Christopher Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had served Assistance in the Falklands War and was commended Judgment_communication for his service with the Army in Northern Ireland .

The February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall was a prolonged period of snowfall that began Process_start on 1 February 2009 .

The United Kingdom 's Met Office and Ireland 's Met Éireann issued Expressing_publicly severe weather warnings Warning in anticipation of the snowfall .

On the morning of 6 February the majority of Great Britain and Ireland had snow cover , with the area surrounding Surrounding the Bristol Channel ( South Wales ( Cardiff area ) and South West England ( Bristol area ) ) being most affected Influence – had settled Creating overnight around Okehampton , Devon , South West England with similar depths in South Wales .

In Ireland the highest totals were recorded Recording around East Kildare and Wicklow County 's were up to 11 inches ( 28 cm ) fell Motion_directional around Naas , County Kildare and even more along the Wicklow Mountains .

In Ireland Dublin Bus routes were also severely disrupted Hindering while in England all bus services Supply in Brighton , Crawley and Royal Tunbridge Wells had been severely disrupted Hindering .

In Ireland on 5 February Dublin Airport was closed Process_end for a period to allow Preventing_or_letting snow to be cleared from the runways , delaying Change_event_time flights .

Between 1639 and 1653 , Scotland was involved Cause_to_be_included in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , a series of wars Hostile_encounter starting Process_start with the Bishops Wars ( between Scotland and England ) , the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , the English Civil War ( and its extension in Scotland ) , the Irish Confederate Wars , and finally the subjugation of Ireland and Scotland by the English Roundhead New Model Army .

The Covenanters then found Know themselves at odds with the English Parliament , so they crowned Change_of_leadership Charles II at Scone and thus stated Statement their intention to place him on the thrones of England and Ireland as well .

The Scottish uprising Change_of_leadership triggered Causation civil war in Charles ' other two Kingdoms , first in Ireland , then in England .

This prospect alarmed Warning Charles ' enemies in England and Scotland and the Covenanters threatened Warning to invade Attack Ireland .

In response Response a group of Irish conspirators launched Process_start the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , which quickly degenerated Change into a series of massacres Killing of English and Scottish Protestant settlers in Ireland .

The Covenanters sent Sending an army to Ulster in Ireland in 1642 to protect Defending the Scottish settlers there .

In northern Ireland , a combination Cause_to_amalgamate of moisture and significantly cooler weather produced Manufacturing several inches of snow across the region , cutting electricity to hundreds .

Similar action was taken Conquering by Ireland .

The Dublin and Monaghan bombings Attack of 17 May 1974 were a series of co-ordinated bombings in Dublin and Monaghan , Ireland .

Specifically , they opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists , and the proposed Convincing role for the Republic in the governance of Northern Ireland .

The McMahon killings Killing or the McMahon murders Killing occurred Coming_to_be on 24 March 1922 when six Catholic civilians were shot Use_firearm dead Death at the home of the McMahon family in Belfast , Northern Ireland .

Northern Ireland had been created Creating ten months before , in the midst of the Irish War Military_operation of Independence .

A truce Process_end ended Process_end the war Military_operation in most of Ireland ; but a sectarian conflict Violence in Belfast , and fighting Hostile_encounter in border areas , continued .

Northern Ireland 's police forces – especially the USC , which was almost exclusively Protestant and unionist – were implicated Bodily_harm in a number of attacks Attack on Catholic and Irish nationalist civilians as reprisal Revenge for IRA actions .

The 2006 field included Cause_to_be_included rowers from China , South Africa , Croatia , Ireland , and the Netherlands .

Oxegen was a music festival Social_event in Ireland , first held Hold from 2004–2011 as a rock and pop festival Social_event and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only .

The event was regularly cited Adducing as Ireland 's biggest music festival Social_event , and , by 2009 , it was being cited Adducing as the greenest festival Social_event , being a 100 % carbon neutral event in Ireland .

The event was regularly cited Adducing as Ireland 's biggest music festival Social_event , and , by 2009 , it was being cited Adducing as the greenest festival Social_event , being a 100 % carbon neutral event in Ireland .

It took place Process_start at the Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare , Ireland and has an average attendance of around 60,000 a day , with around 50,000 of these camping on site for the duration , and the rest travelling Traveling to the site each day .

