Peerage of Ireland
This is the ancient peerage abolished in 1801 after Great Britain was united with Ireland. However, a title was created in it in 1868 for various reasons.
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“In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment on the human subject. I hope it may prove successful.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)