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Protestant
of the heirs of the body of the Electress Sophia, 'being Protestants,' and so did the Union with Ireland Act, 1800, though not in express terms; the 5th Article of that Union, however, provided for the union
Poyning's Act
Poyning's Act, or STATUTE OF DROGHEDA, and Act of Parliament, made in Ireland, 10 Hen. 7, c. 22, AD 1495; so called because Sir Edward Poynings was lieutenant there when it
Poor laws
on the rating authority, with special provisions for representa-tion of every parish in rural areas. The poor in Ireland had, till of late years, no relief but from private charity. But by 1 & 2 Vict. c.
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National insurance
Central Administration. Part VIII. Legal and Miscellaneous. Part IX., X., and XI. apply the Act of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Part XII. Interpretation, Surveys and Repeal. Similarly, Part II. of the Act of 1911 was repealed,
Martial law
43 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 4, and the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 31), in Ireland. It was proclaimed in Jamaica without authority
Time
of night in the Larceny Act) and legal instruments means, in Great Britain, Greenwich mean time, and in Ireland, Dublin mean time, by virtue of the Statute (Definition of Times) Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c.
House of Commons
the number of members was increased to 707, 492 of whom representing England, 36 Wales, 74 Scotland, 105 Ireland. The House is now reduced to 615 members through the decrease of Irish representation from 105 members to
Brehon Law
Brehon Law, the law by which Ireland was governed at the time of its conquest by Henry II.; 'a rule of right, unwritten but delivered
Holiday, or Holyday
the 26th day of December, if a week day, shall be kept as bank holidays in England and Ireland, and New Year's day, Christmas-day (or, if either be a Sunday, the following day), Good Friday, the first
Loreto nuns
Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs Mary Teresa Ball near Dublin Ireland in 1822 and now spread over Ireland India Canada and the United States The nuns are called also
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