The authenticity of Laudabiliter , and there is no general agreement as to whether the bull was genuine or a forgery. Further, it had no standing in the Irish legal system. In 1172, Pope Alexander III further encouraged Henry to advance the integration of the Irish Church with Rome. Henry was authorised to impose a tithe of one penny per hearth as an annual contribution. This church levy, called Peter's Pence ,
3040-440: The authorities, counterintelligence was a fundamental line of defence. With a regular army of only slightly over seven thousand men at the start of the war, and with limited supplies of modern weapons, the state would have had great difficulty in defending itself from invasion from either side in the conflict. Large-scale emigration marked most of the post-WWII period (particularly during the 1950s and 1980s), but beginning in 1987
3116-445: The authority of bishops and priests. Second, the mishandling of the paedophile scandals humiliated the Church, whose bishops seemed less concerned with the victims and more concerned with covering up for errant priests. Third, prosperity brought hedonism and materialism that undercut the ideals of saintly poverty. The financial crisis that began in 2008 dramatically ended this period of boom. GDP fell by 3% in 2008 and by 7.1% in 2009,
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3192-556: The development of the linen industry, Ireland was largely passed over by the Industrial Revolution , partly because it lacked coal and iron resources and partly because of the impact of the sudden union with the structurally superior economy of England, which saw Ireland as a source of agricultural produce and capital. The Great Famine of 1845–1851 devastated Ireland, as in those years Ireland's population fell by one-third. More than one million people died from starvation and disease, with an additional million people emigrating during
3268-422: The early 20th century was followed by the partition of the island , leading to the creation of the Irish Free State , which became increasingly sovereign over the following decades until it declared a republic in 1948 ( Republic of Ireland Act, 1948) and Northern Ireland, which remained a part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland saw much civil unrest from the late 1960s until the 1990s . This subsided following
3344-401: The economy improved, and the 1990s saw the beginning of substantial economic growth. This period of growth became known as the Celtic Tiger . The Republic's real GDP grew by an average of 9.6% per annum between 1995 and 1999, in which year the Republic joined the euro . In 2000, it was the sixth-richest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita. Historian R. F. Foster argues the cause
3420-460: The emerging Penal Laws , Irish Roman Catholics and Dissenters were increasingly deprived of various civil rights, even the ownership of hereditary property. Additional regressive punitive legislation followed in 1703, 1709 and 1728. This completed a comprehensive systemic effort to materially disadvantage Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters while enriching a new ruling class of Anglican conformists. The new Anglo-Irish ruling class became known as
3496-407: The ensuing pestilence and disease. The Irish government halted export of corn and kept the army in quarters but did little more. Local gentry and charitable organisations provided relief but could do little to prevent the ensuing mortality. In the aftermath of the famine, an increase in industrial production and a surge in trade brought a succession of construction booms. The population soared in
3572-421: The famine, mostly to the United States and Canada. In the century that followed, an economic depression caused by the famine resulted in a further million people emigrating. By the end of the decade, half of all immigration to the United States was from Ireland. The period of civil unrest that followed until the end of the 19th century is referred to as the Land War . Mass emigration became deeply entrenched and
3648-492: The first attempt in 1799. According to contemporary documents and historical analysis, this was achieved through a considerable degree of bribery, with funding provided by the British Secret Service Office, and the awarding of peerages, places and honours to secure votes. Thus, the parliament in Ireland was abolished and replaced by a united parliament at Westminster in London, though resistance remained, as evidenced by Robert Emmet 's failed Irish Rebellion of 1803 . Aside from
3724-415: The general progress of the expedition. He wanted to re-exert royal authority over the invasion which was expanding beyond his control. Henry successfully re-imposed his authority over Strongbow and the Cambro-Norman warlords and persuaded many of the Irish kings to accept him as their overlord, an arrangement confirmed in the 1175 Treaty of Windsor . The invasion was legitimised by reference to provisions of
3800-413: The geneticist David Reich , who says: "British and Irish skeletons from the Bronze Age that followed the Beaker period had at most 10 per cent ancestry from the first farmers of these islands, with other 90 per cent from people like those associated with the Bell Beaker culture in the Netherlands." He suggests that it was Beaker users who introduced an Indo-European language, represented here by Celtic (i.e.
