Portal:Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Portal  Bangor  Mourne Mountains  Mountainous terrain around Forkhill, County Armagh  Dunluce Castle  Giant's Causeway  Cushendall village with Hurling mural Introduction Location of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom Northern Ireland borders the Republic of Ireland to its south and west. Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ⓘ; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. The Republic of Ireland also has a consultative role on non-devolved governmental matters through the British–Irish Governmental Conference (BIIG). Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties. As was intended by unionists and their supporters in Westminster, Northern Ireland had a unionist majority, who wanted to remain in the United Kingdom; they were generally the Protestant descendants of colonists from Britain. Meanwhile, the majority in Southern Ireland (which became the Irish Free State in 1922), and a significant minority in Northern Ireland, were Irish nationalists (generally Catholics) who wanted a united independent Ireland. Today, the former generally see themselves as British and the latter generally see themselves as Irish, while a Northern Irish or Ulster identity is claimed by a significant minority from all backgrounds. The creation of Northern Ireland was accompanied by violence both in defence of and against partition. During the conflict of 1920–22, the capital Belfast saw major communal violence, mainly between Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist civilians. More than 500 were killed and more than 10,000 became refugees, mostly Catholics. For the next fifty years, Northern Ireland had an unbroken series of Unionist Party governments. There was informal mutual segregation by both communities, and the Unionist governments were accused of discrimination against the Irish nationalist and Catholic minority. In the late 1960s, a campaign to end discrimination against Catholics and nationalists was opposed by loyalists, who saw it as a republican front. This unrest sparked the Troubles, a thirty-year conflict involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries and state forces, which claimed over 3,500 lives and injured 50,000 others. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement was a major step in the peace process, including paramilitary disarmament and security normalisation, although sectarianism and segregation remain major social problems, and sporadic violence has continued. (Full article...) Selected article - Carrickfergus Castle at sunset Carrickfergus (from Irish Carraig Fhearghais [ˌkaːɾˠəɟ ˈaɾˠɣəʃ], meaning "Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, 11 miles (18 km) from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest town and one of the oldest towns in Ireland as a whole. Carrickfergus Castle, built in the late 12th century at the behest of Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, was the capital of the Earldom of Ulster. After the earldom's collapse, it remained the only English outpost in Ulster for the next four centuries. Carrickfergus was the administrative centre for Carrickfergus Borough Council, before this was amalgamated into the Mid and East Antrim District Council in 2015, and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area. It is also a townland of 65 acres, a civil parish and a barony. (Full article...) List of selected articles Giant's Causeway RMS Titanic Van Morrison 1981 Irish hunger strike Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings Free Derry Linfield F.C. 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Bittles Bar in Belfast Belfast City Hall under construction in 1901 Harland & Wolff's Belfast drawing offices early in the 20th century The Ulster fry is a part of Northern Irish cuisine A view of Royal Avenue, Belfast, between circa 1890 and circa 1900 A view of Giant's Causeway St Colmcille's church in Holywood, a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland The RMS Titanic ready for launch, 1911 The walled garden at Rowallane Garden, a National Trust property located immediately south of Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland A view of Hill Street in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland in 1902 Castle Ward is an 18th-century National Trust property located near the village of Strangford, in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the townland of the same name. Northern Ireland lists Outline of Northern Ireland List of Northern Ireland-related topics List of people from Northern Ireland List of writers from Northern Ireland List of artists from Northern Ireland More Northern Ireland lists... Related portals Selected biography - Stephen McKeag (1 April 1970 – 24 September 2000), nicknamed Top Gun, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and a Commander of the Ulster Defence Association's (UDA) 'C' Company in the 1990s. He is responsible for many killings of Catholics and Irish republicans. Although most of his operations took place from the Shankill Road in Belfast, McKeag was actually a native of the lower Oldpark Road in the north of the