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Stormont
Stormont (Northern Ireland) The seat of the former government and parliament of Northern Ireland. It is situated in a suburb of Belfast, and comprises the parliament buildings, Stormont Castle, and Stormont House. The government of Northern Ireland was created by the Government of Ireland Act of 1920, as a subordinate body to Westminster, but with its own cabinet and Prime Minister. The Protestant majority in the province ensured a permanent Protestant majority in Stormont, though this was enhanced through manipulation of constituency boundaries. It failed to prevent the breakdown of law and order in the late 1960s, and was suspended in March 1972. Under direct rule from Westminster, Stormont's former duties have been carried out by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with administrative assistance from civil servants of the Northern Ireland Office. It was revived as the home to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which came into existence in 1998 following the Good Friday Agreement.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Stormont." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Stormont." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Stormont.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Stormont." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Stormont.html |
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Stormont is the grandiose building in a Belfast suburb which housed the Northern Irish Parliament 1932–72. Its absurdly lengthy drive possesses an imposing statue of a defiant Sir Edward Carson. The word became a synonym for intransigent unionism. H. M. Pollock, minister of finance in the first Northern Irish government, said: ‘It was the outward and visible proof of the permanence of our institutions.’ Since 1972 and direct rule from Westminster, it has been little used: the castle alongside it houses British government officials. But since 2007 it has been home to the power-sharing executive.
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JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Stormont.html JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Stormont.html |
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Stormont, the site of the parliament of Northern Ireland, on the eastern outskirts of Belfast, frequently used as shorthand for the parliament itself. The neoclassical parliament building, located at the end of a straight, mile‐long drive with a statue of Sir Edward Carson dominating the final approach, was designed by Sir Arnold Thornely. Its opening (16 Nov. 1932), presided over by a noticeably unenthusiastic prince of Wales, was the occasion for a display of unionist pageantry, consciously recalling the triumphant mobilization of Protestant Ulster against the third home rule bill in 1912–14.
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"Stormont." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stormont." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Stormont.html "Stormont." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Stormont.html |
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Stormont
Stormont A suburb of Belfast, seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and former seat of the parliament of NORTHERN IRELAND. Created by the Government of Ireland Act (1920) as a subordinate body to Westminster, the Stormont Parliament was dominated by the ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY until, following the breakdown in law and order in the late 1960s, it was suspended in 1972. Direct rule from Westminster was imposed, to be administered by civil servants of the Northern Ireland Office based in Stormont Castle. The Northern Ireland Assembly was established in 1999.
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"Stormont." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stormont." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Stormont.html "Stormont." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Stormont.html |
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JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Stormont.html JOHN CANNON. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Stormont.html |
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Stormont
Stormont Down. Storm Mount 1834. Probably ‘storm mount’, originally the name of an estate here.
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A. D. MILLS. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stormont.html A. D. MILLS. "Stormont." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stormont.html |
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