Irish+people
41Irish name — A formal Irish language name consists of a given name and a surname. Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic names are. The form of a surname varies according to whether …
42Irish Free State — Infobox Former Country native name = Saorstát Éireann conventional long name = Irish Free State common name = Ireland continent = Europe region = British Isles country = Ireland year start = 1922 year end = 1937 date start = 6 December 1922 date… …
43Irish Republic — Infobox Former Country native name = Poblacht na hÉireann (Saorstát Éireann) conventional long name = Irish Republic common name = Ireland continent = Europe region = British Isles country = Ireland status = status text = year start = 1919 year… …
44Irish Potato Famine — (1845–49) Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment. A reliance… …
45Irish communities — The Irish community is the largest ethnic group in Britain. In the last population census, over 800,000 people described themselves as ‘Irish’. Irish people and Irish affairs have a long and not always positive place in Britain and British… …
46Irish head of state from 1936 to 1949 — During the period of 1936 to 1949 it was unclear whether or not the Irish state was a republic or a form of constitutional monarchy and (from 1937) whether its head of state was the President of Ireland or the King of Ireland, George VI. The… …
47Irish Australian — Infobox Ethnic group group = Irish Australian caption = Notable Irish Australians (clockwise from upper left): Ned Kelly Redmond Barry Joseph Furphy Ben Chifley Peter Lalor Jim Stynes Lisa Gerrard poptime = 72,050 (Irish born, 2006) 1,803,741… …
48Irish Houses of Parliament — The Irish Houses of Parliament ( ga. Tithe na Parlaiminte, also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green due to its modern day use as a branch of the bank) is the world s first purpose built two chamber …
49Irish nobility — Ireland has had nobles or peers for over a millennium. They fall into a number of categories. # Ancient Irish Gaelic nobles (pre English rule) # Peers of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland (created between 1171 and 1899) # Peers… …
50Irish neutrality during World War II — The policy of Irish neutrality during World War II was adopted by Dáil Éireann (the Parliament of Ireland) at the instigation of Éamon de Valera, its Taoiseach (Prime Minister) upon the outbreak of hostilities in Europe and maintained throughout… …
