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Time (Ireland) Act 1916. Before 1880, the legal time at any place in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was defined as local mean time, as held by the appeal in the 1858 court case of Curtis v. March. [6] [7] [8] The Statutes (Definition of Time) Act, 1880 defined Dublin Mean Time as the legal time for Ireland. [9]
Dublin Mean Time, the official time in Ireland from 1880, was the local mean time at Dunsink, just as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at Greenwich Royal Observatory near London. [7] In 1916, Ireland moved to GMT. In 1936, Trinity College stopped maintaining the observatory and rented out the land.
Milestone on Mountbellew Bridge, originally erected near by c.1760. Distances are given in Irish miles to: Dublin (79); Athlone (20) Ballyforan (9) Ballinasloe (2); Galway (23) Tuam (12) Dunmore (2) Detail of John Rocque's 1794 map of Ireland showing scales of English and Irish miles Milestone on the N2 road reading: Slane 5, Carrickmacross 21 and Collon 9 (Irish) miles.
In 2018, trade between France and Ireland totaled €9.8 billion. [11] France's main exports to Ireland include chemical based products and pharmaceuticals products. Ireland's main exports to France are pharmaceuticals products. [11] In 2015, French investments in Ireland totaled 17 billion Euros with 350 French companies operating in Ireland.
Ireland is an island in Northern Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean.The island, of up to around 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, lies near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the Eurasian Plate.
The United States is represented in Ireland through its embassy in Dublin. There are 153,248 Irish citizens residing in the United States. [259] There are 11,015 US citizens living in Ireland. [181] 39.6 million US citizens claim Irish heritage, including 5 million who say they are of Scots-Irish heritage.
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Dublin (/ ˈ d ʌ b l ɪ n / ⓘ; Irish: Baile Átha Cliath, [10] pronounced [ˈbˠalʲə aːhə ˈclʲiə] or [ˌbʲlʲaː ˈclʲiə]) is the capital city of Ireland. [11] [12] On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range.