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Encyclopedia - Ulster: Encyclopedia - Ulster
Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: /ˈkuːgʲ ˈulu/) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster - Geography and demographics. Ulste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Davies Poet: Encyclopedia Ii - John Davies Poet - Ulster
Davies became heavily involved in government efforts to establish a plantation in the lately rebellious province of Ulster. In September ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdoms Of Ancient Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdoms Of Ancient Ireland - Ulster
Kingdoms of ancient Ireland - Earliest times. Darini, in Tyrone, Armagh and Down, possibly a branch of the Érainn and linked with the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mountains In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mountains In Ireland - Ulster
List of mountains in Ireland - County Down. Mountains of Mourne, Slieve Donard, Slieve Binnan, List of mountains in Ireland - County...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster - History And Politics
Ulster - Early history. Ulster is one of the four Irish provinces. Its name derives from the Irish language Cúige Uladh (pronounced "K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots: Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots
"Ulster-Scots" is a term used to refer to the people descended from Presbyterians of Scotland who live in Ulster, Ireland. "Scotch-Irish"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster Scots Language - History
Scots, mainly Gaelic-speaking, had been settling in Ulster since the 1400s, but large numbers of Scots-speaking Lowlanders, some 200,000,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster-scots: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster-scots - American Presidents Of Ulster Scots Descent
One-third of all US Presidents had their ancestral origins in the northern province of Ireland (Ulster) During his two visits to Ulster, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Armagh: Encyclopedia Ii - County Armagh - Geography
The River Blackwater runs along the border with County Tyrone. The River Bann enters Lough Neagh in the north, flowing though the north-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia Ii - County - United States
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 governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confederate Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Confederate Ireland - Rebellion And The Formation Of The Confederation
this is a political history, for a military history of this time, see Irish Confederate Wars The Catholic Confederation was formed in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Antrim: Encyclopedia Ii - County Antrim - Geology
A large portion of the county is hilly, especially in the east, where the highest elevations are attained, though these are nowhere great...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Aughrim: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Aughrim
The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite war in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of Wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Benburb: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Benburb
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 fough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Boyne: Encyclopedia - Battle Of The Boyne
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 Scot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baronet: Encyclopedia - Baronet
A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Isles: Encyclopedia - British Isles
The British Isles is a term traditionally given to the group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe including Great Britain (contai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbados: Encyclopedia - Barbados
 - Total (2002)  - Density 276,607 642/km²  - Total (2002)  - GDP/head 4,000 millions $ 14,457 $ Barbados is an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belfast: Encyclopedia - Belfast
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. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein: Encyclopedia - Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein
Field Marshal The Right Honourable Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO (17 November 1887–24 March ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody Sunday 1972: Encyclopedia - Bloody Sunday 1972
On Sunday January 30, 1972, in an incident since known as Bloody Sunday, 14 unarmed men and boys were shot dead (one of whom died 4 month...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bobby Sands: Encyclopedia - Bobby Sands
Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954–May 5, 1981) was a convicted Irish republican who died on hunger stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lebor Gabála Érenn: Encyclopedia - Lebor Gabála Érenn
Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British American: Encyclopedia - British American
British Americans are citizens of the United States whose ancestry stems, either wholly or in part, from one of the four constituent nati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aston Martin: Encyclopedia - Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. is a British luxury car manufacturer based in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Up to the year 2003, approximat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Briccriu: Encyclopedia - Briccriu
Briccriu (Bricriu, Briccirne, Bricne), is a warrior, poet and troublemaker in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. He once held a lavish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black And Tans: Encyclopedia - Black And Tans
The Black and Tans, more properly known as the Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brian Boru: Encyclopedia - Brian Boru
Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (941 - 1014) ( known as Brian Boru in English) was High King of Ireland (1002-1014) . Although the exact deta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - United Kingdom
2There is also a variant for use in Scotland, see Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom for details. 3 The Royal motto used in Scotlan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presbyterianism: Encyclopedia - Presbyterianism
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Isles Terminology: Encyclopedia - British Isles Terminology
The various terms used to describe the different (and sometimes overlapping) geographical and political regions of the islands traditiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vicar: Encyclopedia - Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia - Jacobitism
