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Ireland was an island located due west of most parts of Great Britain.
Humans sometimes mistakenly assumed Gallifrey was a place in Ireland. (DW: The Hand of Fear, Human Nature).
In 1649, The Doctor, Ace and Hex visited Ireland during Oliver Cromwell's siege of Drogheda. (BFA: The Settling)
Ireland was the home of Sean (DW: The Underwater Menace), Sean Flannigan (DW: The Wheel in Space), McDermott (DW: Terror of the Autons), Casey (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) and possibly Luke Rattigan (DW: The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky).
Chip (DW: New Earth) and Thomas Kincade Brannigan (DW: Gridlock) both had Irish accents, but neither character likely had ever been to Ireland on Earth. Their accents suggested that Irish culture survived in some form on New Earth.
Ireland (or Eire) was a nation-state on Earth, comprising of the island of Ireland. Great Britain first invaded the island in the 12th century, and held dominion over it for centuries, often marked by rebellion. In 1922, the island was divided, creating the Irish Free State (which became the Republic of Ireland in 1949), and Northern Ireland, which remained part of the United Kingdom.
Decades of strife and terrorist activity followed, with the goal of bring about a united Ireland. Reunification finally came about in 2024. (TNG episode: "The High Ground")
Irish culture flourished and spread, as evidenced by the annual Irish Harp Festival (TOS novel: Enterprise: The First Adventure). Ireland is also the home of Irish whiskey (EV comic: "Flesh of My Flesh")
The capital of Ireland is Dublin.
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Ireland is a country on Earth and a member of the United Nations. It is located in North-West Europe, and is the 3rd Largest Island in Europe. Its largest cities include Cork, Dublin, and Belfast. SSgt Nolan Byrne was a descendant of Ireland. [1].
| Flag and abbrev. |  IRE |
| Continent | Europe |
| Leader | Brian Cowen (Taoiseach) |
| Population | 4,460,000 (est. of 2009) |
| Registered players | 411 |
| National team | Irish National Team |
| National federation | Irish Ice Hockey Association |
| IIHF ranking | 42nd (-2) |
| Top league | Irish Ice Hockey League (IIHL) |
| Current champion | Dundalk Bulls |
The Republic of Ireland, usually simply referred to as Ireland, is a country of northwestern Europe, bordered to the north by Northern Ireland and to the east, across the Irish Sea, by the main land of Great Britain. It is home to 4,460,000 people.
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Ice hockey in Ireland is not very deep in term of divisions. For the moment, the IIHL stands as the top level, fed by a Development Division. There is no promotion and relegation between the two leagues.
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Ice hockey in Ireland is a relatively recent thing. The first recorded match dates back only to 1983, where the Dublin Stags defeated the Liverpool Leopards 3-2; the match was played at the Dolphins Barn Ice Rink[1]. Since then, the sport has progressed, until the country was accepted into the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1997. The Irish National Team made its debuts at the U18 and U20 level.
Locally, the sport kept developing, with the cities of Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine being a place where the sport was played at a high level, until came a slump in 1999-2000, when both ice rinks in Dublin closed down, seriously compromising the development of the sport, especially the junior development. Players had to go once a week to Belfast to have a chance to train. This situation was short lived however, as the Dublin City Council, with the help of the Irish Ice Hockey Association, ran an outdoor rink during the festive season.
2004 was an important year for Irish hockey, as for the first time, the IIHA iced a senior national team at the 2004 DIII World Championships, held in Reykjavik, Iceland. Since then, Ireland regularly iced a senior team, which kept improving. In 2007, the World Championship Division III were held in Dundalk, Ireland at the Dundalk Ice Dome. The event proved to be a real success, and in the wake of this success, the Irish Ice Hockey League was created for the 2007-08 season.
Several Irish players (six in total) have played in the National Hockey League. Those players, born in Ireland (or in Northern Ireland), have however all moved to North America at a young age and learned their hockey there. They are Bobby Kirk, Jim McFadden, Sammy McManus, Sid Finney, Owen Nolan and Jack Riley (b. 1910). Of them, Nolan is by far the most prominent player born in Ireland.
