The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 is backed by referendums North and South. Consent replaces conquest as the basis of the border. The Celtic Tiger, the crash and the recovery remake the Republic into one of the most globalised societies in Europe: younger, more diverse, and more at ease with all of its histories, the known and the unknown.
Covid closes the island; Brexit redraws the border question in customs paperwork.
2022
Five million
The Republic's population passes five million for the first time since 1851.
Quick answersWhen was Peace & the New Ireland in Ireland?
Peace & the New Ireland spans 1998 to 2026 in this atlas. The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 is backed by referendums North and South.
Who ruled Ireland during Peace & the New Ireland?
Power was divided: Republic of Ireland (26 counties); Northern Ireland (UK) (6 counties). County boundaries are modern approximations.
What is a lesser-known fact about Peace & the New Ireland?
In 2022 the Republic's population passed five million for the first time since 1851 — yet the island as a whole, at about seven million, is still below its pre-Famine peak.
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