This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. For deta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology: Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breakfast: Encyclopedia - Breakfast
Cuisine | Kitchens Wikibooks: Cookbook Breakfast is a meal preceding lunch or dinner and usually eaten in the morning. Less frequently, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Druid: Encyclopedia - Druid
In Celtic polytheism the word Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - History Of Ireland
The History of Ireland is the story of a large island in the north-west of Europe and is heavily influenced by the concurrent History of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1600: Encyclopedia - 1600
1600 - Events. 1600 - January. January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Year's Day 1600 - February. February 17 - Gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achill Island: Encyclopedia - Achill Island
Achill Island (Irish; Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest island off Ireland, and is situated off the west coast. It has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Bonar Law: Encyclopedia - Andrew Bonar Law
The Right Honourable Andrew Bonar Law (September 16, 1858 - October 30, 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-irish Treaty: Encyclopedia - Anglo-irish Treaty
The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annals Of Ulster: Encyclopedia - Annals Of Ulster
The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 and AD 1540. The entries up to AD 148...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albany County New York: Encyclopedia - Albany County New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, generally located in the vicinity of Albany, New York, the capital of Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alasdair Maccolla: Encyclopedia - Alasdair Maccolla
Alasdair MacColla (circa 1620 to 1647) was a Scottish-Irish soldier. His full name in Scottish Gaelic was Alasdair MacColla Ciotach MacDo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airgialla: Encyclopedia - Airgialla
Airgialla (dervied from Irish orgialla meaning "hostage of gold"; also Airgialla, Uriel, Orial, Orgialla, Orgiall, Oryallia, Ergallia) wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Campbell Pastor: Encyclopedia - Alan Campbell Pastor
Pastor Alan Campbell is the Pentecostal pastor of the Cregagh Covenant Peoples Fellowship in Belfast, Ireland, co-director of Open Bible ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armagh: Encyclopedia - Armagh
city_province = Ulster Armagh is a city in Northern Ireland, the capital of County Armagh. In Irish it is known as Ard Mhacha, or Mach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cruithne People: Encyclopedia - Cruithne People
The Cruithne or Cruthin were a historical people known to have lived in Ireland, particularly in Ulster, in early medieval times. Accordi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upstate New York: Encyclopedia - Upstate New York
Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ireland
The culture of the people living on the island of Ireland is far from monolithic. Many notable cultural divides exist between the rural p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Ireland: Encyclopedia - United Ireland
A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utica New York: Encyclopedia - Utica New York
This article is about Utica in New York, USA. For other places with this name, see Utica. Utica, New York is a city in New York State, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cromwellian Conquest Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - Cromwellian Conquest Of Ireland
Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with his New Model Army on behalf of the English Parliament in 1649. Since the Irish Rebellion of 1641,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Antrim: Encyclopedia - County Antrim
County Antrim (Contae Aontroma in Irish) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. It is the 9th largest of the 32 tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Armagh: Encyclopedia - County Armagh
County Armagh (Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish) is a county in Ulster. It is one of the six counties that form Northern Ireland. County Armagh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Down: Encyclopedia - County Down
County Down, (Contae An Dúin in Irish) is one of the six counties that form Northern Ireland (United Kingdom), covering an area of 2,448...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unionists Ireland: Encyclopedia - Unionists Ireland
In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulsterisation: Encyclopedia - Ulsterisation
Ulsterisation refers to a British Government strategy on the 1970s to pacify Northern Ireland during the conflict known as the The Troubl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulaid: Encyclopedia - Ulaid
The Ulaid or Ulaidh (singular Ulad or Uladh) were a Celtic people of Early Ireland who gave their name to the Irish Province of Ulster. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell: Encyclopedia - Daniel O'connell
Daniel O'Connell (August 6, 1775 – May 15, 1847), known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Ireland's predominant politician in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - List Of Topics Related To The United Kingdom
This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK article...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uí Néill: Encyclopedia - Uí Néill
The Uí Néill (Irish for "descendants of Niall") were an Irish dynasty who claimed descent from Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalriada: Encyclopedia - Dalriada
Dalriada or Dál Riata (as it was called in Ireland) was the kingdom of the Scotti, who spread from eastern Ulster to Argyll and eventual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster County New York: Encyclopedia - Ulster County New York
Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. As of 2000, the population is 177,749. The county seat is Kingston. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Ulster Unionist Party
Political parties Elections The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Loyalist: Encyclopedia - Ulster Loyalist
A resident of the British controlled territory of Northern Ireland who supports continuing Northern Ireland's membership in the United Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Cycle: Encyclopedia - Ulster Cycle
Amergin Athirne Blaí Briugu Briccriu Cairbre Cuanach Cathbad Celtchar Cethern mac Fintain Conall Cernach Conchobar mac Nessa Condere mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County: Encyclopedia - County
Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Brit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cormac Mac Airt: Encyclopedia - Cormac Mac Airt
