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The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands of ___MASK25___ and ___MASK94___ . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the ___MASK79___ . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . John Baker Holroyd , 1st Earl of Sheffield ( 21 December 1735 -- 30 May 1821 ) was an English ___MASK51___ who came from a Yorkshire family , a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland . ___MASK94___ , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , ___MASK94___ is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in ___MASK95___ and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . The United ___MASK10___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire , ___MASK24___ . The municipality is the traditional county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name . The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events in ___MASK24___ throughout much of its two millennia of existence . The city offers a wealth of historic attractions , of which York Minster is the most prominent , and a variety of cultural and sporting activities making it a popular tourist destination for millions . Politika is a Serbian daily newspaper , published in Belgrade . Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F . Ribnikar , it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be ___MASK57___ ' s newspaper of record . The East Riding of Yorkshire , or simply East Yorkshire , is a ceremonial county of ___MASK24___ . It is located in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber . The East Riding of Yorkshire may also refer to a local government district with unitary authority status , which does not include the city of Kingston upon Hull , the largest settlement in the ceremonial county , which is a separate unitary authority . The modern East Riding of Yorkshire ( both ceremonial county and unitary authority ), was formed in 1996 from the northern part of the non - metropolitan county of Humberside . Yorkshire ( or ; abbreviated Yorks ), formally known as the County of York , is a historic county of Northern ___MASK24___ and the largest in the United Kingdom . Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties , functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions , which have also been subject to periodic reform . Throughout these changes , Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region . The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military , and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire , South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire . South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in ___MASK24___ . It is the southernmost county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and had a population of 1 . 34 million in 2011 . It has an area of and consists of four metropolitan boroughs , Barnsley , Doncaster , Rotherham and Sheffield . South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 with Barnsley as its county town . The ___MASK17___ Isles are a group of islands off the north - western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain , Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles . Situated in the North Atlantic , the islands have a total area of approximately 315 , 159 km , and a combined population of just under 70 million . Two sovereign states are located on the islands : Ireland ( which covers roughly five - sixths of the island with the same name ) and the United ___MASK10___ and Northern Ireland . The ___MASK17___ Isles also include three Crown Dependencies : the Isle of Man and , by tradition , the Bailiwick of ___MASK13___ and the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands , although the latter are not physically a part of the archipelago . The Kingdom of ___MASK25___ ( Classical Irish : '; Modern Irish : ') was a client state of the Kingdom of ___MASK24___ that existed on ___MASK25___ from 1542 until 1800 . It came into being when the Parliament of ___MASK25___ passed the Crown of ___MASK25___ Act 1542 and proclaimed King Henry VIII of ___MASK24___ as King of ___MASK25___ . The territory of the Kingdom had previously had the status of a lordship of the Crown . West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in ___MASK24___ . It is an inland and in relative terms upland county having eastward - draining valleys while taking in moors of the Pennines and has a population of 2 . 2 million . West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972 . A ___MASK8___ is a traditional term for a division of land , found in the ___MASK29___ and Australia . It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo - Saxon settlement , and spread to most of the rest of ___MASK24___ in the tenth century . ___MASK19___ , otherwise known as the world , is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life . It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets . The Kingdom of ___MASK24___ was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century  when it emerged from various Anglo - Saxon kingdoms  until 1707 , when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain . An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK52___ . The Crown of ___MASK25___ Act 1542 is an Act of the Parliament of ___MASK25___ ( 33 Hen . 8 c . 1 ) which created the title of King of ___MASK25___ for King Henry VIII of ___MASK24___ and his successors , who previously ruled the island as lords . ___MASK25___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from ___MASK94___ to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK25___ is the second - largest island of the ___MASK17___ Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on ___MASK19___ . The Parliament of ___MASK25___ was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800 . It comprised two chambers : the House of Commons and the House of Lords . The House of Lords consisted of members of the Irish peerage and the bishops ( after the Reformation , Church of ___MASK25___ bishops ), while the Commons was directly elected , albeit on a very restricted franchise . A ___MASK51___ ( from " politics " + "- ian ", from the Greek title of Aristotle ' s book  " Politika ", meaning " Civic Affairs ") is a person active in party politics , or a person holding or seeking office in government . In democratic countries , politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or , at times , temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died , resigned or have been otherwise removed from office . In non - democratic countries , they employ other means of reaching power through appointment , bribery , revolutions and intrigues . Some politicians are experienced in the art or science of government . Politicians propose , support and create laws or policies that govern the land and , by extension , its people . Broadly speaking , a " ___MASK51___ " can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution . North Yorkshire is a non - metropolitan county ( or ___MASK8___ county ) and larger ceremonial county in ___MASK24___ . It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber but partly in the region of North East ___MASK24___ . Northern ___MASK24___ , or North of ___MASK24___ , also known as the North or the North Country , is the northern part of ___MASK24___ and one the country ' s three principal cultural areas , along with the Midlands and Southern ___MASK24___ . Geographically , the area roughly spans from the River Trent and River Dee to the Scottish border in the north . Henry VIII ( 28 June 1491  28 January 1547 ) was King of ___MASK24___ from 21 April 1509 until his death . Henry was the second Tudor monarch , succeeding his father , Henry VII . Ulster ( or " Cúige Uladh " , Ulster Scots : " Ulstèr " or " Ulster ") is a province in the north of the island of ___MASK25___ . In ancient ___MASK25___ , it was one of the fifths ruled by a " rí ruirech ", or " king of over - kings ".