Ever since the Irish National Team was created in 2004, the team kept steadily improving. Even at its very beginnings, the team didn't fare too badly. While they struggled to beat anyone (except the Armenian National Team, whom they beat by large margins in their first two seasons), they nevertheless provided with a decent opposition and the team rarely got thrashed as is not so rarely the case in the lower levels of the World Championships - in fact, in their first tournament, they finished with an even 23-23 goals for-goals against ratio, while in their second, they had a positive ratio with 32 goals for and 20 against (thanks in good part to a 23-1 win over Armenia).
The team's efforts were crowned in 2007 when Ireland was promoted to the division II following a solid second place at the 2007 DIII World Championship held at home, in Dundalk, Ireland, at the Dundalk Ice Dome. Their performance at the 2008 DII World Championship was not as good, with Ireland losing all six games and finishing with only 8 goals for and 57 against, a performance that promptly sent them back to the third division. Still, Ireland had demonstrated it was a promising nation.
This article solely relates to the nation of the Republic of Ireland. For information regarding the UK domain of Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom
The series is broadcast in English and without open subtitles in Ireland. (Subtitles for the deaf are available, in English, on teletext p888.)
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Fionnula Flanagan, who plays Eloise Hawking, is from Dublin.
| Date | Episode Title | Rating | TV Chart Position |
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| 23/05/05 | "Pilot, Part 1" | 414,000 | #1 |
| 23/05/05 | "Pilot, Part 2" | 329,000 | #3 |
| 30/05/05 | "Tabula Rasa" | 350,000 | #1 |
| 06/06/05 | "Walkabout" | 242,000 | #5 |
| 13/06/05 | "White Rabbit" | 245,000 | #3 |
| 20/06/05 | "House of the Rising Sun" | 290,000 | #2 |
| 27/06/05 | "The Moth" | 244,000 | #2 |
| 04/07/05 | "Confidence Man" | 250,000 | #2 |
| 11/07/05 | "Solitary" | 269,000 | #2 |
| 18/07/05 | "Raised by Another" | 269,000 | #3 |
| 25/07/05 | "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" | 271,000 | #3 |
| 01/08/05 | "Whatever the Case May Be" | 213,000 | #4 |
| 08/08/05 | "Hearts and Minds" | 293,000 | #3 |
| 15/08/05 | "Special" | 256,000 | #2 |
| 22/08/05 | "Homecoming" | 269,000 | #5 |
| 22/08/05 | "Outlaws" | 296,000 | #3 |
| 29/08/05 | "...In Translation" | 206,000 | #8 |
| 29/08/05 | "Numbers" | 277,000 | #2 |
| 05/09/05 | "Deus Ex Machina" | 287,000 | #5 |
| 05/09/05 | "Do No Harm" | 326,000 | #3 |
| 12/09/05 | "Lost: the Journey" | 348,000 | #2 |
| 12/09/05 | "The Greater Good" | 429,000 | #1 |
| 19/09/05 | "Born to Run" | 365,000 | #3 |
| 19/09/05 | "Exodus, Part 1" | 427,000 | #2 |
| 26/09/05 | "Exodus, Part 2" | 369,000 | #3 |
| 26/09/05 | "Exodus, Part 3" | 433,000 | #1 |
Total TV Chart Positions:
| Date | Episode Title | Rating | TV Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/02/06 | "Destination Lost" | 378,000 | #2 |
| 06/02/06 | "Man of Science, Man of Faith" | 471,000 | #1 |
| 13/02/06 | "Adrift" | 332,000 | #2 |
| 20/02/06 | "Orientation" | 386,000 | #3 |
| 27/02/06 | "Everybody Hates Hugo" | 394,000 | #1 |
| 13/03/06 | "...And Found" | 344,000 | #2 |
| 20/03/06 | "Abandoned" | 352,000 | #3 |
| 27/03/06 | "The Other 48 Days" | 482,000 | #1 |
| 03/04/06 | "Collision" | 397,000 | #2 |
| 10/04/06 | "What Kate Did" | 386,000 | #3 |
| 17/04/05 | "Lost Revelation" | 281,000 | #7 |
| 17/04/06 | "The 23rd Psalm" | 373,000 | #4 |
