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Ireland (/ˈaɪərlənd/ ^ⓘ YRE-lənd; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ^ⓘ; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) 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 of Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), an independent 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 living 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 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 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. (Full article...)

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The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne) was a turning point in the Williamite claim on the English throne. The deposed King James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland and his Jacobite supporters were defeated by James' nephew and son-in-law, William III and his supporters. By the invitation of Parliament, William had deposed James in 1688. Both kings acted as commander of their respective armies.

The battle took place on July 1, 1690 (OS) just outside the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast. Each army stood on opposing sides of the River Boyne. William's forces easily defeated those of James who led an army of mostly raw recruits. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British and Irish history and a key part in Irish Protestant folklore. It is still commemorated today, principally by the Orange Institution. As a consequence of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the battle is now commemorated on July 12 each year. Read more...

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Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin on 17 May 1961, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, is an Irish singer and songwriter. She is Ireland's best-selling solo artist and her works have earned her four Grammy Awards and an Academy Award nomination. As a musical group, Enya represents a partnership between three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums, and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is an approximate transcription of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish, in the Donegal dialect. Read more...

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Image 1Bloomsday celebrations in Dublin (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 2Ulster Museum, Belfast. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 3A plaster cast of a traditional Irish Halloween turnip lantern (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 4Map showing the Viking settlements in Ireland (from History of Ireland)
Image 5Cheese and onion crisps. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 6Irish traditional music sessions usually take place in public houses (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 7Buí Bolg at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 8An Irish-language information sign in the Donegal Gaeltacht (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 9Cork Opera House. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 10Daniel O'Connell (from History of Ireland)
Image 11Sunday Roast dinner. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 12Ireland during the Ice Age (from History of Ireland)
Image 13Barmbrack / Bairín breac (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 14Portrait of James II of England by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Forty years later, Irish Catholics, known as "Jacobites", fought for James from 1688 to 1691, but failed to restore James to the throne of Ireland, England and Scotland. (from History of Ireland)
Image 15Hurling ball (sliotar) and hurley (camán) (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 16Three men digging for potatoes in Ahascragh, County Galway (Circa 1900) (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 17Soda bread. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 18Political map of Ireland (from History of Ireland)
Image 19An Irish coffee. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 20Irish dancers in Irish dancing costumes, which often feature lace or an embroidered pattern copied from the medieval Irish Book of Kells. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 21Bacon and cabbage. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 22Baileys cheesecake. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 23Full Irish breakfast. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 24The extent of Norman control of Ireland in 1300 (from History of Ireland)
Image 25Boxty with beef and squash. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 26Modern depiction of a Leprechaun (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 27Champ. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 28Coddle. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 29Irish family evicted at Moyasta, County Clare during Land War, c.1879 (from History of Ireland)
Image 30The Irish tricolour (from History of Ireland)
Image 31Institute of Education and Celtic Culture, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 32President John F. Kennedy in motorcade in Cork on 27 June 1963 (from History of Ireland)
Image 33The Easter Proclamation, issued by Leaders of the Easter Rising (from History of Ireland)
Image 34Ireland in 1014: a patchwork of rival kingdoms (from History of Ireland)
Image 35After an unusually bitter Irish Catholic rebellion and civil war, Oliver Cromwell, on behalf of the English Commonwealth, re-conquered Ireland by invasion which lasted from 1649 to 1651. Under Cromwell's government, landownership in Ireland was transferred overwhelmingly to Puritan soldiery and commercial undertakers to pay for the war. (from History of Ireland)
Image 36The Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 37A pint of Guinness (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 38A page from the Book of Kells that opens the Gospel of John (from History of Ireland)
Image 39Kevin's monastery at Glendalough, County Wicklow (from History of Ireland)
Image 40A typical Irish pub in County Donegal (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 41A 16th century perception of Irish women and girls, illustrated in the manuscript "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre avec leurs habits et ornemens divers, tant anciens que modernes, diligemment depeints au naturel". Painted by Lucas d'Heere in the 2nd half of the 16th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. (from History of Ireland)
Image 42Irish stew. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 43Gaelic football (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 44Newgrange, built c. 3200 BC, is an Irish passage tomb located at Brú na Bóinne. (from History of Ireland)
Image 45The ruins of the ancient monastery at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 46Irish soldiers, 1521 – by Albrecht Dürer. (from History of Ireland)
Image 47Seafood chowder. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 48Colcannon. (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 49Lough Gur, an early Irish farming settlement (from Culture of Ireland)
Image 50A tower house near Quin, County Clare. The Normans consolidated their presence in Ireland by building hundreds of castles and towers such as this. (from History of Ireland)

