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For the history of the equivalent seat prior to 1997, see Mid Ulster (constituency). The seat is overwhelmingly nationalist, as evidenced by the election results in which nationalist parties have always won over 50% of the vote since the seat was created. However the nationalist vote has traditionally been split between the SDLP and Sinn Féin, whilst the unionist parties have been more willing to make pacts to increase their chances of victory. When the seat was created it was nominally held by the Democratic Unionist Party, b ...

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The site of Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze ages, and the remains of Iron Age hill forts can still be seen. The original Belfast Castle was at Castle Junction, where several roads meet at the top of the High Street. This was demolished at the same time the River Farset was covered over to create the High Street. There is a new castle on the slopes of the Cavehill above the Antrim and Shore Road, now a popul ...

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Belfast is situated at 54°35′50″N, 05°56′20″W. A consequence of this latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings. In the middle of the darkest period in December, local sunset is at 3.50 p.m. while sunrise is as late as 8.45 a.m. However, this is counterbalanced by the period from May to July. In mid-to-late June, sunset occurs after 10 p.m. and the daylight s ...

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Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down. The centrepiece of Northern Ireland's geography is Lough Neagh, at 151 mi² (392 km²) the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. A second extensive lake system is centred on Lower and Upper Lough Erne in Fermanagh. There are substantial uplands in the Sperrin Mountains (an extension of the ...

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The report of the Municipal Boundaries Commissioners (Ireland) in 1881 listed 102 towns in Ireland with commissioners: Town Commissioners - Towns governed under the 1854 Act. There were 76 such towns in 1881: Arklow, County Wicklow Athy, County Kildare Ardee, County Louth Athlone, County Roscommon and County Westmeath Antrim, County Antrim Aughnacloy, County Tyrone Bagenalstown, County Carlow Balbriggan, County Dublin Ball ...

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Foyle UK Parliament constituency - Members of Parliament. The Member of Parliament since the 2005 general election is Mark Durkan of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He succeeded John Hume, also of the SDLP, who had represent the seat since 1983. Constituency created (1983) 1983 — 2005: John Hume, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2005 — present: Mark Durkan, Social Democratic and Labour Party Foyle UK Parliament constituency - ElectionsSee also:

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The seat was created in a boundary review conducted in 1995 and was predominantly made out of the western half of the old Mid Ulster constituency - indeed it contains more of the old Mid Ulster than the current seat of that name. It also contains parts of the old Foyle constituency and now shares exactly the same boundaries as the districts of Omagh and Strabane. At the time of writing the Boundary Commission has proposed alterations to the Northern Ire ...

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In the Irish Free State and later the Republic of Ireland, town commissioners continued to exist until 2002. The 1854 act was still occasionally used to create new local government towns. The Local Government Act 1925 enabled existing town commissioners to dissolve themselves and for urban district councils to downgrade themselves to commissioners. Where commissioners ceased to exist, their duties were taken over by the county council. However, the town still had a legal existence and separate rates were levied in its area, and ...

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The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election are: Mary Bradley - Social Democratic and Labour Party Mark Durkan - Social Democratic and Labour Party William Hay - Democratic Unionist Party Mitchel McLaughlin - Sinn Féin Mary Nelis - Sinn Féin Pat Ramsay - Social Democratic and Labour Party Changes Mary Nelis resigned from the Assembly and was replaced ...

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The town was, in times past, connected with the once extensive narrow gauge rail network of County Donegal. This provided connections to Derry (and through there to Dublin and Belfast), to Lifford and Strabane, to Gweedore and Burtonport, and to Carndonagh, north of Derry. The rail system was built in the late 19th century, with the last extensions opening in the 1900s. Some of these lines were never profitable, built using British government subsidies, described as an attempt to kill the Home Rule movement "with kindness". Only a couple of ...

