New Ireland
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New Ireland may refer to:
Geography
[edit]- New Ireland (island), large island in the state of Papua New Guinea
- New Ireland Province, administrative division of Papua New Guinea
- New Ireland (New Brunswick), island in Canada
Politics
[edit]- United Ireland, the proposed unification of the island of Ireland as a sovereign state
- New Ireland Forum, reported in 1984 with recommendations for ending the Troubles
- Éire Nua, an Irish republican political agenda
History
[edit]- New Ireland (Maine), an abortive 18th-century British Colony in modern-day Maine and New Brunswick
- New Ireland, a proposed renaming of Prince Edward Island, led by then lieutenant-governor Walter Patterson in 1770
- New Ireland, a short-lived territory proclaimed by the Castle Hill convict rebellion in Australia
- New Ireland, a proposed renaming of Canada in the Fenian Manifesto should the Fenians manage to capture Montreal, which was the capital of Canada until 1849.[1]
Business
[edit]- New Ireland Assurance, part of the Bank of Ireland Group
References
[edit]- ↑ "For the Sake of Ireland: The Fenian Raids of Missisquoi County 1866 & 1870".
With the reduction of Montreal, a demand will be made upon the United States for a formal recognition of Canada, whose name will be changed at once to New Ireland.