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Image 1A horse drinking near Downpatrick
Image 2Slieve League, Co. Donegal
Image 3Athenry, Co. Galway
Image 4Dervish at Eurovision 2007
Image 5Hurling
Image 6Snap-Apple Night (Halloween) by Daniel Maclise
Image 7Scotch Quay, Waterford
Image 8The Gap of Dunloe, Co. Kerry
Image 9St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
Image 10Lighthouse at Hook Head
Image 11Gaelic Irish soldiers
Image 12Famine sculpture at the IFSC
Image 13William Butler Yeats, by John Butler Yeats
Image 14Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Dublin
Image 15A memorial to the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Image 16Theatre Royal, Wexford
Image 17The Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry
Image 18A back road in Co. Mayo
Image 19City Hall, Cork
Image 20Newgrange, Co. Meath
Image 21Arthur Guinness, founder of the Guinness
Image 2219th century Irish crochet
Image 23The woolsack, the Irish House of Lords.
Image 24Selskar Abbey, Wexford
Image 25City Hall, Belfast
Image 26Cathedral of St. Eunan and St Columba
Image 27The Foyle at night.
Image 28Leamaneh Castle, Co. Clare
Image 29The Cross of Cong
Image 30Christmas shoppers in Dublin
Image 31Doolin, Co. Clare
Image 32Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny
Image 33Carlingford Lough
Image 34Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Felim, Cavan
Image 35Limerick on the Shannon River (1840)
Image 36Clew Bay, Co. Mayo
Image 37The Leviathan of Parsonstown
Image 38St Eunan's College, Letterkenny
Image 39An anti-Irish cartoon from 1871
Image 40Iron cross, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Image 41The Chicago River, Saint Patrick's Day 2009
Image 42The Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim
Image 43Yeats' grave, Co. Sligo
Image 44Wind-surfing on Lough Lene, Co. Westmeath
Image 45A Galway Hooker.
Image 46St. Patrick's Street, Cork circa. 1890-1900
Image 47Redwood Castle, Co. Tipperary
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From top; left to right: Galway Cathedral, University of Galway, Eyre Square, Galway Harbour, the Long Walk

Galway (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ GAWL-way; Irish: Gaillimh, pronounced [ˈɡal̠ʲɪvʲ]) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the sixth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland, with a population at the 2022 census of 85,910.

Located near an earlier settlement, Galway grew around a fortification built by the King of Connacht in 1124. A municipal charter in 1484 allowed citizens of the by then walled city to form a council and mayoralty. Controlled largely by a group of merchant families, the Tribes of Galway, the city grew into a trading port. Following a period of decline, as of the 21st century, Galway is a tourist destination known for festivals and events including the Galway Arts Festival. (Full article...)

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...that the River Foyle is the fastest flowing river in Europe and is crossed by Europe's only double-decker bridge?
...that Paul McGrath, growing up in orphanages, was known as Paul Nwobilo until eventually tracked down by his mother, Betty McGrath?
...that Cork Harbour is one of several harbours that lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area".
...that Robert the Bruce, the 14th century king of Scotland, popularised a "pan-Gaelic Greater Scotia" and his brother Edward Bruce was the last High King of Ireland?

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