New Ireland (Maine)
Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain c.1779-83; reprised 1812 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New Ireland was a Crown colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary War and again during the War of 1812. The colony lasted four years during the Revolution, and eight months during the War of 1812. At the end of each war the British ceded the land to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris and the Treaty of Ghent, respectively.