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Stormont|ˈstɔːmɒnt|
The name of a suburb of Belfast, used to denote: (a) the administration presided over by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (the Northern Ireland Office), housed at Stormont Castle; (b) the Northern Ireland parliament which met at the Parliament House in the grounds of Stormont Castle from 1920 until its suspension in 1972.
1934H. Maxwell Ulster was Right 9 The Act which created Stormont provided also for a similar Parliament in Dublin. 1935Frontier Sentinel 22 June 4/4 The strongest supporter of Stormont rule. 1938Irish News 3 Feb. 2/3 Stormont is not a de jure Government. 1949St. J. Ervine Craigavon Ulsterman iii. x. 418 Some very queer fish have been elected to Stormont,..but Stormont, at its worst, has never declined to the depths of Leinster House. 1957Times 9 Dec. p. ii/3 The Government of Northern Ireland Act by which Stormont was established in 1920 was not a response to local demands. 1971H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxxv. 719 Our own back-benchers expressing their criticisms of Stormont and the Unionists in speeches designed to strengthen the arm of the Home Secretary. 1972Guardian 25 Mar. 1/2 Mr Brian Faulkner, who has been Northern Ireland's sixth Prime Minister..will tender his resignation on Tuesday... He will end the existence of that..provincial assembly which has become known..by the name of the building where the Parliament sits—Stormont. 1975Times 10 Sept. 1/3 Stormont officials attempted to put a brave face on the situation. |