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Armagh, district, Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Armagh ärmäˈ [key], district, 258 sq mi (668 sq km), S Northern Ireland. Armagh rises from boggy, fertile lowlands in the north to barren hills in the south. It is the ...

Armagh, city, Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Armagh, city, S Northern Ireland. Textiles, chemicals, and processed foods are produced in the city. Armagh (originally Ard Macha) has been the ecclesiastical capital of all Ireland since ...

Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. ...

Ireland, Northern

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ireland, Northern, division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 5,462 sq mi (14,147 sq km), NE Ireland. Made up of six o...

Derry, city, Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Derry lŭnˌdəndĕrˈē, lŭnˈdəndĕrˌē [key] city and district, NW Northern Ire...

Bangor, town, Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Bangor băngˈgər [key], town, North Down dist., E Northern Ireland, on Belfast Lough. It is ...

Ulster

(Encyclopedia)Ulster, northernmost of the historic provinces of Ireland. Modern Ulster consists of nine counties. Six (Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry, and Tyrone) now make up Northern Ireland (see Ireland, ...

Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Ireland, Irish Eire ârˈə [key] [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. The island is divided in...

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Encyclopedia)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: see Great Britain. ...

Ireland, Church of

(Encyclopedia)Ireland, Church of, Anglican church of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. As a separate body the church goes back to the Reformation when the Irish church was officially reformed along...