3876-415: The island has been shown, with evidence for Mesolithic communities around the island. Some time before 4,000 BC, Neolithic settlers introduced cereal cultivars , domesticated animals such as cattle and sheep, built large timber buildings, and stone monuments. The earliest evidence for farming in Ireland or Great Britain is from Ferriter's Cove , County Kerry , where a flint knife, cattle bones and
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#17330859980013952-458: The island with an estimated 30,000 dead. As a direct result of the 1798 rebellion in its aftermath in 1800, the British and Irish parliaments both passed Acts of Union that, with effect from 1 January 1801, merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain to create a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The passage of the Act in the Irish Parliament was ultimately achieved with substantial majorities, having failed on
4028-486: The latter part of this century and the architectural legacy of Georgian Ireland was built. In 1782, Poynings' Law was repealed, giving Ireland legislative independence from Great Britain for the first time since 1495. The British government, however, still retained the right to nominate the government of Ireland without the consent of the Irish parliament. In 1798, members of the Protestant Dissenter tradition (mainly Presbyterian ) made common cause with Roman Catholics in
4104-421: The local names for the islands at the time. The earlier names, in contrast , were likely to have been coined before direct contact with local peoples was made. The Romans referred to Ireland by this name too in its Latinised form, Hibernia , or Scotia . Ptolemy records sixteen nations inhabiting every part of Ireland in 100 AD. The relationship between the Roman Empire and the kingdoms of ancient Ireland
4180-544: The many carved stone crosses that still dot the island today. A mission founded in 563 on Iona by the Irish monk Saint Columba began a tradition of Irish missionary work that spread Celtic Christianity and learning to Scotland , England and the Frankish Empire on continental Europe after the fall of Rome. These missions continued until the late Middle Ages , establishing monasteries and centres of learning, producing scholars such as Sedulius Scottus and Johannes Eriugena and exerting much influence in Europe. From
4256-420: The monastic culture that followed the Christianisation of Ireland, Latin and Greek learning was preserved in Ireland during the Early Middle Ages in contrast to elsewhere in Western Europe, where the Dark Ages followed the Fall of the Western Roman Empire . The arts of manuscript illumination , metalworking and sculpture flourished and produced treasures such as the Book of Kells , ornate jewellery and
4332-405: The ongoing war in Europe, as well as the Conscription Crisis of 1918 . The pro-independence republican party, Sinn Féin , received overwhelming endorsement in the general election of 1918 , and in 1919 proclaimed an Irish Republic , setting up its own parliament ( Dáil Éireann ) and government. Simultaneously the Volunteers, which became known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA), launched
4408-400: The population continued to decline until the mid-20th century. Immediately prior to the famine the population was recorded as 8.2 million by the 1841 census . The population has never returned to this level since. The population continued to fall until 1961; County Leitrim was the final Irish county to record a population increase post-famine, in 2006. The 19th and early 20th centuries saw
4484-420: The potential defence of Northern Ireland. Despite their country's neutrality, approximately 50,000 volunteers from independent Ireland joined the British forces during the war, four being awarded Victoria Crosses . The German intelligence was also active in Ireland. Its operations ended in September 1941 when police made arrests based on surveillance carried out on the key diplomatic legations in Dublin. To
4560-436: The principal crops. The Bronze Age began around 2,500 BC, with technology changing people's everyday lives during this period through innovations such as the wheel, harnessing oxen , weaving textiles , brewing alcohol and metalworking , which produced new weapons and tools, along with fine gold decoration and jewellery, such as brooches and torcs . How and when the island became Celtic has been debated for close to
4636-423: The rise of modern Irish nationalism , primarily among the Roman Catholic population. The pre-eminent Irish political figure after the Union was Daniel O'Connell . He was elected as Member of Parliament for Ennis in a surprise result and despite being unable to take his seat as a Roman Catholic . O'Connell spearheaded a vigorous campaign that was taken up by the Prime Minister, the Irish-born soldier and statesman,
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#17330859980014712-439: The scheme was constructed in the 8th century to justify the status of powerful political groupings by projecting the origins of their rule into the remote past. All of the Irish kingdoms had their own kings but were nominally subject to the high king. The high king was drawn from the ranks of the provincial kings and ruled also the royal kingdom of Meath , with a ceremonial capital at the Hill of Tara . The concept did not become
4788-408: The six counties of Ulster, which later became Northern Ireland. Before it could be implemented, however, the Act was suspended for the duration of the First World War . The Irish Volunteers split into two groups. The majority, approximately 175,000 in number, under John Redmond , took the name National Volunteers and supported Irish involvement in the war. A minority, approximately 13,000, retained
