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Tír na nÓg

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Tír na nÓg (Gaelic: "Land of the Young", pronounced Tear nah Nogue) is one of the Tir Nations. It is nominally a democracy, but in the background powerful family clans, the Danaan families, have much influence.

Tír na nÓg is well known as an elven nation. In parts of the country, a third of the population is elven. This comes on the one hand by elven immigrants, however in Tír na nÓg there is also an unusually high number of elven children being born.

Geography[]

Tír na nÓg is located west of the United Kingdom, and covers the entire national territory of former Ireland and Northern Ireland. The country is divided in five provinces: Ulster in the north, Meath in the east, Leinster in the southeast, Munster in the southwest, and Connaught in the west.

History[]

  • 2010 - 2020 - A wave of elven births occurs, accounting for approximately 44% of all births. Pronouncements made prior to Imago Dei weaken Irish faith in the Catholic Church.
  • 2011 - Ireland loses 22.4% of its population to VITAS. Flooding, seismic shocks, and storms rock the eastern coastline. Fomorians first sighted in Connaught. "Plantation shifts", regrowth of western forests, and regeneration of slighe roads occur.
  • 2011, Apr 14 - Irish Republican Army (IRA) destroys British Special Air Service (SAS) base in Belfast with the assistance of magic.
  • 2014, Jun 16 - British House of Commons passes Act of Dissolution. Irish and British governments sign Treaty of Galway one week later, creating United Free Republic of Ireland.
  • 2015 - During talks between Dublin government and Derry IRA, Liam O'Connor's "spike baby" elven heritage is revealed. Schism in elves and humans in IRA forms; humans secede to form Official IRA, elves form Provisional IRA ("Provos"). Official IRA breaks off talks. Provos lays groundwork for Tír Republican Corps (TRC).
  • 2015 - 2034 - A series of corruption scandals rocks the government, while numerous sex and prostitution scandals ensnare Catholic priests and Bishops, weakening the authority of both and turning public opinion against the Catholic Church. Four volumes of Walking to the Light appear.
  • 2034, Jun - State President Charles McGoldrick is impeached after implication in illegal surveillance of political opponents, vid-phone tapping, and other instances of widespread corruption. Power passes to acting State President Eamonn McCarthy.
  • 2034, Dec 11 - President McCarthy asks Liam O'Connor and TRC to impose a state of emergency. O'Connor subsequently pushes through many constitutional changes, weakening the Dáil, strengthening the Senate, and cutting local government powers.
  • 2034, Dec 25 - Seamus O'Kennedy broadcasts on the trideo the renaming of Ireland to Tír na nÓg.
  • 2035, Mar - Eamonn McCarthy resigns, Liam O'Connor becomes State President. Danaan Families given increased control over the economy.
  • 2035 - 2044 - Constitution Acts outline Tír citizens' rights and responsibilities, and shifts balance of power from the Dáil to the Senate.
  • 2041 - Liam O'Connor marries Brane Deigh of Connaught. She is made a Prionsa in the Court of Stewards.
  • 2042, Mar - O'Connor is "elected" High Steward.
  • 2043, May - Liam O'Connor disappears. Lady Brane Deigh proclaims herself Rian (Queen) of the Seelie Court. James O'Brien is named State President, and William O'Dunn becomes High Steward.
  • 2049, Dec 13 - The Establishment Act establishes the Church of Ireland as the official church.[1]
  • 2057 - Dunkelzahn's Will offers the First Key of Power to the governments of Tír Tairngire or Tír na nÓg, whichever discloses the personal histories of its high officials first. Neither steps forward.
  • 2061, Sep - Soon after Halley's Comet becomes visible to the naked eye, a series of small magic storms pelt Connaught and Meath and the Doineann Draoidheil venture far inland of counties Kerry, Sligo, Derry, and Antrim. Other magical manifestations are reported up and down the Great Cairn Line. The Veil warps and prevents entrance or exit for the space of a week. SURGE affects 10% of the population, elf and non-elf alike.
  • 2061, Nov - Concentrations of orichalcum are found in the Tara zinc mine in county Meath and the Ross Island copper mine in county Kerry. The Danaan Families fight amongst themselves for the mining rights.
  • 2062, May - After comet fever dies down around the world, it is discovered that the magical nature of Tír na nÓg has been affected permanently. The Veil works erratically, mana flares and ebbs near cairns and monoliths, and astral constructs fade in and out of the material world on a regular if unpredictable basis, shaking many Tír citizens.
  • 2062, Nov 2 - The Official IRA attacks and disrupts Samhain observances. The Unseelie Court is suspected behind the resurgence of Official IRA activity against the Tír government.
  • 2063, May - Due to rising internal and external pressures, the Tír government accepts provisional membership within the New European Economic Community (NEEC).

Politics[]

The Danaan Families[]

The Danaan families - of Tuatha Dé Danaan, the people of the goddess Danu - controls the government of the Tír na nÓg. There are 22 of these families, from which eight are particularly powerful. These eight are called Danaan mór.

The families have very many elves in their ranks, even more than usual for the predominantly elven Tírs. The relations between humans and elves in the family is complex and covers the complete spectrum from love to hate.

Ulster
Danaan mór - O'Donnell, O'Neill
Danaan - MacDonnell, McGuinness, MacSweeney
Leinster
Danaan mór - MacMurrough, O'Toole, O'Byrne
Danaan - Fitzgerald (also in Munster)
Munster
Danaan mór - McCarthy
Danaan - O'Kennedy (also in Meath), Butler OF Ormonde, Roche, O'Sullivan, Fitzgerald (also in Leinster)
Connaught
Danaan mór - O'Brien, O'Connor (also in Meath)
Danaan - MacDermot, Burke, MacNamara
Meath
Danaan mór - O'Connor (also in Connaught)
Danaan - O'Dunn, O'Molloy, O'Kennedy (also in Munster)

One representative for each of the Danaan families, and two for each of Danaan mór make up the Council of Stewards, which therefore consists of thirty delegates. The members of the council control the Tír na nÓg senate and govern the country. The members consist only of elves and only elves of the families are eligible to become Stewards.

In Exile[]

The Knights of the Red Branch are a group based in Boston, UCAS, bent on restoring the Irish government to its original state.[2]

Religion[]

The people of Tír na nÓg broadly follow the Paths of the Wheel, a belief system based on the reincarnation of Elven spirits.

Economy[]

Corporate Presence[]

Tír na nÓg does not recognize the Business Recognition Accords, the Corporate Court's standard for the meaning of corporate extraterritoriality.[3]

References[]

  1. ↑ o34954845Sixth World Almanac p. 67
  2. ↑ o05084094Underworld Sourcebook p. 87
  3. ↑ o79645619Corporate Download p. 10, 84

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