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According to the Central Statistics Office, the Jewish population of the Republic of Ireland (Eire) in 2002 numbered 1,790 out of a total population of almost 4 million. The first mention of Jews living in Ireland occurs in the Annals of Innifallen of 1079. However, most of Ireland’s Jews arrived in the 1880s, mainly from Lithuania. The Jewish element of the Irish population reached its peak in the 1940s when it numbered about 5,500. At that time the capital city Dublin had an area that became known as ‘Little Jerusalem’.
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In the Republic of Ireland, since 1926, there has been a constant pattern of Protestants marrying Catholics. In most counties (exceptions being Cork, Dublin and the border counties) there were insufficent Protestants to enable most Protestants to realistically marry another Protestant, so most married Catholics. Until recently, the Roman Catholic church had a rule that the children of mixed-marriages had to be brought up Catholic. Therefore, in Catholic-Protestant marriages the Protestant faith would die out after one generation. This is the main cause of the constantly declining Protestant populationsince 1926. (Historically, the action in Irish Catholic-Protestant marriages was for the girls to be brought up with the mother's religion, and the boys with the father's.
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The Republic of Ireland emerged from a protracted struggle with the British Government during the first half of the nineteenth century, leaving the landmass of 'Ireland' divided into two. Self-government initially returned to Southern Ireland in 1922 when the country became a 'Free State' in the British Commonwealth. Further campaigning followed, and in 1939 the Irish Free State adopted a new constitution, replaced the British monarch with an elected president and became 'Éire', 'Ireland'. Full independence - and complete withdrawal from the British Commonwealth - followed with the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1949.
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After reaching the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, the Republic of Ireland were drawn to face Spain and Syria in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers. Despite Syria's withdrawal, this was still considered a qualifying group with the Irish winning 1-0 at home and losing 4-1 away. This meant a play-off in Paris, which Spain won 1-0 to take their place in the 1966 World Cup. The play-off was originally scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium in London, home to a large Irish diaspora, but the FAI agreed with the Spanish FA to have the match moved to Paris, where a large Spanish diaspora lived.[8]
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The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na h�ireann) is the official "description" of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and an approximate population of slightly more than four million. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland and is still part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Under the Irish constitution the state's official name is simply Ireland (Irish: �ire).
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White Horse Insurance Ireland Limited is a general insurance company, licensed in the Republic of Ireland to underwrite most non-life classes of insurance throughout the European Union. White Horse was established in 1999 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of MyTravel Group plc. White Horse is regulated by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA) and is a member of the Dublin International Insurance & Management Association (DIMA). For more information, visit www.whitehorseinsurance.com.
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