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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 of the Act of 1911 was repealed,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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