Theme Week Ulster – Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Monday, 18 August 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien Category/Kategorie: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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Flight of the Earls sculpture in Rathmullan © geograph.org.uk – Willie Duffin/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Ulster (Irish:
Cúige Uladh ) is one of the
provinces of Ireland , located in the north of the island. In
ancient Ireland , it was one of the fifths (Irish:
cúige ) ruled by a
rí ruirech , or “king of over-kings”.
Northern Ireland is often referred to as ‘Ulster’, despite including only six of Ulster’s nine counties. This usage is most common amongst people in Northern Ireland who are
unionist , although it is also used by the media throughout the United Kingdom.
The definition of the province was fluid from early to medieval times. It took a definitive shape in the reign of King James I of England when all the counties of Ireland were eventually shired . This process of evolving conquest had been underway since the Norman invasion of Ireland , particularly as advanced by the Cambro-Norman magnates Hugh de Lacy and John de Courcy . Ulster was a central topic role in the parliamentary debates that eventually resulted in the Government of Ireland Act 1920 .
The path to St Patrick's Well near Ardglass © geograph.org.uk - Albert Bridge/cc-by-sa-2.0
Under the terms of the Act, Ireland was divided into two territories,
Southern Ireland and
Northern Ireland , with the border passing through the province. “Southern Ireland” was to be all of Ireland except for “the parliamentary counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, and the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry (the city of
Derry )” which were to constitute “Northern Ireland”. The area of Northern Ireland was seen as the maximum area within which
Ulster Protestants /
unionists could be expected to have a safe majority. This was in spite of the fact that counties
Fermanagh and
Tyrone had Catholic/
Irish nationalist majorities. While these six counties and two parliamentary boroughs were all in the province of Ulster, three other counties of the province –
Cavan ,
Donegal and
Monaghan – were assigned to the
Irish Free State .
The biggest lake in the
British Isles ,
Lough Neagh , lies in eastern Ulster. The province’s highest point,
Slieve Donard (848 metres (2,782 ft)), stands in County Down. The most northerly point in Ireland,
Malin Head , is in County Donegal, as are the sixth-highest (601 metres (1,972 ft)) sea cliffs in Europe, at
Slieve League . The northernmost point in Ireland is in
County Donegal , the most easterly point in Ireland is in
County Down , and the most westerly point in the UK is in
County Fermanagh . The longest river in the
British Isles , the
Shannon , rises at the
Shannon Pot in County Cavan with underground tributaries from County Fermanagh. Volcanic activity in eastern Ulster led to the formation of the
Antrim Plateau and the
Giant’s Causeway , one of the
UK’s 28 UNESCO World Heritage Sites . The geographical centre of Ulster lies between the villages of
Pomeroy and
Carrickmore in County Tyrone. In terms of area, County Donegal is the largest county in all of Ulster.
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DiscoverIreland.ie ,
The Troubles ,
Plantation of Ireland ,
‘Flight of the Earls’ and
Wikipedia Ulster . Learn more about the
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