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	Irish names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One family of the name is said to be a branch of the Brownlow family of the Tyrconnell area, who settled in Irleand from Co. Lincoln, England, Centered in Derrylard, Portadown, Co. Armagh, on the estate of Lord Charlemont.
		The name of Johnston, a separate Scottish name, is often interchanged and confused with Johnson.
		One English family of the name held lands in Worcester and is subsequently found in Farrihy, Co. Cork in the 18th century and in Dublin in the 19th century.
	www.homestead.com /viviansplace/Irishnames.html (1143 words)

	The Irish (in countries other than Ireland)
		Who were the first Irish to land on the American continent and the time of their arrival are perhaps matters of conjecture rather than of historical proof; but that the Irish were there almost at the beginning of the colonial era is a fact support by historical records.
		Irish names, however, are met with occasionally in the documents relating to these settlements; it is certain that there were Irish Catholics in the Virginia Colony prior to 1633.
		Other writers are content to fix the proportion of those who were disaffected towards the cause of the patriots at one-third of the entire population.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/irish.html (16771 words)

	Irish place names in other countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a partial or incomplete list of places in countries other than Ireland named after places in Ireland.
		Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland.
		Bangor is the name of 28 towns around the world, including Bangor, County Down.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_place_names_in_other_countries (246 words)

	Cork and Kerry Place Names Home Page
		Cork Place Names Survey was established in 1996 by Dr. Éamon Lankford to undertake the collection and mapping of the minor placename heritage of Co. Cork.
		Irish placenames are an integral, though often forgotten part of the cultural heritage of Ireland.
		All names in Irish or in English given to manmade and natural features in the Cork and Kerry rural and urban landscape and the lore attached to such minor names are being collected and their location mapped.
	www.placenames.ie /index.html (1122 words)

	Irish diaspora
		The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and states of the Caribbean and continental Europe.
		There are now well in excess of one million Irish born residents, with some estimates putting the total Irish diaspora in Britain at as much as 20 percent of the population, or 12 million.
		Irish settlers were brought in small numbers over the years, as from other parts of the United Kingdom.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/irish_diaspora.html (2516 words)

	Names of the Goddess
		Place names identified with the oak (Oakford, formerly Ocford), the egg (Egg Buckland, formerly Achintone), the ox (Oxted, formerly Ocstead) and the hog (Ogle, formerly Ogghill, earlier Hoggel) probably all get their names from Oc/Og, according to Cohane, since all three have had forms which interchange with one another.
		According to these Arab sources, the king placed in the pyramids accounts of all he had learned from the wisest men of the times, including the secrets of astronomy, complete with tables of the stars, geometry and physics, treatises on precious stones, and certain machines, including celestial spheres and terrestrial globes...
		So in the end, I tend to believe Cohane is on the right track with his place names, which suggests to me that his evaluation of Danu and its variants is probably correct, and that this name is more regional than universal, coming at a later period than the one we are addressing.
	www.spinninglobe.net /goddessnames.htm (2729 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
		Hospital; others were carried to the sheds and structures which had been provided by the brokers and agents of the shipowners, under their agreement with the municipal authorities to provide for such sick emigrants as they might land.
		Hospital at Pittsburgh, established by the Irish Sisters of Mercy, was for the relief of the sick and disabled soldiers returning from the Mexican War, 1848.
		New York; besides many other Irishmen and sons of Irishmen whose names are identified with Irish and Catholic journalism and the publication of Irish and Catholic literature in the United States.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm (13591 words)

	Meaning of the Surname
		For instance, the place of birth: St. Francis of Assisi; a descriptive characteristic: Lambert Le Tort, an Old French poet whose name means "Lambert the Nisted;" the person's occupation: Piers, Plowman; or the use of the father's name: Leif Ericsson.
		Other Danish surnames include: Henricksen (the son of Henry; home rule), Krogh (a worker in an inn, or dweller in a corner), Pedersen (the son of Peter; a rock) and Jorgenson (the son of George; farin er).
		Sometimes names are kept secret because of religious laws, in many tribes, a child will be given one name at birth, and other names during various stages of his or her life.
	www.mayrand.org /meaning-e.htm (4797 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 (4392 words)