city. (Full article...) List of selected biographies William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Kenneth Branagh Eddie Irvine David Ervine C. S. Lewis James Nesbitt Derek Dougan James White (author) Lee McEvilly Michael Ingham (footballer) Seamus Heaney Sinéad Morrissey Brian Friel Bob Shaw Ian McElhinney George Best Ian Paisley Paddy Bradley Mairead Maguire Robert McConnell (loyalist) Rory McIlroy Robin Jackson Lyra McKee Nadine Coyle Michelle O'Neill Did you know (auto-generated) - ... that the 2019 establishment of No. 13 Air Experience Flight RAF marked the return of cadet powered-flight experiences to Northern Ireland after more than 22 years? ... that Mark Selby took more time over a single shot at the 2019 Northern Ireland Open than the fastest ever maximum break? ... that despite being the first women's football team in Northern Ireland to sign players on professional contracts, Cliftonville Ladies F.C. were not the first club to register them? ... that after visiting Hungary in 2015, members of Action Deaf Youth headed to Stormont to demand better sign language support in Northern Ireland? ... that the Irish N53 road from Dundalk to Castleblayney has a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) gap where it enters Northern Ireland? WikiProjects WikiProject Northern Ireland WikiProject Belfast WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies WikiProject UK geography WikiProject Unionism Things you can do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Stubs : Expand Northern Ireland stub articles Other : Please visit the Northern Irish Wikipedians' notice board and help to write new Northern Ireland-related articles, and expand and improve existing ones Topics Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Northern Ireland Northern Ireland-related lists Architecture in Northern Ireland Buildings and structures in Northern Ireland Economy of Northern Ireland Education in Northern Ireland Environment of Northern Ireland Geography of Northern Ireland Government of Northern Ireland Health in Northern Ireland History of Northern Ireland Landmarks in Northern Ireland Law of Northern Ireland Military of Northern Ireland Open-air museums in Northern Ireland Organisations based in Northern Ireland People from Northern Ireland Politics of Northern Ireland Religion in Northern Ireland Science and technology in Northern Ireland Society of Northern Ireland Tourist attractions in Northern Ireland Transport in Northern Ireland Works about Northern Ireland Images of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland stubs Recognized Content Featured articles Burke and Hare murders Henry Conwell John Early (educator) HMS Formidable (67) 1981 Irish hunger strike James Whiteside McCay James Nesbitt INS Vikrant (1961) Good articles 1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Acceptable level of violence HMS Algerine (J213) William Armstrong (Virginia politician) Astral Weeks HMS Belfast Billy Boys British Army British people Peter Canavan Sarah Conlon Terry Conroy James Crichton (soldier) Criminal damage in English law DMC DeLorean Derek Dougan Free Derry HMS General Craufurd HMS Glorious Grey Gowrie James Gwyn His Band and the Street Choir Michael Ingham (footballer) Willie Irvine Linfield F.C. HMS Lord Clive Lurgan RMS Magdalena (1948) HMS Mallow (K81) Harrie Massey Maze Prison escape Lee McEvilly Katie Melua Miami Showband killings Adam Miller (footballer, born 1982) Moondance Gary Moore Paddy Morgan Van Morrison Enda Muldoon Edward Nicolls Northern Bank robbery Oliver's Army HMS Otranto The Oval (Belfast) Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 Real Irish Republican Army Ronin (film) Michael Rush (rower) 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings James Shields (politician, born 1806) Shimna River Tom Sloan (footballer, born 1900) SS Suevic Sunday Bloody Sunday Sunday football in Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor HMS Terror (I03) Tupelo Honey HMS Unicorn (I72) Van Morrison: No Surrender Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now HMS Vindictive (1918) James White (author) Zombie (The Cranberries song) Featured lists List of international goals scored by David Healy Associated Wikimedia The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Commons Free media repository Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikispecies Directory of species Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Northern Ireland on Wikipedia Northern Ireland is in the top 250 most referenced articles. It ranks 232nd, with 3,955 links to it - one more link than Music, and many more links than the Bible. Besides English, the Northern Ireland article has been translated to 44 other languages. Web resources CAIN Web Service The University of Ulster's database of information relating to the Troubles. BBC Northern Ireland News Official tourism website Community NI Northern Ireland's voluntary and community sector Discover Wikipedia using portals List of all portals The arts portal Biography portal Current events portal Geography portal History portal Mathematics portal Science portal Society portal Technology portal Random portal WikiProject Portals