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In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

  
 Ireland
This was brought largely to an end, however, with the invasion of the Vikings in the 10th century and the Normans in the 12th century.
English rule was largely limited to the area around Dublin known as the Pale initially, but this began to expand in the 16th century with the final collapse of the Gaelic social and political superstructure at the end of the 17th century.
The Irish rugby team, for instance, includes players from the north and the south, and the Irish Rugby Football Union[?] governs the sport on both sides of the divide.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ir/Ireland.html   (728 words)

  
 The Irish in Australia
As a junior member of the Irish bar, he thought he saw a quicker way to fame and fortune in a young and rising colony, and he was not disappointed in his anticipations.
History shows how Irish governors have been mainly instrumental in building up and consolidating the colonial empire of Britain, and yet, during the currency of the nineteenth century, Ireland has never had a viceroy chosen from her own distinguished sons.
Irish mother and one of the most ardent of antipodean advocates for home rule, has a unique record, extending over half-a-century, as a fearless explorer, a versatile author, a successful governor and a distinguished statesman.
www.quinnipiac.edu /other/ABL/etext/Irish/australia/australianirishchapter13.html   (5508 words)

  
 Text Only Version--Charleston's Historic Religious and Community Buildings
Buildings such as the Marine Hospital ignited controversy over the degree in which the Federal government should be involved in South Carolina's government, society, and commerce.
An elaborate public building, the United States Post Office and Courthouse, was completed in 1896 and signaled renewed life in the heart of the city.
Notable graduates of Avery Institute are T.M. Stuart, a Supreme Court Justice in Liberia; Dr. R.S. Wilkinson, President of South Carolina State College; and Richard E. Fields, the first African American in modern times to be named as Judge of the Municipal Court of Charleston, and the second fl Circuit Judge.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/charleston/text.htm   (17018 words)

  
 Irish Way in World Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
There is evidence of a widespread concern in Irish society at the scale of social inequalities, and a growing awareness of the ways in which poverty, unemployment, and poor educational attainment may combine to create severe social deprivation.
Distinguishing features of the Irish experience are the efforts put into attracting foreign multi-nationals, successful to the point where one-half of the industrial output and one-half of those engaged in industry work for foreign firms (with about 50% of these being American).
The internationalization of Irish society is as evident in the approach to foreign affairs as it is in any other aspect of Irish life.
www.csd.neu.edu /Irish_Way.htm   (7632 words)

  
 Irish American Post
Attending Irish showcases like the 10th anniversary of River Dance on Broadway, are part and parcel of trips like this, but there’s part of Irish America that does not believe the IRA were behind recent incidents.
You say that Irish Americans understand the issue back in Belfast, but is there a mechanism that connects the power and the influence of the White House and Irish America in general back to that criminal investigation.
I hope that they are teaching a lesson to the British Government, the Irish Government, to all the wise commentators who tell us that Sinn Fein and the IRA don’t bow to pressure, that they won’t deal in terms other than their own and they won’t meet standards other than their own.
www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2005/05may/news/news04.html   (10281 words)

  
 Clonmacnoise Buildings
A notable feature is the two-light east window with an internal moulded frame similar to other examples in the west of Ireland.
The original building is an early masonry church, probably of the early 10th century with antae and putlog holes for tying scaffolding through the walls.
The stonework of the original building, surviving mainly in the north wall, is of brown sandstone with deep antae and putlog holes exactly similar to that of Temple Ciaran.
www.iol.ie /~mcgibbon/clon/buildings.html   (805 words)

  
 Irish Architectural Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Irish Architectural Archive is a charitable company which was established in 1976 to collect and preserve the records of Ireland's architectural heritage and make those records available to those who wish to consult them.
They include the most significant body of historic Irish architectural drawings in the world, with in excess of 80,000 drawings ranging in date from the late seventeenth to the late twentieth centuries.
The holdings of the Irish Architectural Archive contain material - primary or secondary - on every notable Irish architect, on every important Irish building period or style, and on most significant building in the 32 counties of Ireland.
www.architecture.com /go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1794.html   (211 words)

  
 History of Dublin
Although the buildings of the city included some timber and frame dwellings, the majority of the population lived in smaller dwellings that were dark, damp, and smoke filled.
Beautiful buildings and schools were constructed like Trinity College (1592) and various examples of merchant housing, yet much of the population lived in abject poverty.
These included the loss of the Irish language, the demand for equal rights for Catholics, and the agrarian struggle to free Irish Catholic farm tenants from the control of British protestant landholders, along with a loosely banded movement for Gaelic revival.
www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/ksachs/History_of_Dublin.html   (1888 words)

