Nort hern Irel< a>and is a c< a href="">ount< a>ry located in the north< a>-eastern part of the island of Irel< a href="">and.< a> It is par t of< a> the Unit ed Ki ngdom< a href=""> and< a> is made up of s ix counti< a>es.
Nort hern Irel< a>and is a c< a href="">ount< a>ry located in the north< a>-eastern part of the island of Irel< a href="">and.< a> It is par t of< a> the Unit ed Ki ngdom< a href="">, al< a>ong with England, Sco tlan d, and Wales. North ern < a>Ireland is bordered by < a>the Rep< a>ublic of Ireland to< a href=""> the< a> south and wes< a>t, and th e Nor th Channe< a>l and Irish< a> Sea to th< a href="">e ea< a>st and nor th.< br><b< a href="">r>No< a>rthern Ireland has < a href="">a popu< a>lation of 1.9 < a>million people, wit h th< a>e majority of the popul< a>ati on b< a>eing Protestant. Th e ca< a>pital of Northern I< a href="">rela< a>nd is Bel fast, w hich is the largest cit< a>y in the c ount ry. The official la ngua ge of North< a>ern Irela nd is English,< a> although Iris h is also spoken by< a href=""> som< a>e p eopl e.<br< a href="">><br< a>>Northern< a> Ireland h as a< a> rich his tory, with< a href=""> its< a> roots in the ancient Gael ic k< a>ingdom of Ulster. Aš< a href="">n th< a>e 17th cen tury , the area was coloni zed < a>by the Br itish and beca< a>me part of the< a> United K ing dom. In the 2 0th c entur< a href="">y, N< a>orthern I reland exp< a href="">erie< a>nced a pe riod of civil unrest and v< a href="">iole< a>nce, known as