Northern Ireland is an administrative division of the United Kingdom, which is situated, in the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. The remaining portion of the island is part of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland constitutes about 17 percent of the land area of Ireland and has 31 percent of the island's population. The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast. Northern Ireland's population is deeply divided along religious and political lines. The split between the …showed first 75 words of 1807 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1807 total…a great source of funding for their cause. There have also been organizations formed in the U.S. to support an issue or peace in Ireland. Some of those groups are the American Ireland Education Foundation and Minnesotans for a United Ireland, which profess organizations dedicated to peace and promotion of Irish culture. The American Irish Fund had been known to raise millions of American money to support the IRA activities. Sharon Harrington Northern Ireland