SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549 

FORM 6-K 

Report of Foreign Issuer 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
 

For 2414 ~~February~~ March 2016 

The Governor and Company of the

Bank of Ireland

Head Office

40 Mespil Road

Dublin 4

Ireland

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 
 Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 
 Yes No X

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 

~~Standard~~The ~~Form~~Governor ~~TR-1~~and Company of the Bank of Ireland ("Bank of Ireland")

~~Standard~~Notice ~~form for notification~~ of ~~major~~Annual ~~holdings~~General Court

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Bank of Ireland
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:
Name: BlackRock, Inc.		City and country of registered office (if applicable): Wilmington, DE U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 19th February 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 23rd February 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Voting rights attached to shares for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 4%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)	Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	7.65%	0.24%	7.90%	32,363,275,073
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	7.66%	0.24%	7.91%

14 March 2016
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9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights					% of voting rights
	Direct			Indirect		Direct		Indirect
IE0030606259				2,478,329,489				7.65%
SUBTOTAL A	2,478,329,489					7.65%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
ADR		N/A	N/A			2,000			0.00%
			SUBTOTAL B.1			2,000			0.00%
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
CFD	N/A		N/A		Cash Settlement		79,992,769		0.24%
					SUBTOTAL B.2		79,992,769		0.24%

The Annual General Court ("AGC") of Bank of Ireland will take place in the O'Reilly Hall, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 on Thursday, 28 April 2016 at 11.00 a.m.

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box): [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer. [X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:
Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
See attachment
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
12. Additional information:

The following documents have been posted or made available to Stockholders today:

~~Done~~(i) atGovernor's ~~Dublin~~Letter onto 24holders ~~February~~of ~~2016~~Ordinary Stock and Notice of the AGC;

~~Contact:~~(ii) ~~Helen~~Form ~~Nolan,~~of ~~Group~~Proxy; ~~Secretary~~and

~~Telephone: +353~~ (0iii) 76Annual ~~623~~Report ~~4710~~ and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015.

Name	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited	3.99%	0.21%	4.21%
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.
BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors

The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015 is available to view on the following link:

~~BlackRock, Inc~~http://www. ~~BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc~~rns-pdf. ~~BlackRock Financial Management, Inc~~londonstockexchange. BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock International Limited BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Holdco com/rns/9958R_-2016-3~~, LLC BlackRock Canada Holdings LP BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited~~-14.pdf

~~BlackRock,~~In ~~Inc.~~accordance ~~BlackRock~~with ~~Holdco~~Irish 2,Listing ~~Inc.~~Rule ~~BlackRock Financial Management, Inc~~6. ~~BlackRock International Holdings, Inc~~6.1 BRand ~~Jersey~~UKLA ~~International~~Listing ~~Holdings~~Rule L9.P6.1 ~~BlackRock~~these ~~Australia~~documents ~~Holdco~~will ~~Pty.~~be ~~Ltd.~~submitted ~~BlackRock~~to ~~Investment~~the ~~Management~~Irish ~~(Australia)~~Stock ~~Limited~~Exchange ~~BlackRock,~~and ~~Inc.~~the BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. BlackRock Advisors, LLC BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock Investment Management (UK)'s ~~Limited~~National ~~BlackRock~~Storage ~~Asset~~Mechanism ~~Management~~and ~~Deutschland~~will AGshortly ~~BlackRock,~~be ~~Inc.~~available ~~Trident~~for ~~Merger,~~inspection ~~LLC~~at ~~BlackRock~~the ~~Investment~~following ~~Management, LLC~~locations:

BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Cayco Limited BlackRock Trident Holding Company ~~Limited~~Announcements BlackRock Japan Holdings GK BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock Group Limited BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.Office

~~BlackRock,~~The ~~Inc.~~Irish ~~BlackRock~~Stock Holdco 2, Inc. BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, LLC BlackRock HK Holdco Limited BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited BlackRock, Inc. Xulu,Inc.Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

and at:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Alternatively, you can view all of the documents detailed above at:

www.bankofireland.com/investor

For further information, please contact:
Andrew Keating	Group Chief Financial Officer	+353 (0) 76 623 5141
Helen Nolan	Group Secretary	+353 (0) 76 623 4710
Pat Farrell	Head of Group Communications	+353 (0) 76 623 4770
Mark Spain	Director of Group Investor Relations	+353 (0) 76 623 4850

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised. 
 
 

The Governor and Company

of the Bank of Ireland  

Helen Nolan

Group Secretary 

Date: 2414 ~~February~~March 2016 

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