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Welcome to the Ireland Portal!
Fáilte go dtí Tairseach na hÉireann!
Fair faa ye tae tha Airlann Inlat!

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Ireland is an island in the NorthAtlantic Ocean, inNorthwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between theRepublic of Ireland (officiallynamed Ireland – a sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) andNorthern Ireland (part of theUnited Kingdom – covering the remaining sixth). It is separated fromGreat Britain to its east by theNorth Channel, theIrish Sea, andSt George's Channel. Ireland is thesecond-largest island of theBritish Isles, thethird-largest in Europe, and thetwentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, thepopulation 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 thesecond-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.

Thegeography of Ireland comprises relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, withseveral navigable rivers extending inland. Much of Ireland was woodland until the end of theMiddle 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. Its lush vegetation is a product ofits mild climate, which 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 wasChristianised from the 5th century onwards. During this period Ireland was divided amongst petty kings, who in turn served under the kings of thetraditional provinces (Cúige;lit.'fifth') vying for dominance and the title ofHigh King of Ireland. Between the late 8th and early 11th centuries,Viking raids and settlement took place culminating in theBattle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014 which resulted in the end of Viking power in Ireland. Following the 12th-centuryAnglo-Norman invasion,England claimed sovereignty. However, English rule did not extend over the whole island until the 16th–17th centuryTudor conquest, which led tocolonisation by settlers from Britain. In the 1690s, a system ofProtestant English rule was designed to materially disadvantage theCatholic majority andProtestant dissenters, and was extended during the 18th century. With theActs of Union in 1801, Ireland becamea part of theUnited Kingdom. TheGreat Famine of the 1840s saw the population fall by over 20%, through death and emigration. Awar of independence in the early 20th century was followed by thepartition of the island, leading to the creation of theIrish 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 muchcivil unrest from the late 1960s until the 1990s. This subsided following theGood Friday Agreement in 1998. In 1973, both the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland as part of it, joined theEuropean Economic Community. Following a referendum vote in 2016, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland included, left theEuropean 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 the European Union. (Full article...)

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TheIrish Conservative Party, often called theIrishTories, was one of the dominant Irish political parties inIreland in the19th century. Throughout much of the century it, and the Irish Liberal Party, battled for electoral dominance among Ireland's small electorate, with various parties such as the movements ofDaniel O'Connell and later theIndependent Irish Party relegated into third place. As late as 1859, the Irish Conservative Party still won the majority of Irish seats inWestminster, in that year'sgeneral election.

Though aligned with theConservative Party inGreat Britain, the Irish Conservatives took independent stances on many issues, a fact made easier by the lack of rigid party voting in theBritish House of Commons.Read more...

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Michael Gomez (bornMichael Armstrong, 21 June 1977), also known as"the Irish Mexican" or"the Predator", is aprofessional boxer. He was born to anIrish Traveller family inLongford,County Longford, Ireland, spending his early years inDublin before moving toManchester, England with his family at the age of nine.

Gomez fights in thelightweight division, having previously fought in thefeatherweight andsuper featherweight divisions. During his career he has amassed a number ofchampionship title belts: theIBF Inter-Continental featherweight title; and theBritish,WBO Inter-Continental,WBA Inter-Continental andWBU super featherweight titles. He was the first Irish boxer to win theLonsdale Belt outright.

Gomez, who has been compared toJohnny Tapia, has lived a turbulent life and has often been involved in controversial fights. In Gomez's initial matches he suffered a number of losses tojourneyman opposition but then went on a run of victories which stretched for almost four years. Of his 17 fights between February 2001 and March 2008, 16 ended inknockouts. Concerns arose about his drinking and failure to adhere to hisdiet andtraining regimes after a 2001 loss toLaszlo Bognar. Gomez appeared to be "back on track" in 2003, with his high-profile fight againstEdinburgh-based fighter,"Amazing" Alex Arthur for the British and WBA Inter-Continental super featherweight titles, which Gomez won by delivering a knockout blow to Arthur in the fifth round.

In 2006, Gomez suffered a controversial loss toPeter McDonagh when, in the middle of a round, he dropped his guard and walked out of the ring, later saying he had retired from boxing. He returned to the ring after a 15–month interval. On 21 June 2008, Gomez lost what was seen as possibly his last bout—alast chance saloon opportunity to resurrect his career against rising star andOlympic silver medallistAmir Khan. The fight ended with Gomez suffering aTKO when the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round.Read more...

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Belfast (/ˈbɛlfæst/ ,BEL-fast,/-fɑːst/,-⁠fahst; fromIrish:Béal Feirste[bʲeːlˠˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital city and principal port ofNorthern Ireland, standing on the banks of theRiver Lagan and connected to the open sea throughBelfast Lough and theNorth Channel. It is the second-largest city inIreland (afterDublin), with an estimated population of 352,390 in 2024, andits metropolitan area has a population of 671,559.

Occupied since at least the Bronze Age, it was chartered as an English settlement in 1613. The town's early growth thereafter was driven by an influx ofScottishPresbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection withIreland'sAnglican establishment contributed to therebellion of 1798, and to theunion withGreat Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When grantedcity status in 1888, Belfast was the world's largest centre oflinen manufacture, and by the 1900s her shipyards were building up to a quarter of totalUnited Kingdom tonnage. (Full article...)

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  • The article on theMahon Tribunal needs to be tidied up, verified, and fact-checked.
  • Irish (Gaelic) words and phrases should be marked up using{{lang}}, thus:{{lang-ga|Páirc na hÉireann}}.


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