• Events during the year 1957 in Northern Ireland. Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke 1 January – Border Campaign: Seán South and...
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  • year 1957 in Ireland. President: Seán T. O'Kelly Taoiseach: John A. Costello (FG) (until 20 March 1957) Éamon de Valera (FF) (from 20 March 1957) Tánaiste:...
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  • The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team...
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    of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. The geography of Ireland comprises...
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    of Ireland to Carlingford Lough in the north-east, separating the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland. Border markings are inconspicuous, in common...
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    the Executive Committee for Northern Ireland was the government of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Generally known as...
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    Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (NIE Networks) is the electricity asset owner of the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Northern...
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  • Glentoran Linfield The 1957–58 Irish League was the 57th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league...
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    an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s. It...
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  • Vehicle registration plates in Northern Ireland use a modified version of the British national registration plate system that was initiated for the whole...
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    The 1957 Irish general election to the 16th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 5 March, following a dissolution of the 15th Dáil on 12 February by President Seán...
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    Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population...
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    The M1 is a motorway in Northern Ireland. It is the longest motorway in Northern Ireland and runs for 38 miles (61 km) from Belfast to Dungannon through...
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  • The 1956–57 Irish Cup was the 77th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football. Glenavon won the cup for...
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    conflict in what is now Northern Ireland from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the partition of Ireland. It was...
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  • the Republic of Ireland's 2022 census, 69% of the population identified as Roman Catholic. By contrast, 41% of people in Northern Ireland identified as...
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  • Irish League football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1957, when in the 1957–58 season, Glenavon took part in the European...
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  • The 1957–58 Irish Cup was the 78th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football. Ballymena United won the...
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  • The Troubles were a period of conflict in Northern Ireland involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British security forces and civilians...
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    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...
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  • the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland. It...
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  • party to be organised on an all-Ireland basis. It has Northern Ireland members on the Irish Green Party national executive. In June 2007, the Green Party entered...
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  • Jimmy McShane (category AIDS-related deaths in Northern Ireland)
    James Harry McShane (23 May 1957 – 29 March 1995) was a Northern Irish singer who held both British and Italian citizenship. He achieved recognition as...
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  • The 1957–58 Gold Cup was the 39th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football. The tournament was won by Linfield for the 17th...
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  • Events during the year 1995 in Northern Ireland. Secretary of State - Patrick Mayhew 27 January - Taoiseach John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first...
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    on a non-scheduled positioning flight to Nutts Corner Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it was due to pick up the UK government Minister of Supply...
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  • The Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) was a political party in Northern Ireland which operated from 1924 until 1987. The roots of the NILP can be traced...
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  • Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith. Its members founded the revolutionary Irish...
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    /-fɑːst/ -⁠fahst; from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of...
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    1921. The smaller Northern Ireland was duly created with a devolved government and remained in the UK. The larger Southern Ireland was not recognized...
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