Ireland
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Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Politically, the Republic of Ireland (also known simply as Ireland) covers five sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the northeast.
The population of the island is slightly under six million. The official languages are Irish (Gaelic) and English. However, English is the predominant language used today.
The Irish also emigrated to many other countries. For example, 12% of the American population report Irish ancestry, and Irish Australians form 9% of the Australian population.
Gaelic Ireland had emerged by the 1st century AD. The island was Christianised from the 5th century onward. Following the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion, England claimed sovereignty. However, English rule did not extend over the whole island until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest, which led to colonization by settlers from Britain. In the 1690s, a system of Protestant English rule was designed to materially disadvantage the Catholic majority and Protestant dissenters and was extended during the 18th century. With the Acts of Union in 1801, Ireland became a part of the United Kingdom. A war of independence in the early 20th century was followed by the partition of the island, creating the Irish Free State, which became increasingly sovereign over the following decades, and Northern Ireland, which remained a part of the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland saw much civil unrest from the late 1960s until the 1990s. This subsided following a political agreement in 1998. In 1973 the Republic of Ireland joined the European Economic Community while the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland, as part of it, did the same.
Irish culture has had a significant influence on other cultures, especially in the field of literature. Alongside mainstream Western culture, a strong indigenous culture exists, as expressed through Gaelic games, Irish music, Irish language and Irish dance. The island's culture shares many features with that of Great Britain, including the English language, and sports such as association football, rugby, horse racing, golf, and boxing.
Spanking in Ireland
Spanking has a great tradition in Ireland. The most popular spanking implements in Ireland were the belt, the strap (see Irish school strap), and the cane. Irish boys and girls were often subject to harsh corporal punishment both in the home and at school.
As in all of Europe, spanking children has decreased a lot in Ireland in the 20th century. Still, there is a particular high interest in the subject of spanking today, as revealed by Google Trends.
Irish spanking art
There is no known spanking artist from Ireland so far, and no known spanking magazine. This may be connected to the fact that there is also little pornography that has come out of Ireland.
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