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As is common in British heraldry, the bears are depicted wearing muzzles, perhaps reflecting the lack of wild bears in Great Britain and Ireland. Bear-baiting took place in Ireland in the early modern period, with it being common in Belfast; a baiting in Dublin in 1726 led to a bull and bear escaping, with one bear "[seizing] one man by the leg ...
In September 1914, just as the First World War broke out, the UK Parliament finally passed the Government of Ireland Act 1914 to establish self-government for Ireland, condemned by the dissident nationalists' All-for-Ireland League party as a "partition deal". The Act was suspended for the duration of the war, expected to last only a year.
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1930 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1930 List of years in Ireland: Events from the year 1930 in Ireland. Incumbents. Governor-General: James McNeill;
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However whether due to violence and intimidation or due to their loyalty to the British presence in Ireland, between 1911 and 1926 some 34 percent of the Free State's Protestant population – or about 40,000 people – left the 26 counties, mostly for Northern Ireland or Great Britain. [18]
Year Date Event c. 16,000 BC: During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets: c. 12,000 BC: A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC: Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC: Mesolithic hunter-gatherers migrate to ...