It takes place Process_start on the same weekend as T in the Park in Scotland and shares a very similar lineup each year , but Oxegen is generally regarded as Ireland 's version of the Glastonbury Festival , with the 2008 festival sharing three of the same headliners as its English counterpart .

Oxegen has attracted Influence significant attention from outside Ireland , with many of those attending Participation travelling Traveling from overseas experiencing Change_sentiment a `` mass exodus '' to the festival Social_event .

Oxegen , for two consecutive years , was named Name_conferral as the Best European Festival in a poll which included Cause_to_be_included festivals Social_event from France , Netherlands , Spain , United Kingdom and other countries , leading Causation `` The Sunday Business Post '' s Nicola Cooke to describe Statement it as `` one of the most successful music festivals Social_event in Ireland has '' .

Bloody Sunday , or the Bogside Massacre Killing , was an incident Attack on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry , Northern Ireland , when British soldiers shot Use_firearm 28 unarmed civilians during a protest march Social_event against internment .

The march Social_event had been organised Arranging by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( NICRA ) .

The bombing Attack was the last successful Irish republican bombing Attack on British soil outside Northern Ireland , of whom dissidents have waged an armed campaign Social_event since the Belfast peace agreement was signed Sign_agreement in 1998 , ending Process_end the Troubles .

Later in the month , the band returned Arriving to Europe for a short tour Traveling of the United Kingdom and Ireland .

About two weeks passed Motion_directional before Lili transitioned Change into an extratropical storm Catastrophe north of the Azores on October 27 , which subsequently moved Motion across Ireland and Great Britain .

When the remnants of Lili struck Attack Ireland and the United Kingdom , it produced Creating strong winds and high seas that damaged Damaging hundreds of houses , causing Causation $ 300 million in damage Damaging ( 1996 USD ) and six deaths .

The Shankill Road bombing Attack was carried out Action by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on 23 October 1993 and is one of the most notorious incidents of the Troubles in Northern Ireland .

The match Competition was contested Competition by Munster of Ireland and Toulouse of France .

Munster coach Declan Kidney , who guided the province to all their previous Heineken Cup final named Name_conferral an unchanged team for his final game in charge before he took over Change_of_leadership the Ireland national team .

After traveling Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean , the storm Catastrophe system hit Attack parts of Great Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian peninsula , causing Causation even more widespread blackouts and a small number of deaths Death in the region .

This is a list of members who were elected Choosing to the 31st Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas ( legislature ) of Ireland .

Occupy Dame Street or Occupy Dublin was a peaceful protest and demonstration Social_event against economic inequality , social Social_event injustice and corporate greed taking place Process_start outside the Central Bank of Ireland plaza on Dame Street in Dublin , beside the Temple Bar area of the city .

Occupy Dame Street had four requests Request : the withdrawal Escaping of the EU/IMF from Ireland , an end Process_end to public ownership of private debt , the return Arriving to public ownership of Ireland 's privatised oil and gas reserves , and the implementation of what the movement describes Statement as `` real participatory democracy '' .

Occupy Dame Street had four requests Request : the withdrawal Escaping of the EU/IMF from Ireland , an end Process_end to public ownership of private debt , the return Arriving to public ownership of Ireland 's privatised oil and gas reserves , and the implementation of what the movement describes Statement as `` real participatory democracy '' .

In England , the monopoly of the Church of England on Christian worship was ended Process_end , while in Ireland the victors consolidated Cause_to_amalgamate the established Creating Protestant Rite Ascendancy .

The Revolution Change_of_leadership was followed by pro-Stuart revolts in Scotland and Ireland , while Jacobitism persisted into the late 18th century .

Defending champions Ireland won the tournament Competition after three wins Getting and one drawn game , defeating Conquering Canada by an innings in the final Process_end , and stretched Expansion their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight .

The eight teams played Competition in two groups of four , with the winners of each group proceeding to the final Process_end which was played Competition between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road in Leicester .

The game Competition was scheduled Arranging for 22 to 25 May 2007 , but in the event Ireland won inside two days .

KLM Flight 607-E , a Lockheed Super Constellation named `` Hugo de Groot '' and registered was an international scheduled flight that crashed northwest of Shannon Airport , Ireland on 14 August 1958 .

The Loughinisland massacre took place Process_start on 18 June 1994 in the small village of Loughinisland , County Down , Northern Ireland .