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	Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irish Christian scholars excelled in the study of Latin learning and Christian theology in the monasteries that flourished, preserving Latin learning during the Early Middle Ages.
		In 1172, King Henry II of England gained Irish lands by the granting of the 1155 Bull Laudibiliter to him by then English Pope Adrian IV, and from the 13th century, English law began to be introduced.
		The early history of Irish visual art is generally considered to begin with early carvings found at sites such as Newgrange and is traced through Bronze age artifacts, particularly ornamental gold objects, and the religious carvings and illuminated manuscripts of the mediæval period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ireland (5610 words)

	Irish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irish (Gaeilge), a Goidelic language spoken in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland.
		Irish is given recognition by the Constitution of Ireland as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland (with English being a second official language), despite the limited distribution of fluency among the population of that country.
		Munster Irish is spoken in the Gaeltachtaí of Kerry (Contae Chiarraí), Muskerry (Múscraí), Cape Clear (Oileán Cléire) in the western part of County Cork (Contae Chorcaí), and the tiny pocket of Irish-speakers in An Rinn near Dungarvan (Dún Garbháin) in County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_language (6789 words)

	Irish language, alphabet and pronunciation
		The main concentrations of Irish speakers are in the Gaeltachtaí, which are scattered mainly along the west coast of Ireland and have a total population of 82,715, 76.3% of whom speak Irish.
		Irish first began to appear in writing in the form of Ogham inscriptions during the 3rd century AD.
		Today Irish is usually written with a version of the Latin alphabet similar to the one used for Scottish Gaelic, though a spelling reform in 1957 eliminated some of the silent letters which are still used in Scottish Gaelic.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/irish.htm (828 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Irish language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irish (Gaeilge in Irish) is a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland and in small communities in Canada and Argentina.
		Irish is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and has recently received a degree of formal recognition in Northern Ireland, under the Good Friday Agreement alongside the varieties of Lowland Scots spoken in Northern Ireland.
		The extant dialects of Irish native to Leinster, the fourth province of Ireland, became extinct during the 20th century, but records of some of these were made by the Irish Folklore Commission among other bodies prior to this.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Irish_language (3865 words)

	Irish
		Irish labor—first on the Illinois and Michigan Canal (1836–1848) and later on the lumber wharves, railroads, stockyards, and steel mills—contributed to Chicago's phenomenal growth from frontier town to urban metropolis.
		Irish women religious played a crucial role in Chicago Catholicism, staffing hundreds of parish schools in the diocese, financing academies, high schools, colleges, hospitals, and schools of nursing.
		In addition to supporting the Irish American Heritage Center (1976) in the Irving Park Community Area of Chicago and Gaelic Park in suburban Oak Forest, the Chicago Irish have preserved a sense of place and identity through their network of parishes.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/652.html (2039 words)

	Irish Stamps
		On the Irish Stamp the Lady Liberty is depicted in front of the GPO and carries the Irish "tri-colour" (green, white and orange) rather than the French colors (blue, white and red).
		Irish Volunteers, the military wing of the IRB, became known as the Irish Republican Army or the IRA.
		The text is the 1916 Proclamation declaring the establishment of the Irish Republic (Poblacht na hEireann).
	web.umr.edu /~greggjay/irstamp.html (2810 words)

	Irish - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		Irish Gaelic nouns form their plurals in a lot of different ways, depending on the specific noun, but every plural form is either strong or weak.
		Vicipéid is the irish language version of wikipedia a great place to practice your irish as there are plently of other wikipedians there to help you.
		Irish Gaelic Translation Forum is a post for requesting translations from a group of volunteering experienced speakers.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Irish#Fiche_Ceist_.28Twenty_Questions.29 (4389 words)

	Irish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irish (Gaelic Irish) is an Indo-European language with several dialects.
		It is one of the official languages of Ireland and spoken by nearly 300,000 native speakers.
		A small pocket of Irish speakers is located in the northeastern United States.
	www.flw.com /languages/irish.htm (69 words)

	Irish Immigration
		The Irish Famine stimulated a desire to emigrate.
		Irish mayors such as Richard Croker of New York and James Curley in Boston were accused of corruption by investigative journalists such as Ray Stannard Baker and Lincoln Steffens.
		In 1890 there were large numbers of Irish born immigrants in the states of New York (483,000), Massachusetts (260,000), Illinois (124,000) and Minnesota (28,000).
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAEireland.htm (2004 words)

