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 Irish statues and their nicknames: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Others are struck by controversies that have often arisen over statues in Dublin, and the disappearance of some of the city's most prominent monuments at the hands of the IRA.
Other statues on the street include one of trades union leader James Larkin[?] and an illegally erected statue to the Sacred Heart.
To erect the new monument, a notorious 1980s monument to the river Liffey was removed from nearby on O'Connell St. The river was represented by a woman sitting on a slope with water running down past her, bubbling.
www.encyclopedian.com /ir/Irish-statues-and-their-nicknames.html   (413 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Luas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Luas (Irish for 'speed'), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland.
The international standard rail gauge of 1435mm (4' 8½") is used, rather than the Irish 1,600mm (5' 3").
Their claims were proven wrong in late 2004 when a 30m red line tram from the red line, number 3002, was transferred onto the green line.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Luas   (1932 words)

  
 Separation of church and state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The status of the separation of church state in almost any country around the can be viewed by clicking on the geographical region in the left panel of Web page (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/) maintained by the United States Department of State.
The administration of the state is regulated by their respective church laws are drafted by the churches and enacted the parliament.
Several religious groups are heavily involved with Some such as the Christian Coalition have publicly stated their intent to the separation of church and state and their own religious views and agenda into lawmaking process.
www.freeglossary.com /Separation_of_church_and_state   (3361 words)

  
 Irish statues and their nicknames
One of the few elected politicians commemorated with a statue is Henry Grattan, a leading politician of the 1780s in the old Irish Parliament.
A nearby statue of patriot Thomas Davis[?] has earned the nickname 'Frankenstein' due to the out of scale hands, and odd shaped body given to the nationalist leader in the 1960s work.
One statue not blown up was the statue of Queen Victoria, which stood in the forecourt of Leinster House, the seat of the Oireachtas Éireann (Irish Parliament).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ir/Irish_statues_and_their_nicknames.html   (590 words)

  
 Luas - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Originally under the organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann, the project was moved to the Railway Procurement Agency upon that body's inception, whilst it is operated by Connex.
The international standard rail gauge of 1435 mm (4' 8½" ins) is used, rather than the Irish 1,600 mm (5' 3").
It was reported (Sunday Times, (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1337383,00.html) 31 October 2004) that a €70 million plan to link the two lines would be presented to the Irish Government by the Minister for Transport before the end of 2004.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Luas   (1637 words)

  
 Secret life ends for Irish Travelers: 10/28/02
Glossy porcelain statues of Jesus, of the Madonna, stand watch from side tables as Sherlock, 46, is saying her culture isn't nearly as peculiar or lawless as some folks say.
Descendants of nomadic Irish traders and tinsmiths known as the Tinkers who immigrated to the United States 150 years ago, the Irish Travelers have protected their archaic culture by keeping the outside world at bay.
Travelers share a distinctly suspicious view of the world, one shaped by their people's history of persecution in Ireland, where they were seen as an itinerant underclass.
www.s-t.com /daily/10-02/10-28-02/a13lo072.htm   (1476 words)

  
 Unwelcome Stares at Quiet Clan
The Irish Travelers who settled in the United States in the 19th century migrated to different parts of the country and established their own clan groups, often with little intermingling across regions.
Sometimes their wives go along, depending on the ages of the kids and whether they're still in school.
For special occasions, Traveler mothers garb their young daughters in shiny, sequined dresses and complete the picture of a child beauty queen with bouffant hairstyles and makeup.
www.rickross.com /reference/irish_travelers/irish_travelers10.html   (2141 words)

  
 Informat.io on Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Irish Free State rebuilt much of the city's buildings and moved parliament to Leinster House, but took no bold tasks such as remodelling.
The Irish Government has launched a national transport plan which is expected to cost the government €34.4 billion over the next 10 years.
The Irish Government is based in the Irish Government Buildings, a large building designed by Sir Aston Webb, the architect who created the Edwardian facade to Buckingham Palace.
www.vacilando.sk /?title=dublin-1   (4228 words)

