• A number of legislatures have existed in Ireland since mediaeval times. The first Irish legislature was the Parliament of Ireland. However, after its abolition...
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    and lows". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022. Next Irish General Election [@NextIrishGE] (14 July 2022)...
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    responsibilities. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions...
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    (1983). Why Ireland Starved: A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800–1850. Oxon: Taylor and Francis. p. 152. "The Irish Potato Famine"...
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    Irish Canadians (Irish: Gael-Cheanadaigh) are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Irish heritage including descendants who trace their ancestry...
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    Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens. Most Irish Americans of the 21st...
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    treasure. Growing desire for Irish self-governance led to the Irish War of Independence almost immediately after the conclusion of World War I, which resulted...
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    Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of...
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  • Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each having their own devolved legislatures. Each of the three major jurisdictions of the United Kingdom (England...
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  • chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Historically, French Chamber of Deputies...
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    targeted Irish Catholics in Boston. In the 1860s, many Irish immigrants fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and that display of patriotism...
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  • English. House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the lower houses of U.S. state legislatures, with the exceptions usually called "State...
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    Éireann (English: Assembly of Ireland), also called the Revolutionary Dáil, was the revolutionary, unicameral parliament of the Irish Republic from 1919 to...
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    office. The Irish word taoiseach means "chief" or "leader", and was adopted in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland as the title of the "head of the Government...
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    Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was the dominant political movement of Irish nationalism from 1870 to the end of World...
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  • The history of Hamas is an account of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist – described by some as fundamentalist – socio-political organization with...
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    The Oireachtas of the Irish Free State (Irish: Oireachtas Shaorstát Éireann) was the legislature of the Irish Free State from 1922 until 1937. It was established...
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    began to grow in influence with the support of many of the immigrant Irish, culminating in the election of the first Tammany mayor, Fernando Wood, in 1854...
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    Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting...
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  • British-influenced legislatures, the committee consideration occurs between second and third readings. In most non Westminster-style legislatures, a vote is taken...
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    Dáil Éireann (redirect from Irish Dáil)
    AIR-ən, Irish: [ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; lit. 'Assembly of Ireland') is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which...
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  • Retrieved April 5, 2012. "Twitter to create 12 jobs as it scales up Irish operations". Irish Independent. April 4, 2012. Archived from the original on January...
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  • The history of eugenics is the study of development and advocacy of ideas related to eugenics around the world. Early eugenic ideas were discussed in...
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  • The history of zoophilia and bestiality begins in the prehistoric era, where depictions of humans and non-human animals in a sexual context appear infrequently...
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    The history of cannabis and its usage by humans dates back to at least the third millennium BC in written history, and possibly as far back as the Pre-Pottery...
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    Timeline of Irish history History of the Republic of Ireland History of Northern Ireland Act of Union 1800 Great Irish Famine (1845–1849) "Irish Rebellion"...
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    The Northern Ireland Assembly (Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie), often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is...
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    Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland reflect Irish history and the various parliaments whose law affected the island of Ireland down through the ages. The...
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