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The Remonstrant Synod of Ulster is formed by non-subscribing Presbyterians. T. & A. Mulholland open the 8000-spindle York Street flax mill in Belfast. [3] Austins established in the Diamond, Derry. At closure in 2016 it will be the world's oldest independent department store. [4]
From the late 19th century, the majority of people living in Ireland wanted the British government to grant some form of self-rule to Ireland. The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) sometimes held the balance of power in the House of Commons in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a position from which it sought to gain Home Rule, which would have given Ireland autonomy in internal affairs ...
Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland, one of the main planners of the Plantation. A colonization of Ulster had been proposed since the end of the Nine Years' War.The original proposals were smaller, involving planting settlers around key military posts and on church land, and would have included large land grants to native Irish lords who sided with the English during the war, such as ...
A New History of Ireland. Vol. 8: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976: A Companion to Irish History, Part 1. Oxford U. Press, 1982. 591 pp; Newman, Peter R. Companion to Irish History, 1603–1921: From the Submission of Tyrone to Partition. Facts on File, 1991. 256 pp; ÓGráda, Cormac. Ireland: A New Economic History, 1780–1939.
They are fired upon by the garrison, resulting in violence, rioting and arson. The Sovereign (mayor) of Belfast releases the prisoner, fearing further destruction. The revolt spreads to mid-Ulster, the group joining forces with Armagh's Hearts of Oak. The Irish Parliament passes a special act and sends troops into Ulster to put down the unrest ...
This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
Ireland population change 1841-1851. The population of Ireland in 2021 was approximately seven million with 1,903,100 in Northern Ireland [1] and 5,123,536 in the Republic of Ireland. [2]
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, from Irish Aontroim, meaning 'lone ridge') [6] is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh , the county covers an area of 3,086 square kilometres (1,192 sq mi) and has a population of 651,321, [ 7 ...