  
 Irish Lords of Kerry
Five hundred years of warfare between the Irish and the English have resulted in the destruction of most of the civil and religious records such as would typically be found in other countries in western Europe.
Even the sporting of a mustache after the Irish fashion (the fashion in Europe then also) and not having a shaven upper lip like the English, was denounced by act of Parliament (25 Henry VI, 1447) as deserving of death, and the delinquent's estate was to be forfeited to the Crown.
Because of their system of designating Lords solely on the basis of male heredity, the English discovered to their horror that, where once sat a Norman Lord, there now sat a Gael with a Norman name and a legitimate title under English law.
www.fitzmaurice.info /irish.html   (4802 words)

  
 Alphonse of Toulouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Iron Guard considered Iorga responsible for the 1938 death of their charismatic leader, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu : after Iorga (in his capacity as a minister) had backed the claim that Codreanu had slander ed him (Nagy-Talavera, X.4), Codreanu was arrested and imprisoned, then was shot, putatively during an attempted prison escape.
As with all Dublin fittings and fixtures (see Irish statues and their nicknames), attempts have been made to give the Luas an alternative name: the Jerry Lee Lewis,the walz, the Joe Louis and the Daniel Day-Lewis, and, for the more literate folk, the C.
Their second album, Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock, was recorded in May and June of 2004.
sl_kategorija.rojeni.leta.1264.sl.iwet.info   (4341 words)

  
 equestrian statues and 19th century - 2nd equestrian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Statue - Bronze Statue of Napoleon - French 19th century French equestrian bronze of Napoleon mounted on verde....
Describes the unveiling of a statue to William Wallace in Stirling in 1850, and the feelings of nationalism in Scotland at the time.
treatment of the statues on the south porch of the east faade of...
equestrian.tiraggih.info /dir6/equestrian-statues-and-19th-century.html   (477 words)

  
 Falcon family of young Ireland
The scene was innocently tumultuous; boys frolicked, tomboys romped, and the maturer portion of the mul­titude, chiefly of the feminine gender, indemnified themselves for the gravity of their conduct by the vo­lubility of their tongues.
Their house was one of those expensive establishments where a thousand pounds a year might have been saved by the mere inspection of bills, and the commonest precautions against domestic peculation.
Their house was a general rendezvous for marauders and intruders of all sorts and sexes, social nuisances of every description, and country-cousins of all degrees of real or pretended consanguinity.
www.quinnipiac.edu /other/abl/etext/irish/falcon/falcon.html   (17518 words)

  
 American Comments Magazine
Children spend a great deal of their time in school, and schools have a very significant impact on their emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual development.
We are asking that the public schools stop demeaning, insulting, harassing and misrepresenting Native peoples, their cultures and religions, for the sake of school athletics.
Our warriors gave their sacred lives in often vain attempts to protect the land and preserve the culture for future generations.
www.iwchildren.org /barb.htm   (2326 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > User:Jtdirl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I also work as a current affairs commentator for a number of publications and have worked as an advisor to senior Irish politicians.
Irish 'Pro-Life Amendment' (any-abortion provision in Irish constitution since 1983)
The Governor-General of the Irish Free State (1922-36/7)
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/us/User:Jtdirl   (259 words)

  
 Panchromatica: Environment
The attitude toward urban planning in such circles parallels their view of national transportation policy: while they hold Amtrak in contempt as a subsidized dinosaur, they seem utterly surprised at any suggestion that the creation and ongoing expansion of the Interstate Highway system might have involved some (gasp!) government intervention.
As far as I'm concerned, the scientists at the Met office and their colleagues around the world are more likely to have a grasp of the notoriously complex science of climatology than a retired geographer.
The Irish government is apparently going to buy enough carbon credits within the next three years to allow industry to continue to emit 96-98% of today's carbon dioxide levels.
ibanda.blogs.com /panchromatica/environment   (11017 words)