Cormac Mac Airt ("son of Art"), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada ("long beard"), is probably the most famous of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cathbad: Encyclopedia - Cathbad
Cathbad (KATH-vath) is the chief druid in the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. In his younger days he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catskill Mountains: Encyclopedia - Catskill Mountains
The Catskill Mountains (also known as simply the Catskills) a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crom Cruach: Encyclopedia - Crom Cruach
In Celtic mythology, Crom Cruach was one of the chief gods of Ireland. He may have been a solar deity, but he was definitely a fertility ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cahan: Encyclopedia - Cahan
Cahan may refer to: Cahan - People. Cahan is Irish and Jewish surname: Abraham Cahan Charles Hazlitt Cahan Larry Cahan, see List of Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buile Shuibhne: Encyclopedia - Buile Shuibhne
The Buile Shuibhne is the tale of Sweeney, a legendary king of Ulster in Ireland. The story is told in mixture of poetry and prose and ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cú Roí: Encyclopedia - Cú Roí
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Cú Roí (Cú Ruí, Cú Raoi) mac Dáire is a king of Munster and a sorcerer who can change his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cúchulainn: Encyclopedia - Cúchulainn
In Irish mythology Cúchulainn [kuːxulinʲ] (Irish 'Hound of Culann'; also spelled Cú Chulainn or Cuchullain; also sometimes called Set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central New York: Encyclopedia - Central New York
Central New York is a term used to describe the central region of Upstate New York, roughly including the following counties and cities: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conchobar Mac Nessa: Encyclopedia - Conchobar Mac Nessa
In Irish mythology, Conchobar mac Nessa (also Conchobor, Conchubar, Conchobhar, Conchubhar, Conchúr, Conchúir, Conor) was king of Ulste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confederate Ireland: Encyclopedia - Confederate Ireland
Confederate Ireland refers to a brief period of Irish self-government between the Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest of Irela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms: Encyclopedia - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conchobar: Encyclopedia - Conchobar
Conchobar (Conchobor, Conchobur, Conchobhar, Conchubhar, Conchúr, Conchúir) is a name borne by several figures from Irish history and l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Craig: Encyclopedia - William Craig
The Right Honourable William Craig (b. December 2, 1924) was a Northern Ireland politician best known for forming the Ulster Vanguard mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonological History Of English Consonants: Encyclopedia - Phonological History Of English Consonants
Phonological history of English consonants - H-cluster reductions. Glide cluster reductions The wine-whine merger is a merger by whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clare Short: Encyclopedia - Clare Short
The Right Honourable Clare Short (born February 15, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. She is a cousin of Canadian-American acto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williamite War In Ireland: Encyclopedia - Williamite War In Ireland
The Williamite war in Ireland, which could also be described as the Jacobite war in Ireland and is known in Ireland as Cogadh an Dá Rí ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia - British Literature
British literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The largest part of this literature is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queens: Encyclopedia - Queens
Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. It is coterminous with Queens County in the U.S. state of New York a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brehon Laws: Encyclopedia - Brehon Laws
The Brehon Laws were statutes that governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Norman invasion of 1171 (the word "Brehon" is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenanter: Encyclopedia - Covenanter
The Covenanters are a radical Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster Scots Language - Who Speaks It
During the middle of the 20th century, the linguist R. J. Gregg established the geographical boundaries of Ulster's Lowland Scots-speakin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huguenot: Encyclopedia - Huguenot
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 637: Encyclopedia - 637
Events Arabs take Jerusalem Arabs take Aleppo Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: Arabs defeat Persian army, eventually take Persian capital of Ct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1641: Encyclopedia - 1641
1641 - Events. The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles I's absolutist tendencies. August 10 –...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster Scots Language - Legal Status
Ulster Scots is defined in legislation (The North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) Northern Ireland Order 1999) as: the variety...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster Scots Language - Heritage
In recent years a movement has been under way to change the perception of Ulster Scots. It is derided by many as "poor English", citing e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulster Scots Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ulster Scots Language - Literature
In the Lowland Scots-speaking areas of Ulster there was traditionally a considerable demand for the work of Scottish poets, often in loca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loyalist: Encyclopedia - Loyalist
In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. Two main historical groups of individuals have been specifica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A.j.p. Taylor: Encyclopedia - A.j.p. Taylor
Alan John Percivale Taylor (March 25, 1906 – September 7, 1990) was a renowned British historian of the 20th century. Taylor was probab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Patrick: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Patrick - Mission
His first converted patron was Saint Dichu, who made a gift of a large sabhall (barn) for a church sanctuary. This first sanctuary dedica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Táin Bó Cúailnge: Encyclopedia Ii - Táin Bó Cúailnge - Summary Of The Story
The Táin is preceded by a number of remscéla, or pre-tales, which provide background on the main characters and explain the presence of...   » Read the article