... by the Saxon King Edmund. From then until 1070 Cumbria was ruled by the Kings of Scotland. Gospatric, an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumberland (the neighbouring county) recaptured Cumbria in that year, and it passed to his son Dolfin in 1072. In 1092 Dolfin was driven out of the kingdom by William II ... now stands. By 1135 England had lapsed into civil war and the Scots marched on Carlisle reoccupying the Castle. The Scots remained in control of the county until 1157 when Henry II of England restored it once more to English control. The Scots Kings unsuccessfully pressed their claims on Cum...

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... Real IRA is today's more active IRA terrorist organisation. Formed in February-March 1998 as secret armed wing of the 32-County Sovereignty Movement, a "political pressure group" dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland. The 32-County Sovereignty Movement opposed Sinn Fein's approval in September 1997 of the Mitchell principles of democracy and non-violence and opposed the ... Constitution, which lay claim to Northern Ireland. Former IRA "quartermaster general" Mickey McKevitt leads the group; Bernadette Sands-McKevitt, his common-law wife, is the ...

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... to deal with many weather occurring disasters as some other cities around the world have to. Population: There are 1,058,264 (1996) people living in Dublin, this also includes Dublin County, of this number 549,298 are female and 508,966 are male. Landforms: The River Liffey divides Dublin; other rivers in the area are the Poddle, Dodder and Tolka. Greater ... ...

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