	Irish Dance Instructional Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This instructional guide of Irish dancing in the hard shoes or hornpipes is a must for new teachers and potential dancers of all ages.
		On this video with Olive are 6 World Irish Dancing Champions, who perform the finished dances for you, both in the class and at show level, in their costumes.
		Olive Hurley, the well-known Irish dancing teacher and champion dancer, as well as dancers from 18 of the top schools, demonstrate each movement, then dance it through, start to finish, to the appropriate music.
	www.securesearch.org /irish_dance (1208 words)

	the Irish Immigrants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Irish didn’t all come over at one time, but can be considered to be in three waves.
		Another pull factor in the third wave of Irish immigration was that their were many job openings in the railroads, coal mines, and many other industrial businesses that needed workers throughout 1840 to 1870.
		The Irish were put under strict medical exams, and were sent back if they had poor health, which many had because of the bad health care in Ireland.
	www2.ops.org /NORTH/curriculum/socstudies/EthnicB2/past/Irish.htm (1122 words)

	Irish Showbands Home Page
		Irish Showbands like the Clipper Carlton, the Dixies, the Royal, and hundreds more traveled the length and breadth of Ireland playing to packed houses every night.
		They played the Irish dance circuit which was mostly made up of some ballrooms and the parochial halls that dotted the island.
		Although bands from all genres coexisted and some even crossed over from one to another, the Irish "dance" scene was divided mainly between the "pop" and "country and western" bands (sometimes called "country and Irish").
	www.irish-showbands.com (1372 words)

	Irish Weddings
		From the accounts of contemporary writers it is apparent that in connection with these Irish weddings, however good might be the match, it was thought little of if the bridegroom did not first seize and carry off the bride.
		It was not till 1818 that pre-contracts were deprived of their efficacy; and it was not necessary until 1844 that even marriages celebrated by the established clergy should be protected by forms analogous to those prescribed by the English law as settled in 1823 and 1835.
		Since the disestablishment of the Irish Church, power has been given by Act of Parliament to its Archbishops and Bishops, and to the heads of the different Protestant bodies in Ireland to grand special licenses.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/2430/Iwed.html (5609 words)

	Irish Language, Gaelic, Music, Poetry, Songs, Games, Culture
		Irish Gaelic was the first vernacular language in Europe to develop a written form (in the 6th Century AD), I hope you come to enjoy the language and culture of Ireland.
		The Irish have always been known for a keen sense of humor.
		Irish Music selections spanning several centuries all brought together in a pleasant setting.
	www.irishpage.com (940 words)

	Nyamnyam Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Then she asked nyamnyam "Did you give her the ones from baguio already?" he said "No, but she wants you to have this, it's for you," and he handed her the goodies I bought her from BOHOL.
		Then I hear her whispering "Oh, Irish is really pretty here..." and I'm sure nyamnyam heard it because he made faces and whispered "You're sooooo proud, aren't you?!" nyahaha!!!
		Her wife even had an affair with an Irish man and finally, with her husband's gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors.
	www.jasmirish.blogspot.com (4084 words)

	TODAY’S LETTER: An Irish-American Reader Complains About Fulford’s “Ganging Up On America.”
		The Irish fault here, from a Washingtonian or Jeffersonian perspective, is that it took them so long to organize this taste for combat against the occupation.
		In fact, while the (mainly) Irish mobs were wrecking the city in 1863, the large Irish contingents in the police and state troops were fighting with, according to Theodore Roosevelt, “as much courage and steadfast loyalty as their associates of native origin.” The National Guard Colonel I mentioned who was tortured to death?
		The value of Irish immigration is ably defended by the Emerald Isle Immigration Center.
	www.vdare.com /letters/tl_010203.htm (561 words)

	Irish Language Information and Resources
		Although many of our members are fluent Irish speakers and teachers, most of us are students still working hard to learn the language.
		Proceeds are used solely for the purpose of promoting and teaching the Irish language.
		Although all of the materials are presented in Irish, some also have English translations.
	www.daltai.com /home.htm (476 words)