	Irish People and Ireland - Irish news, events in Ireland, Irish culture, genealogy, music, Ireland travel
		An important early family of the name were established by the 1260s in County Waterford, around Dungarvan; it is not clear if they were related to those of Ely, County Tipperary, an important family of the fifteenth century, when the name also occurs around Carrick-on-Suir.
		The name is common in all provinces except Ulster, resulting in the large numbers of Welsh settlers who accompanied the Anglo-Normans during the invasion of Ireland.
		Irish Whites descend from several men of this coloration, and in the early Anglo-Norman period the name is usually given in its French form: le Blond, although some early references to White do occur.
	www.irishabroad.com /yourroots/genealogy/names/anglonorman/part6.asp (2024 words)

	MD Irish Education Commitee
		However, it was the Irish immigrants' ability to not only survive the horror of the Great Hunger, but to also flourish in their newly adopted country.
		Many other poor Irish were evicted from their meager homes for falling behind in their rent.
		Yet, the appalling and incredible reality was that the government continued to permit the exportation of tons of food from Ireland to other countries while the Irish died in massive numbers.
	www.irishfestival.com /miec.htm (1439 words)

	Last Name Origin
		This latter is derived from the village of Buren, in Gelderland.
		Names with 'van' are to be read on shops as well as on the doors of the most aristocratic mansions.
		Van Buren is a very common name in Holland, but there was a family van Buren, now extinct, who were of such high and ancient blood that the late Queen Sophia, when traveling incognito, did so under the name of Countess van Buren.
	www.last-names.net /Articles/Place.asp (1016 words)

	Irish Surname Meanings
		The majority of Irish place names, and particularly townland names, are derived from the Gaelic, or Irish, language.
		It is not uncommon for researchers to know the name of the place of origin of their ancestor, and to find it is not listed in any guide.
		Other sources include Robert Bell's Book of Ulster Surnames, (Belfast, 1988); Robert E. Matheson's Special Report on Surnames in Ireland together with Varieties and Synonyms of Surnames and Christian Names (1901), reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore (1968); and Rev. Patrick Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames (1923), reprinted by the same company in 1993.
	www.last-names.net /Articles/Irish-Names.asp (1150 words)

	Irish Tips - Irish Advice - Irish Information
		Place the lot into a sack and tie with coloured ribbon.
		a.) That Irish surnames were very susceptible to change (in the last century most Irish people spoke Gaelic and the spelling and translation of their names in to English was vague at best).
		Thus your Irish ancestors may very well have spelt their name very differently to the way you spell it.
	www.irish.lifetips.com (873 words)

	Casino News & Articles - March 17, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He characterised published comments earlier in the week by Ayre as an insult to the country, and said he had spoken to the officials involved in the raid to verify the circumstances surrounding the incident.
		Many other options would achieve the same result of putting enforcement more in the hands of bank regulators and less in the hands of the Justice Department.
		The company's "look at me" tactics have included paying ridiculous prices for oddments of questionable value, naming unfortunate babies and sending logo-emblazoned streakers to disrupt other people's sporting events, and are generally regarded with a degree of amusement but as something that has probably long passed it's sell-by date.
	casinocashjourney.com /casino_news_mar_17_06.htm (9401 words)

	The early history of Ireland and meanings of the family names and place-names appearing on the Family Name Map of ...
		Old Irish was jealously preserved unchanged within the monasteries until the Viking raids of the 8th and 9th centuries disrupted monastic life and allowed common speech to influence the written form.
		(The name derived from árd `height' and gal `valour'.) The sept was a branch of the MacMahons.
		An earlier Irish name was Ballyderry "the settlement by the oak wood".
	www.gwp.enta.net /irishhist.htm (18042 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Gaeltacht place names in Irish only...
		In Belgium roadsigns in the North tend to all be in Dutch/Flemish and French in the south.
		I have no malice against Irish, god knows I have to study enough of it in my course at college, but I think it has been hijacked and used as a political tool which is wrong and quite understandably gets peoples backs up.
		Like the GAA, the Irish langauge is 'owned' by on side and shunned by the other, and it appeaers to me that both sides are quite happy with the deal.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2004/12/gaeltacht_place.php (7124 words)

	GENUKI: United Kingdom and Ireland
		Country House Database is listing of country houses in the British Isles from the late medieval period to about 1850, and their occupants.
		Country House Database "represents a first attempt at listing country houses in the British Isles from the late medieval period to ca.
		Although the names of the games are those used in North-East England, most of these games were played throughout the country.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big (2207 words)

