Ulster

Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: /ˈkuːgʲ ˈulu/) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster - Geography and demographics. Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city is Belfast (Béal Feirste). Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Lond ...

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• Ulster - Geography and demographics
• Ulster - History and politics
• Ulster - Early history
• Ulster - Plantations and civil wars
• Ulster - Republicanism rebellion and communal strife
• Ulster - Industrialisation home rule and partition
• Ulster - Current politics
• Ulster - Sport

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Davies became heavily involved in government efforts to establish a plantation in the lately rebellious province of Ulster. In September 1607, he delivered to Cecil his report of the Flight of the Earls, a seminal event in Irish history and, before long, had travelled into the absent earls' territories to lay indictments against them there. In August 1608, he went with Chichester to view the escheated lands, reporting that the people, "wondered as much to see the king's deputy as the ghosts in Vurgil wondered to see AEneas alive in hell[sic]". In October he was in England, ...

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John Davies poet, John Davies poet - Early Life, John Davies poet - Ireland, John Davies poet - Ulster, John Davies poet - Later career, John Davies poet - Family, John Davies poet - Legacy

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Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times. Darini, in Tyrone, Armagh and Down, possibly a branch of the Érainn and linked with their supposed ancestor deity Dáire Erdini in County Fermanagh Robogdii, in Antrim and Londonderry, possibly related to the later Dál Riata Venicnii in County Donegal Voluntii, probably the people later known as ...

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Kingdoms of ancient Ireland, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Ulster, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Early Christian, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Meath, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Early Christian, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Leinster, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Early Christian, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Munster, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Early Christian, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Connacht, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times, Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Early Christian

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List of mountains in Ireland - County Down. Mountains of Mourne, Slieve Donard, Slieve Binnan, List of mountains in Ireland - County Antrim. Antrim Plateau or Glens of Antrim, Trostan, Knocklayd, Agnews Hill List of mountains in Ireland - County Derry. Sperrin Mountains, Sawel Moun ...

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List of mountains in Ireland, List of mountains in Ireland - Munster, List of mountains in Ireland - County Kerry, List of mountains in Ireland - County Cork, List of mountains in Ireland - County Tipperary, List of mountains in Ireland - County Waterford, List of mountains in Ireland - County Limerick, List of mountains in Ireland - Leinster, List of mountains in Ireland - County Carlow, List of mountains in Ireland - County Wicklow, List of mountains in Ireland - County Laois, List of mountains in Ireland - Ulster, List of mountains in Ireland - County Down, List of mountains in Ireland - County Antrim, List of mountains in Ireland - County Derry, List of mountains in Ireland - County Donegal, List of mountains in Ireland - Connacht, List of mountains in Ireland - County Leitrim, List of mountains in Ireland - County Sligo, List of mountains in Ireland - County Mayo, List of mountains in Ireland - County Galway

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Ulster - Early history. Ulster is one of the four Irish provinces. Its name derives from the Irish language Cúige Uladh (pronounced "KOO-gi OO-lah"), meaning "Province (literally 'fifth') of the Ulaid," named for the ancient inhabitants of the region.[1] The Irish Uladh with the addition of the Old Norse ster, meaning "province," yields "Uladh Ster" or, in English, "Ulster." The province's early history extends further back than written records and is known only by legends such as the ...

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Ulster, Ulster - Geography and demographics, Ulster - History and politics, Ulster - Early history, Ulster - Plantations and civil wars, Ulster - Republicanism rebellion and communal strife, Ulster - Industrialisation home rule and partition, Ulster - Current politics, Ulster - Sport

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"Ulster-Scots" is a term used to refer to the people descended from Presbyterians of Scotland who live in Ulster, Ireland. "Scotch-Irish" is the usual term in the United States; "Scots-Irish" is also used to refer to the same people, and is not to be confused with Irish-Scots, i.e. Irish immigrants to Scotland. They are largely descendant from the Northumbrians of the the Scottish Borders Country, and the Brythonic-speaking Britons of the Scottish Lowlands. The migration of Scots to Ulster occurred mainly during t ...

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Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure. Among Celtic peoples in close contact with Rome, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, their mythology did not survive the Roman empire, their subsequent conversion to Christianity, and the loss of their Celtic languages. Ironically it is through contemporary Roman and Christian sources that what we do know of their belie ...