	Whopper of the Week: John Kerry. By Timothy Noah
		He said that he knew of no Irish ancestry and that he had always tried to correct misstatements whenever he learned about them.
		Still, it's striking that the Globe was able to find two separate instances where Kerry's own staff thought he was Irish and a third where Kerry's campaign invited the public to believe he was Irish.
		He was at a state convention attended by people with all sorts of backgrounds.) And it is striking that Kerry has never attempted to correct various references to his Irish ancestry that have appeared in the Globe, which is the most important newspaper in his state.
	www.slate.com /id/2079783 (786 words)

	Irish Coinage - Main Page
		Information about Irish coins for numismatists, collectors, archaeologists and others who have an interest in the currency in use in Ireland from earliest times to the present day.
		And if the pattern is that the investor is looking for 'rarity and quality' then it must be said that this piece does show both weakness and quite a lot of circulation wear and at such a huge price it may simply not be a good investment.
		There was a dearth of high quality Irish hammered material and it may be that the market has changed so much that this type of fair is no longer the place where this material is traded.
	www.irishcoinage.com (1874 words)

	The Irish Herald
		The Irish Herald is the oldest Irish newspaper on the West Coast.
		Since its re-launch in 1996, The Irish Herald continues to inform and entertain the ever-increasing Irish population by way of international and local Irish and Irish American news, entertainment listings, music and book reviews, advice on immigration, real estate, business and finance, travel stories and sports updates.
		The Irish Herald's 60,000 readers Irish immigrants ranging from the new arrivals to veterans of 30 or 40 years; Americans conducting business with Irish; or Americans with Irish ancestry value their heritage and like to support local business.
	www.irish-herald.com (278 words)

	IRISH AIRS
		Bulletin of the Irish Airmail Society - contains the table of contents of the last six issues of the bulletin, and also announces some of the articles coming in the next issue.
		Bill Murphy is a retired research scientist, now residing in San Jose, California. For most of three decades, his main collecting interest has been Irish airmail.
		His book, Irish Airmail 1919-1990, was published jointly in June 1996 by the Irish Airmail Society and the Éire Philatelic Association.
	members.aol.com /irishairs (388 words)

	Irish Cultural Centre of New England - Welcome
		As one of the largest Irish organizations in the Eastern United States, the Irish Cultural Centre of New England helps promote Irish culture, the arts, and sporting events.
		Our facility serves as the focal point of activities and we welcome you to join us in some of the many events happening all throughout the year.
		If you are interested in making a contribution to either the ICCNE or the Irish Connections Festival please click here.
	www.irishculture.org (239 words)

	Irish baby names meanings-list of unique and unusual baby names for your girl or boy.
		Irish baby names meanings-list of unique and unusual baby names for your girl or boy.
		Make sure your speakers are turned up as Frank helps with the pronunciation of each one and gives you the meaning and an associated tale in his own inimitable way.
		Irish christening gowns, christening gifts, toddler gifts, and much, much more are available for that beloved baby with the Irish name.
	www.babynamesofireland.com (367 words)

	IrishEyes
		That happened rather abruptly in Ireland since February 2005 and is reflected in more than 1100 active Irish bloggers.
		Remember, it's the car doing the stupid driving.) I am telling my American friends about stupid drivers and daft froggers on Irish roads before they encouter unexpected road hazards during their summer visits.
		That may change the minute an Irish blogger is kicked to the ground in a street brawl outside a late-opening premises.
	irish.typepad.com (774 words)

	THE IRISH POETRY PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		`Present-day Irish poets are believers - heretical believers, maybe - but they have the spiritual buoynancy of a belief in something.
		The sort of belief I see in Ireland is a belief emanating from life, from nature, from revealed religion, and from the nation.
		`Irish poetry remains a creation happily, fundamentally rooted in rural civilization, yet aware and in touch with the elementals of the future.'
	www.spinfo.uni-koeln.de /~dm/eire.html (506 words)

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	www.technorati.com /tag/irish (534 words)

	Milwaukee Irish Fest
		Held the week before the festival at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, this popular school features all levels of music, dance and song classes for adults and children.
		Milwaukee Irish Fest truly is a taste of Ireland featuring music, dance, song, sports, genealogy, poetry, and culture.
		But while the festival lasts only four days each year, the commitment to promote and preserve Irish culture throughout the year has earned Milwaukee Irish Fest national and worldwide acclaim.
	www.irishfest.com (311 words)

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