	KryssTal : The English Language
		It is listed as the official or co-official language of over 45 countries and is spoken extensively in other countries where it has no official status.
		The historical influence of language in the British Isles can best be seen in place names and their derivations.
		Languages belonging to other familes are not related to English.
	www.krysstal.com /english.html (1199 words)

	Sandra's advice: Who dared dance at Lughnasadh? Sunday Mirror - Find Articles
		His name lives on in many Irish place names and other countries connected to the Ancient Celts, such as Lug-dunum (present day Lyon, France), and Roman Britain was known as Luguvallum.
		On the banks of the river Blackwater between Navan and Kells is where marriages took place which were valid for one year.
		In Celtic times blue-berries, known by the Irish name of Phreachan or Freacan, were gathered as part of the Lughnasadh rituals.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040801/ai_n12902344 (458 words)

	Graham Kerr
		Graham and his wife Treena have traveled to many countries in search of a deeper knowledge of the world's diverse flavors and cuisines.
		Whether it's Boston Cream Pie, Scottish Irish Stew, Tortilla Soup, Cioppino or Indian Pudding, each of the recipes featured in Graham Kerr's Gathering Place is nutritious and heartwarming-perfect for sharing with family and friends.
		In each program, Graham captures the spirit of "the gathering place" by sharing his creation with that episode's guest expert and a member of the studio audience.
	www.kcts.org /productions/grahamkerr/index.asp (599 words)

	Our Scotch/Irish Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although there is evidence of the use of this term, or others, (Ulster Irish, Northern Irish, Irish Presbyterians) to differentiate the Scotch/Irish immigrants from other citizens of America, it is believed to have generally fallen into non-use by the 1840's, wherever it had been used.
		The Irish, as many new classes of immigrants are in a new country, were not looked on favorably by the general population.
		Aside from the missionary goal of converting the Irish was the real consideration of not having a neighbor that might hold a religion in common with its enemies.
	members.aol.com /ntgen/hrtg/scirish.html (2394 words)

	Journal: Ainm
		AINM, meaning 'name', is devoted to the study of Irish names.
		Contributions on the place and personal names of the other Celtic countries, or on onomastics in general, will also be accepted for publication.
		Earlier series of the journal are out of print, but many of the important articles are now being reprinted in Ainm.
	www.ulsterplacenames.org /ainm.htm (108 words)

	Dublin, Georgia -
		The town, named such because the Middle Georgia piedmont reminded Irish settlers of terrain in their native country, was founded on the Oconee river, which starts in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in northern Georgia before flowing into the Altamaha on that river's course toward the Atlantic.
		Because of Dublin's location as a midpoint between Savannah and Atlanta, the town in recent decades became home to a small assortment of industrial distribution centers.
		The racial makeup of the city was 45.54% White, 51.42% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.75% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Dublin,_Georgia (526 words)

	SCA College of Arms - Education Articles
		This page is a directory of educational material regarding names, naming practices and related subjects.
		For instance, a combination of Arabic and Irish name elements would not be registered.
		An Index to the Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Census of Paris
	www.sca.org /heraldry/laurel/names.html (505 words)

	IrishOmaha.com -- Omaha, Nebraska
		In addition to these groups we invite all local Irish artists to notify us of events that would be of interest to our local Irish population.
		Irish records are scarce in comparison to other European countries.Therefore, much of the class will cover how to search the entire immigrant family to determine their Irish place of origin.
		These international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer — one that always has audiences singing and clapping along.
	www.irishomaha.com (814 words)

	Thousands of NAMES for your dog, horse, cat, pet or child from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia -
		All the links to names relating to the United Kingdom, including English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Celtic and Gaelic Names, Place names, Shakespearean names, Arthurian names, Anglo-Saxon, and Flemish Names.
		Many given names in the English language refer to El, a Hebrew name for God, and have their origin in the Bible.
		Many will be familiar but others will be unheard of, deriving from 15th century witticisms or literary imagination, and some are simply archaic or erroneous.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names.htm (2733 words)

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		Irish house prices up 270% since 1996 rising at average of 14.9% for each of the last ten years; Construction sector may shed over 100,000 jobs by 2016
		Irish employment grew by 83,000 in year to September 2006; Unemployment increased to 104,800 and Foreign Nationals accounted for 40,500 of employment increase, 5,200 of additional unemployed
		Electricity prices for Irish industry are third highest in EU and sixth highest for consumers; Irish household prices are 46% higher than UK OECD governments gave €225 billion in support to farmers in 2005, amounting to 29% of farm receipts
	www.finfacts.com (3984 words)

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