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• Celtic mythology - Historical sources
• Celtic mythology - Julius Caesar’s comments on Celtic Religion and their significance
• Celtic mythology - Branches of Celtic mythology
• Celtic mythology - Celtic deities
• Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts
• Celtic mythology - The gods of Ireland
• Celtic mythology - The gods of Wales
• Celtic mythology - The Dagda
• Celtic mythology - The Morrígan
• Celtic mythology - Belenus
• Celtic mythology - Lúgh/Lug
• Celtic mythology - Other gods
• Celtic mythology - Temples
• Celtic mythology - Celtic worship
• Celtic mythology - The druids
• Celtic mythology - Significance of Prophecy in Druidic Ritual
• Celtic mythology - Modern remnants
• Celtic mythology - Druidism?

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Scots, mainly Gaelic-speaking, had been settling in Ulster since the 1400s, but large numbers of Scots-speaking Lowlanders, some 200,000, arrived during the 17th century following the 1610 Plantation, with the peak reached during the 1690s. In the core areas of Scots settlement, Scots outnumbered English settlers by five or six to one. Lowland Scots in Ulster has been influenced by contact with Hiberno-English, Mid Ulster English and Irish. Mid Ulster English, the dialect of most people in Ulster, including those in the two main citie ...

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Ulster Scots language, Ulster Scots language - History, Ulster Scots language - Ullans, Ulster Scots language - Hiberno-Scots, Ulster Scots language - Who speaks it, Ulster Scots language - Legal status, Ulster Scots language - Heritage, Ulster Scots language - Pronunciation, Ulster Scots language - Literature

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One-third of all US Presidents had their ancestral origins in the northern province of Ireland (Ulster) During his two visits to Ulster, President Bill Clinton spoke proudly of his ancestral links with the province and of the remarkable fact that a third of all US Presidents had their roots in Ulster. President Clinton, whose connection is through his Blythe and Ayer ancestors, is one of at least 14 Chief Executives who are descended from the 250,000 immigrants from the n ...

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Ulster-Scots, Ulster-Scots - American Presidents of Ulster Scots Descent

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The River Blackwater runs along the border with County Tyrone. The River Bann enters Lough Neagh in the north, flowing though the north-east of the county. Mountains in Armagh include Slieve Guillion, Carrigatuke and Camlough Mountain. There are also a number of islands in the county's section of Lough Neagh: Coney Island, Coney Island Flat, Croaghan Flat, Derrywarragh Island, Padian, Phil Roe's Flat and The Shallow Flat. ...

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County Armagh, County Armagh - Geography, County Armagh - Administration, County Armagh - The Troubles

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Main article: County (United States) The term "county" is used in 48 of the 50 states of the United States for the tier of state government authority immediately below the statewide tier and above the township tier, in those states that sub-divided counties into civil townships. Each county contains a county seat, which is where county offices are located (this is usually, but not always, an incorporated municipality). In some states, counties are subdivided into townships, which typically provide some or all of the loca ...

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County, County - Overview, County - Australia, County - New South Wales, County - Canada, County - China, County - Croatia, County - Hungary, County - Ireland, County - Japan, County - Lithuania, County - New Zealand, County - Norway, County - Poland, County - Romania, County - Serbia and Montenegro, County - Sweden, County - United Kingdom, County - United States, County - Exceptions in Louisiana and Alaska, County - New England, County - Independent Cities in the U.S., County - Counties switching into Regional or Metropolitan Municipalities, County - County seats overlapping two or more counties, County - Atlanta and Fulton County, County - Notes

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this is a political history, for a military history of this time, see Irish Confederate Wars The Catholic Confederation was formed in the aftermath of the 1641 rebellion, both to control the popular uprising and to organise an Irish Catholic war effort against the remaining British armies in Ireland. It was hoped that by doing this, the Irish Catholics could hold off an English or Scottish re-conquest of the country. The initiative for the Confederation came from a Catholic bishop, Nicholas French and a lawyer named Nich ...

