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    The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing "official recognition of the...
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    language under the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022. The earliest linguistic records in Ireland are of Primitive Irish, from about the 17th...
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    passports: Irish is an official language of Northern Ireland as of 6 December 2022 when the Irish Language Act (Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022)...
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    the language. In Northern Ireland, the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 will “provide official recognition of the status of the Irish language”...
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    century and its role in Irish cultural identity. In 2022, strong recognition was added in Northern Ireland also. In the 2022 Republic of Ireland census...
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    the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that, among other changes, was repeal of the 1737 act. This act was repealed by section 4 of the Identity and Language (Northern...
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  • the Irish language begins with the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to Ireland's earliest known form of Irish, Primitive...
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    including Ulster English and Hiberno-English. Irish is an official language of Northern Ireland since 2022, and the local variety of Scots, known as Ulster...
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    The Irish language (Irish: Gaeilge) is, since 2022, an official language in Northern Ireland. The main dialect spoken there is Ulster Irish (Gaeilge or...
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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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  • official language until 2022 when the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 was passed which gave Irish official status in Northern Ireland. In...
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    Emerson: Mind your language – unionists are now a race". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 April 2020. "Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022". Ainsworth...
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    Molloy and Jim Wells acting as deputy speakers. The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 repealed the Northern Ireland Act 2006 and disbanded...
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    Some Celtic languages, namely Scottish Gaelic and Irish, are still spoken by minorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland, respectively, and Cornish has...
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    Néill) and Carntogher (Carn Tóchair), both outside Maghera. In 2022 the British Parliament passed the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022, which...
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    The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998....
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    spoken as a first language in areas of Ireland collectively known as the Gaeltacht, in which only 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number...
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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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    Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Speaking of his national identity, Donaldson says that he is "Irish and British, Northern Irish and British, and British." He notes...
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    most of Northern Ireland's political parties, and the British–Irish Agreement between the British and Irish governments. Northern Ireland's present devolved...
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  • of Northern Ireland (APNI), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland. Following the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly...
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    and Ireland (which however issues an equivalent passport card). In the European Union, identity cards have been harmonized as a new common identity card...
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    governing nationality of Ireland is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, which came into force on 17 July 1956. Ireland is a member state of the...
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    Northern Ireland Act 1998 supersedes previous similar legislative provisions. The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 also provided that Northern Ireland...
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    Ireland Act 1948 (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declared that the description of Ireland was to be the Republic of Ireland, and vested...
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    of Ireland. It was created as a separate legal entity on 3 May 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The new autonomous Northern Ireland was...
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    Ireland. They are predominantly English speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of mixed English and Irish origin. The majority of Irish Travellers...
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    Irish Times. Retrieved 31 May 2023. "Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion – Religion – Full Detail: QS218NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research...
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    generally, and with respect to Northern Ireland in particular. Two other bodies, the British–Irish Council and the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly act as...
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    Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), an independent state covering five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland...
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