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The Irish diaspora ( Irish: Diaspóra na nGael) refers to ethnic Irish people and their descendants who live outside the island of Ireland . The phenomenon of migration from Ireland is recorded since the Early Middle Ages, [1] but it can be quantified only from around 1700.
On June 12, 2024, a collaboration of the Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan and Maths Week Ireland saw 10-year-old schoolchildren in both New York City and Dublin use the portal to challenge each other to solve challenging puzzles. [6] In August 2024, it was announced that the New York–Dublin Portal would be shut down on September 2, 2024. [7]
Irish people. Irish Travellers ( Irish: an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people ), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs [3] ( Shelta: Mincéirí ), [4] are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous [5] ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland. [6] [7] [8] They are predominantly English-speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of ...
The Plantation of Ulster ( Irish: Plandáil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr[ 1]) was the organised colonisation ( plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James VI and I. Most of the settlers (or planters) came from southern Scotland and northern England; their culture ...
Partition of Ireland. The Partition of Ireland ( Irish: críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
United Ireland(Irish: Éire Aontaithe), also referred to as Irish reunification[1][2][3]or a New Ireland,[4][5][6][7][8]is the proposition that all of the island of Irelandshould be a single sovereign state. [9][10]At present, the island is divided politically: the sovereign state of Ireland (legally described also as the Republic of Ireland ...
The 1920 Government of Ireland Bill created the state of Northern Ireland, which consisted of the six northeastern counties of Londonderry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Antrim, Down and Armagh. [62] From 1921 to 1972, Northern Ireland was governed by a Unionist government, based at Stormont in east Belfast.
The history of immigration to the United States details the movement of people to the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Throughout U.S. history , the country experienced successive waves of immigration , particularly from Europe (see European Americans ) and later on from Asia (see Asian Americans ) and Latin America (see ...