| 24/04/06 | "The Hunting Party" | 355,000 | #3 |
| 01/05/06 | "Fire + Water" | 347,000 | #4 |
| 08/05/06 | "The Long Con" | 326,000 | #4 |
| 15/05/06 | "One of Them" | 312,000 | #5 |
| 22/05/06 | "Maternity Leave" | 305,000 | #3 |
| 29/05/06 | "The Whole Truth" | 263,000 | #3 |
| 05/06/06 | "Lockdown" | 277,000 | #5 |
| 12/06/06 | "Dave" | 326,000 | #4 |
| 19/06/06 | "S.O.S." | 347,000 | #4 |
| 26/06/06 | "Two for the Road" | 313,000 | #5 |
| 03/07/07 | "?" | 334,000 | #5 |
| 10/07/07 | "Three Minutes" | 313,000 | #2 |
| 17/07/06 | "Live Together, Die Alone": Part One" | 332,000 | #2 |
| 24/07/06 | "Live Together, Die Alone": Part Two" | 374,000 | #2 |
Overall Season TV Chart Positions:
| Date | Episode Title | Rating | TV Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/10/06 | "Lost: A Tale of Survival" | 187,000 | #14 |
| 31/10/06 | "A Tale of Two Cities" | 313,000 | #2 |
| 07/11/06 | "The Glass Ballerina" | 354,000 | #2 |
| 14/11/06 | "Further Instructions" | 361,000 | #3 |
| 21/11/06 | "Every Man for Himself" | 345,000 | #3 |
| 28/11/06 | "The Cost of Living" " | 294,000 | #4 |
| 05/12/06 | "I Do" | 335,000 | #2 |
| 12/02/07 | "Not in Portland" | 292,000 | #5 |
| 19/02/07 | "Flashes Before Your Eyes" | 278,000 | #7 |
| 26/02/07 | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | 239,000 | #12 |
| 05/03/07 | "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" | 280,000 | #11 |
| 12/03/07 | "Enter 77" | 268,000 | #8 |
| 19/03/07 | "Par Avion" | 204,000 | #14 |
| 26/03/07 | "The Man from Tallahassee" | 255,000 | #6 |
| 02/04/07 | "Exposé" | 285,000 | #5 |
| 09/04/07 | "Left Behind" | 258,000 | #9 |
| 16/04/07 | "One of Us" | 288,000 | #5 |
| 23/04/07 | "Catch-22" | 276,000 | #7 |
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The homeland of Irish characters.
Ireland (or Eire) was a nation-state on Earth, comprising the island of Ireland, one of the British Isles off the northwestern coast of Europe. Great Britain first invaded the Ireland in the 12th century, and held dominion over it for centuries, often marked by rebellion. In the 1920s, the island was divided, creating the Irish Free State (later the Republic of Ireland) and Northern Ireland (which remained part of the United Kingdom). In 2024, Ireland was reunited as a result of violence used as a political instrument. This event became known as the Irish Reunification of 2024. (TNG: "The High Ground")
People or things originating from Ireland are described as Irish.
Irish culture flourished and spread, as evidenced by the annual Irish Harp Festival. Ireland is also the home of Irish whiskey. (TOS novel: Enterprise: The First Adventure; Star Trek: Early Voyages comic: "Flesh of my Flesh").
Miles O'Brien was born in Ireland in 2328. His family lived in Dublin when O'Brien served aboard Deep Space 9. O'Brien claimed to be a descendant of Irish king Brian Boru. (DS9: "Homefront", "Bar Association")
The Bringloidi were colonists of Irish descent. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")
The Aldebaran Prime colony was also founded by Irish and Australian settlers. They named the planet's six moons after the six counties of Northern Ireland. (Kal-Dixas Spaceport, Star Trek: Pendragon, Star Trek: A Call to Duty)
Kathryn Janeway's dog Mollie was an Irish Setter, a breed of dog native to Ireland. (VOY: "Caretaker")
In 2376, Kathryn Janeway and other members of the USS Voyager crew enjoyed visiting Fair Haven (Cuan Soineanta in Irish), a holodeck creation of a 19th century Irish village. Tom Paris created the simulation. (VOY: "Fair Haven")
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