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The Twelfth (also called Orangemen's Day) is a primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster.It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland.
10,845 (2023) Website. www .bankofireland .com. Bank of Ireland Group plc ( Irish: Banc na hÉireann) is a commercial bank operation in Ireland and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks. Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, the bank occupies a unique position in Irish banking history.
Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ər / BANG-gər; from Irish Beannchar [ˈbʲaːn̪ˠəxəɾˠ]) is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough. It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linked by the A2 road and the Belfast ...
Belfast ( / ˈbɛlfæst / ⓘ BEL-fast, /- fɑːst / -fahst; [a] from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ (ə)ʃtʲə]) [5] [6] is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
Most of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 as the Irish Free State, and the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 created the present name, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK became the first industrialised country and was the world's foremost power for the majority of the 19th and early 20th centuries ...
Bangor, Conlig, Groomsport, Helen's Bay. Bangor (from Irish Beannchar, meaning 'uncertain' [1]) is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located in the north of the Ards Peninsula, consisting of 30 townlands, twenty-two and a half of which lie in the barony of Ards Lower, with seven and a half lying within ...
The Central Bank of Ireland (Irish: Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) is the Irish member of the Eurosystem and had been the monetary authority for Ireland from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound. It is also the country's main financial regulatory authority , and since 2014 has been Ireland's national competent authority within European Banking ...
The current series of Bank of Ireland banknotes, in denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50, were issued in 2013. All of the denominations feature an image of Hibernia, a line of shields representing the six counties of Northern Ireland and its logo on the front. The back designs feature an image of the Old Bushmills Distillery, the same ...