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In 1921, Wilson and his wife retired from the White House to a home in the Embassy Row section of Washington, D.C. Wilson died there on February 3, 1924. He was buried in Washington National Cathedral. Mrs. Wilson stayed in the home another 37 years, dying on December 28, 1961. Woodrow Wilson - Cabinet. Woodrow Wilson - Significant presidential acts. Signed Revenue Act of 1913 Signed Federal Reserve Act of 1913 Signed Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 Signed Espionage Act of 191 ...

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Woodrow Wilson - Versailles 1919. After the Great War, Wilson participated in negotiations with the stated aim of assuring statehood for formerly oppressed nations and an equitable peace. On January 8, 1918, Wilson made his famous Fourteen Points address, introducing the idea of a League of Nations, an organization with a stated goal of helping preserve territorial integrity and politi ...

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West Tyrone UK Parliament constituency - Members of Parliament. The Member of Parliament since the 2001 general election is Pat Doherty of Sinn Fein. Between 1997 and 2001 the MP was William Thompson of the Ulster Unionist Party. Constituency created (1997) 1997 — 2001: William Thompson, Ulster Unionist 2001 — present: Pat Doherty, Sinn Féin See also:

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Under the name Flann O'Brien, he published a series of novels that have attracted a wide following for their bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction. At Swim-Two-Birds works entirely with borrowed (and stolen) characters from other fiction and legend, on the grounds that there are already far too many existing fictional characters, while The Third Policeman has a superficial plot about an Irish country youth's vision of hell, played against a satire of academic debate on an eccentric philosopher, and finds time to introduce th ...

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Wilson edged out Champ Clark to win the Democratic presidential nomination in the presidential election of 1912. William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote, but many analysts argue that Wilson could have defeated either one of them (because Taft people would not vote for Roosevelt and vice versa). Wilson experienced early success by implementing his "New Freedom" pledges of antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters. His actions led to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System and Federal Trade Commission, which was created to investigate corporations, publi ...

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Wilson was president of the American Political Science Association from 1910 to 1911. Through his published commentary on contemporary political matters, Wilson developed a national reputation and, with increasing seriousness, considered a public service career. In 1910, he received an unsolicited Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey, which he eagerly accepted. He went on to win the election. ...

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As Myles na gCopaleen, O'Nolan published a regular column entitled "Cruiskeen Lawn" in The Irish Times, usually in English, but sometimes in Irish, sometimes in Latin and sometimes in a strange English-Irish hybrid of his own invention. The columns introduce a regular set of characters, such as the "PLAIN PEOPLE OF IRELAND," who periodically interrupt Myles' flights of fancy to demand clarification or explanation; the poets Keats and Chapman, whose adventures always end in an elaborate pun; "the Brother," and "the Da". Numerous ingenious inventions and schemes for the im ...

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For the history of the equivalent constituency prior to 1983, please see Londonderry (constituency). The constituency is overwhelming nationalist and in many elections has often had the strongest vote for the SDLP in the whole of Northern Ireland. Unionists of various parties routinely poll around 20%-25% in elections. There had been much speculation that with the gradual retirement of John Hume from politics, the SDLP vote might collapse. In the Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 the SDLP lost 11.5% of the vote and were ...

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The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election are: Thomas Buchanan - Democratic Unionist Party Kieran Deeny - Independent Pat Doherty - Sinn Fein Derek Hussey - Ulster Unionist Party Barry McElduff - Sinn Fein Eugene McMenamin - Social Democratic and Labour Party In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were: Joe Byrne- Social Democratic and Labour Party Pat Doherty - Sinn Fein Oliver Gibson - Democratic Unionist PartySee also:

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The seat was created in 1950 when the old Fermanagh and Tyrone two MP constituency was abolished as part of the final move to single member seats. Originally the seat primarily consisted of the northern, eastern and western parts of County Tyrone, with the south included in Fermanagh & South Tyrone. Of the post 1973 districts, it contained all of Omagh and Cookstown and part of Strabane and Magherafelt. In boundary changes proposed by a review in 1995, the seat was split in two, with the name retained by the eastern half, even tho ...

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