Great Britain and Ireland became united in ____ when the Irish Parliament was abolished and Ireland was represented by MPs in Westminster, but in ____ following a period of unrest, 26 of Ireland’s ____ counties were given independence and the Republic of Ireland split off and became an independent country. The remaining 6 counties remained within the UK creating the partition of Ireland. Northern Ireland continued to be part of the United Kingdom, but unrest and violence continued in the province throughout the twentieth century between groups who wanted to remain part of the UK and those who wanted an independent united Ireland. In ____ two referendums were held and, as a consequence, The ‘Belfast Agreement’ known as ‘The Good Friday Agreement ‘ (GFA) was signed. This brought an end to the unrest and created a new power sharing arrangement.

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