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Confederate Ireland, Confederate Ireland - Rebellion and the formation of the Confederation, Confederate Ireland - Cessation with the royalists the Nuncio's arrival and the first Ormonde peace, Confederate Ireland - Military defeat and a new Ormonde peace, Confederate Ireland - Civil War within the Confederation, Confederate Ireland - Cromwell’s invasion, Confederate Ireland - Significance, Confederate Ireland - Sources, Confederate Ireland - External link

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A large portion of the county is hilly, especially in the east, where the highest elevations are attained, though these are nowhere great. The range runs north and south, and, following this direction the highest points are Knocklayd (1,695 feet), Slieveanorra (1,676 feet), Trostan (1,817 feet), Slemish (1,457 feet) and Divis (1,567 feet). The inland slope is gradual, but on the northern shore the range terminates in abrupt and almost perpendicular declivities, and here, consequently, some of the finest coast scenery in the world is found, w ...

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County Antrim, County Antrim - Geology, County Antrim - Communications, County Antrim - Air, County Antrim - Rail, County Antrim - Sea, County Antrim - Population, County Antrim - Religion, County Antrim - Administration, County Antrim - Settlements, County Antrim - History, County Antrim - Historic Monuments, County Antrim - Saint Patrick, County Antrim - Linen, County Antrim - See Also

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The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite war in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691, near the village of Aughrim in County Galway. The battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil – over 7,000 people were killed. It meant the effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland, although the city of Limerick held out until the autumn of 1691. Battle of Aughrim - The Campaign. The Jacobite position in the summer of 1691 was a defe ...

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The Battle of Benburb took place in 1646 in the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the forces of Confederate Ireland under Owen Roe O'Neill and a Scottish Covenanter army under Robert Munro. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Irish Confederates and ended the Scottish hopes of conquering Ireland and imposing their own religious settlement there. Battle of Benburb - Background. The Scots had landed an army in Ulster in 1642, i ...

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The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war in Ireland between the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scotland and his son-in-law and successor, William, for the English, Scottish and Irish thrones. It took place on July 1, 1690 (as a consequence of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar the battle is now commemorated on July 12) just outside of the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast. Though not militarily decisive, its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in British and ...

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• Battle of the Boyne - A sectarian battle?
• Battle of the Boyne - The competing sides
• Battle of the Boyne - Commanders
• Battle of the Boyne - Armies
• Battle of the Boyne - The Battle
• Battle of the Boyne - Aftermath
• Battle of the Boyne - Commemoration of the Battle
• Battle of the Boyne - The Twelfth in Ireland today
• Battle of the Boyne - The battlefield today
• Battle of the Boyne - Sources

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A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. The practice of awarding baronetcies was introduced by James I of England in 1611 in order to raise funds. Baronetcies have no European equivalent, though hereditary knights, such as the Austrian ritter, and the Dutch erfridder, may be held to be equivalents. The name baronet is a diminutive of the higher peerage title baron. The rank of a baronet is ...

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The British Isles is a term traditionally given to the group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe including Great Britain (containing England, Scotland, and Wales), Ireland, and several thousand smaller adjacent islands. The name was extensively used historically, derived from when the island of Great Britain was called Britannias, and Ireland and the other islands near Great Britain were called Britanniae (the Latin genitive case meaning of Britannias.) In 1922 most of the island of Ireland ceased to be i ...

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• British Isles - List of the British Isles
• British Isles - Origin of the term British Isles
• British Isles - Classical geographers
• British Isles - Native sources
• British Isles - Renaissance mapmakers
• British Isles - Modern historians
• British Isles - Subsequent political history
• British Isles - Problems with modern usage
• British Isles - Alternative terms
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 - Total (2002)  - Density 276,607 642/km²  - Total (2002)  - GDP/head 4,000 millions $ 14,457 $ Barbados is an island nation located towards the east of the Caribbean Sea and in the west of the Atlantic Ocean, part of the eastern islands of the Lesser Antilles, with the nations of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines being its closest neighbors. The island is 430 km2 (166 square miles), and is primarily l ...

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• Barbados - Demographics
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• Barbados - Golden Shield
• Barbados - Coat of Arms
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Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus "what shall we give in return for so much" Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland, of which it is the capital. In the 2001 Census the population within the city limits (Belfast Urban Area) was 276,459, while c.800,000 people live in the Greater Belfast area or Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area. The city is situated at the south-western end of Belfast Lough, a long natural inlet ideal for the shipping trade that made the ...

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• Belfast - Geography
• Belfast - Points of interest
• Belfast - History
• Belfast - Local Politics
• Belfast - Media
• Belfast - Notable people
• Belfast - 2001 Census
• Belfast - Districts

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