4864-417: The traditional provinces) vying for dominance and the title of High King of Ireland . In the late 8th century to early 11th century AD Viking raids and settlement took place culminating in the Battle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014 which resulted in the ending of Viking power in Ireland. Following the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion , England claimed sovereignty. However, English rule did not extend over
4940-428: The treaty, led by Éamon de Valera . The civil war officially ended in May 1923 when de Valera issued a cease-fire order. During its first decade, the newly formed Irish Free State was governed by the victors of the civil war. When de Valera achieved power, he took advantage of the Statute of Westminster and political circumstances to build upon inroads to greater sovereignty made by the previous government. The oath
5016-401: The war. A further 50,000 were sent into indentured servitude in the West Indies . Physician-general William Petty estimated that 504,000 Catholic Irish and 112,000 Protestant settlers died, and 100,000 people were transported, as a result of the war. If a prewar population of 1.5 million is assumed, this would mean that the population was reduced by almost half. The religious struggles of
5092-413: The whole island until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest , which led to colonisation by settlers from Britain . In the 1690s, a system of Protestant English rule was designed to materially disadvantage the Catholic majority and Protestant dissenters , and was extended during the 18th century. With the Acts of Union in 1801, Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom . A war of independence in
5168-483: The worst year since records began (although earnings by foreign-owned businesses continued to grow). The state has since experienced deep recession, with unemployment, which doubled during 2009, remaining above 14% in 2012. Northern Ireland resulted from the division of the United Kingdom by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , and until 1972 was a self-governing jurisdiction within the United Kingdom with its own parliament and prime minister. Northern Ireland, as part of
5244-399: Was a combination of a new sense of initiative and the entry of American corporations. He concludes the chief factors were low taxation, pro-business regulatory policies, and a young, tech-savvy workforce. For many multinationals, the decision to do business in Ireland was made easier still by generous incentives from the Industrial Development Authority . In addition European Union membership
5320-400: Was abolished and in 1937 a new constitution was adopted. This completed a process of gradual separation from the British Empire that governments had pursued since independence. However, it was not until 1949 that the state was declared, officially, to be the Republic of Ireland . The state was neutral during World War II , but offered clandestine assistance to the Allies , particularly in
5396-414: Was again dominant. English Crown control remained relatively unshaken in an amorphous foothold around Dublin known as The Pale , and under the provisions of Poynings' Law of 1494, Irish Parliamentary legislation was subject to the approval of the English Privy Council . The title of King of Ireland was re-created in 1542 by Henry VIII , the then King of England , of the Tudor dynasty . English rule
5472-496: Was completely separated from Great Britain. Later, around 6,100 BC, Great Britain became separated from continental Europe. Until recently, the earliest evidence of human activity in Ireland was dated at 12,500 years ago, demonstrated by a butchered bear bone found in a cave in County Clare . Since 2021, the earliest evidence of human activity in Ireland is dated to 33,000 years ago. By about 8,000 BC, more sustained occupation of
5548-475: Was helpful, giving the country lucrative access to markets that it had previously reached only through the United Kingdom, and pumping huge subsidies and investment capital into the Irish economy. Modernisation brought secularisation in its wake. The traditionally high levels of religiosity have sharply declined. Foster points to three factors: First, Irish feminism, largely imported from America with liberal stances on contraception, abortion and divorce, undermined
5624-550: Was led by Richard de Clare , known as 'Strongbow' owing to his prowess as an archer. The invasion, which coincided with a period of renewed Norman expansion, was at the invitation of Dermot Mac Murrough , King of Leinster . In 1166, Mac Murrough had fled to Anjou , France, following a war involving Tighearnán Ua Ruairc , of Breifne , and sought the assistance of the Angevin King Henry II , in recapturing his kingdom. In 1171, Henry arrived in Ireland in order to review
5700-672: Was reinforced and expanded in Ireland during the latter part of the 16th century, leading to the Tudor conquest of Ireland . A near-complete conquest was achieved by the turn of the 17th century, following the Nine Years' War and the Flight of the Earls . This control was consolidated during the wars and conflicts of the 17th century, including the English and Scottish colonisation in the Plantations of Ireland ,
5776-469: Was then a new Y-chromosome R1b marker, believed to have originated in Iberia about 2,500 BC. The prevalence amongst modern Irish men of this mutation is a remarkable 84%, the highest in the world, and closely matched in other populations along the Atlantic fringes down to Spain. A similar genetic replacement happened with lineages in mitochondrial DNA. This conclusion is supported by recent research carried out by
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