  
 Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Historically, in the old script used for the Irish language, 'bh' was written with a dot placed over the 'b' - thus appearing to be Dub Linn or Dublinn.
From 1922, following the partition of Ireland, it served as the capital of the Irish Free State (1922-1937) and now as the capital of the Republic of Ireland.
The capital is also the location of important national newspapers and radio stations, such as The Irish Times, Irish Independent and Today FM.
www.abcworld.net /Dublin.html   (3449 words)

  
 Monuments and Statute of Dublin
There is, however, a modern equestrian statue outside the "Break for the Border" nightclub on Stephen Street.
It rapidly came to be nicknamed the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, the Hoor in the Sewer ('hoor' is a dialectal Irish version of 'whore'), Bidet Mulligan (play on the song Biddy Mulligan) and Viagra Falls.
is a statue of two women sitting on a bench engaged in conversation with their shopping bags at their feet - they are known famously as the Hags with the Bags.
www.streetsofdublin.com /monuments.htm   (1068 words)

  
 Luas - GigaDictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Originally under the organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann, the project was moved to the Railway Procurement Agency upon that body's inception, whilst it is operated by Veolia Transport Ireland (formerly known as Connex).
The international standard rail gauge of 1435 mm (4' 8½") is used, rather than the Irish 1,600 mm (5' 3").
The Smartcard project is part of the Railway Procurement Agency's integrated ticketing system, which, when completed, should allow travellers to use the one card to pay for travel on all public transport in Ireland.
www.gigadictionary.com /Luas   (1616 words)

  
 The Ultimate Luas - American History Information Guide and Reference
Luas (from the Irish for 'speed') — also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System — currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail transit systems in Dublin, Ireland.
The standard European rail gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ ins) is being used rather than the Irish gauge of 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 ins).
There is no truth in the commonly-held notion that the Green Line and the Red Line run on different gauges, this would appear to stem from some other differences in the two lines.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Luas   (1294 words)

  
 Luas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Luas (Irish for 'speed'), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland.
The international standard rail gauge of 1435mm (4' 8½") is used, rather than the Irish 1,600mm (5' 3").
Their claims were proven wrong in late 2004 when a 30m red line tram from the red line, number 3002, was transferred onto the green line.
zdnet.co.za /wiki/Luas   (2051 words)

  
 Panchromatica: Dublin Statues and their Nicknames
Statue of Anna Livia (personification of the River Liffey as a woman sitting on a slope with water running down past her, bubbling) - nicknamed the Hoor in the Sewer, Viagra Falls or the Floozie in the Jacuzzi.
Close to the Spire on North Earl Street is a statue of James Joyce apparently known as the Prick with the Stick.
You may have already caught up with this, but Patrick Kavanagh's statue was sponsored in 1991 by an ex-client of mine (Zeneca Ireland) and has always been referred to as "The Crank on the Bank".
ibanda.blogs.com /panchromatica/2004/03/dublin_statues_.html   (577 words)

  
 Luas
Originally under the organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann, the project was moved to the Railway Procurement Agency http://www.rpa.ie upon that body's inception, whilst it is operated by Connex.
The standard European rail gauge of 1435 mm (or more traditionally, 4 ft 8½ ins) is being used rather than the Irish gauge of 1600 mm (5 ft 3 ins).
It has been reported (Sunday Times, 31 October 2004) that a €70 million euro plan to link the two lines will be presented to the Irish Cabinet by the transport minister before the end of 2004.
www.keywordmage.net /lu/luas.html   (1204 words)

  
 Dublin - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Image:Dublin-aerialsmall.jpg The name Dublin is an Anglicism of Dubh Linn (Irish, meaning "Black Pool"), though some doubt this derivation.
Croke Park, an 82,500-capacity stadium near Drumcondra and Phibsboro, is the base of the Gaelic Athletic Association and hosts Gaelic Football and Hurling games during the summer months and on St.
The Dublin Region consists of the City of Dublin and the area which was formerly known as County Dublin, and covers an area of 922 km² and contains over a million inhabitants.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Dublin   (3987 words)

  
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