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  2. British rule in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    British rule in Ireland built upon the 12th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland on behalf of the English king and eventually spanned several centuries that involved British control of parts, or the entirety, of the island of Ireland. Most of Ireland gained independence from the United Kingdom following the Anglo-Irish War in the early 20th ...

  3. English overseas possessions - Wikipedia

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    The first English overseas colonies started in 1556 with the plantations of Ireland after the Tudor conquest of Ireland.One such overseas joint stock colony was established in the late 1560s, at Kerrycurrihy near Cork city [16] Several people who helped establish colonies in Ireland also later played a part in the early colonisation of North America, particularly a group known as the West ...

  4. Plantations of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Political boundaries in Ireland in 1450, before the plantations. The first Plantations of Ireland occurred during the Tudor conquest.The Dublin Castle administration intended to pacify and anglicise Irish territories controlled by the Crown and incorporate the Gaelic Irish aristocracy into the English-controlled Kingdom of Ireland by using a policy of surrender and regrant.

  5. Statutes of Kilkenny - Wikipedia

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    By the middle decades of the 14th century, the Hiberno-Norman presence in Ireland was perceived to be under threat, mostly due to the dissolution of English laws and customs among English settlers. These English settlers were described as "more Irish than the Irish themselves", referring to their taking up Irish law, custom, costume and language.

  6. English diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The English diaspora consists of English people and their descendants who emigrated from England.The diaspora is concentrated in the English-speaking world in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Zimbabwe, India, Zambia and continental Europe.

  7. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Though a smaller proportion of the English population migrated to British North America after 1700, the colonies attracted new immigrants from other European countries, [79] including Catholic settlers from Ireland [80] and Protestant Germans. [81] As the 18th century progressed, colonists began to settle far from the Atlantic coast.

  8. What new Realtor ruling means for Columbus home buyers, sellers

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    In central Ohio, the commission is often 3% of the sales price to each. A seller, for example, would pay a total of $18,000 ($9,000 to agents on each side) on the sale of a $300,000 home.

  9. Scotch-Irish Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Scottish-Irish Canadians or Scots-Irish Canadians are those who are Ulster Scots or those who have Ulster Scots ancestry and live in or were born in Canada. Ulster Scots are Lowland Scots people and Northern English people who immigrated to the Irish Province of Ulster from the early 17th century after the accession of James I (James VI as King of Scotland) to the English throne.