| Various terms have been used to describe England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
| In Lancashire and the north of Ireland, the catch-hold or catch-as-catch-can system still finds favour. |
| Now, there was a sort of rough-and-ready law in Ireland in those days, which was of great convenience to persons desirous of expeditious justice. |
| The Northern Ireland Labor Party, bisectarian and from 1945 committed to partition, has been an exception to the opposition's typical character. |
| The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy. |
| The sea level was lower than now and Britain was connected by land bridge to Ireland and Eurasia. |
