Northern Ireland is a province which forms part of the United Kingdom. It was formed when Ireland was divided in 1921: six counties of Ireland formed Northern Ireland, and the rest formed the Republic of Ireland in 1922. Ireland had been part of the...

Northern Ireland Irish independence in 1921 resulted in partition. The six northeastern, largely Protestant counties became Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. The territory's 1.5 million inhabitants may be divided into Unionists...

Northern Ireland, an area in the north of the island of Ireland that has been part of the British Empire for six hundred years, has experienced horrible religious strife for much of the last century. Bombings and shootings have targeted both...

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Britain shut down Northern Ireland's legislature Tuesday and planned a new election to determine the fate of power-sharing, the central goal of the peace accord for this British territory. The closure of the Northern Ireland Assembly _ a 108-member body elected in 2003 but which...

Northern Ireland leaders Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, bitter enemies turned partners in government, concluded their first joint visit to Washington with a celebration of peace with President Bush at the White House.Paisley and McGuinness, who formed an alliance in May after decades of turmoil...

Northern Ireland will elect a new legislature March 7 that will determine the fate of power-sharing, Britain announced Tuesday in swift reply to an IRA-linked political party's decision to support the police.The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, said they...

The divided voters of Northern Ireland held the fate of power-sharing in their hands as they began deciding Wednesday which parties should control a Catholic-Protestant administration.For 4 1/2 years, politicians have failed to revive power-sharing, the central goal of the province's Good Friday peace accord...

Discusses the conflict between church and state in Northern Ireland. Examines the history of the conflict including the effect of the IRA, fighting between Catholics and Protestants and Great Britain.

The troubles in nothern Ireland.