  
 Music in Grand Irish Houses
The concert, by a two-piano team, Una Hunt and Stephanie Hughes (both Irish), was held in the Stone Hall, Mount Stewart's splendid entry hall, an octagon with a fl-and-white checkered floor, Ionic pillars, 11-foot paneled mahogany doors, statuary and a huge Stubbs of a racehorse hanging in the half landing above the hall.
Celebrating the 80th birthday of the Irish composer and pianist Joan Trimble, who was present, the Misses Hunt and Hughes played a program of Handel, Mozart, Trimble, Mendelssohn and Brahms, and as Miss Trimble remarked afterward, "It was quite, quite lovely," a comment that could be applied to all the concerts we heard.
The Earl seemed preoccupied with an 18th-century Irish harp, which he'd had restrung and put in a place of honor at the end of the music room, but the rest of us were too busy inspecting the beautiful reception rooms to give the harp its due.
www.irishside.com /tis/content/nyt/125.htm   (1786 words)

  
 Caomhánach - Joseph M. Kavanagh
Among the Irish studying in Antwerp Jospeh seems to have been the one most interested in etching.
As Keeper of the RHA, he was a resident in their premises on Abbey Street when the buildings, including his studio and paintings, were destroyed by fire.
Kavanagh was lucky to escape with his life from the burning building but he never fully recovered from the tragedy.
www.kavanaghfamily.com /notable/josephm/josephm.htm   (216 words)

  
 Researching the History of Farm Buildings in Britain
A farm is complex of dwelling and agricultural buildings.
The chief farm buildings were attached to the manor house; the village for the estate workers lay close by.
Farm buildings of various types and periods can be seen at building museums around the country.
www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Buildings/Farms.htm   (578 words)

  
 Hamilton
The Irish people whose contributions are highlighted here, those who marked the public life and times of Hamilton in a way that merited recording, are a small minority.
Between 1832 and 1848, the proportion of Irish residents of Hamilton rose from 12 percent of the population to 30 per cent.
Since most of the early Irish settlers were from Munster (Kerry, Limerick, and Clare) we can only speculate that its name derived from their port of departure.
www.irishhamilton.ca /heritage.htm   (1060 words)

  
 THE PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a guerrilla army, demanding the reunification of Ireland.
In the past few weeks (late Nov, early Dec 2004), new hopes of a new and revitalized power-sharing agreement has been raised, as usual the Unionists are demanding total IRA disarmament, but this time with photographic proof of their destruction or disabling beyond any future use, for offensive or defensive means.
Irish Taoiseach Dr. Garret FitzGerald and former taoiseach Charles Haughey condemned the killings in Dail Éireann.
irishrepublicanarmy.info /PIRA.html   (1641 words)

  
 90.05.07: Irish Immigrant Families in Mid-Late 19th Century America
In 1850, it was reported that in the Irish Fifth Ward in Providence, an average of nine people or 1.82 families lived in one or two rooms.
This is written by Ann McNab, an Irish woman who came to America in the 1860s and gives a good first-hand account of her work as a domestic servant.
Irish ballads and songs written by Irish immigrants while leaving Ireland, journeying to America and living in America.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/5/90.05.07.x.html   (4717 words)

  
 Irish Architecture from Moytura's Irish Bookshop
Irish architecture and buildings in Ireland throughout the ages are featured in this section of Moytura's Irish Book Shop.
Irish homes fill these pages in elegant color photos that evoke the romance and strength, the eccentricity and grace, of Ireland's heritage.
Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings by Harold G.
www.moytura.com /irishbooks/architecture1.htm   (919 words)

  
 Review Article - Studies - Spring 2002
Foremost among those building on Craig’s work is Edward McParland, whose early articles on Irish neo-Classicism, culminating in his magisterial study of James Gandon in 1985, constitute some of the most satisfactory accounts of the subject and paved the way for his latest work on public architecture in Ireland.
With the arrival of Galilei horizons were extended beyond Britain and it is interesting to see how Irish buildings maintained a measure of independence from the restrictions of architectural fashion (notably the neo-Palladianism established by Lord Burlington) prevalent in England.
One of the characteristics of Irish architecture is that it is built on a scale bigger than its English counterparts.
www.jesuit.ie /studies/articles/2002/RevArt102.htm   (1352 words)

  
 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
At the corner of Sixth and Biddle Street stood the most prominent building on the block – St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church.
The church property was donated by Ann Biddle, daughter of Irish immigrant and philanthropist John Mullanphy.
Built in 1844, this church stood as a beacon for Irish Catholic settlers and immigrants in St. Louis.
www.umsl.edu /~virtualstl/phase2/1910/buildings/stpats.html   (186 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - News
The most notable, and the one most recognizable to foreign visitors, is the Old Library, home to the priceless 8th century manuscript "The Book of Kells."
Many of the famous people of Irish letters and history were educated at Trinity, among them the writers such as Jonathon Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett, as well as Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde.
In the early 21st century, this often takes the form of partnership with major international companies or of interinstitutional cooperation within the framework of programs of the European community, and in both Trinity is in a leading position in Ireland.
www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=15102   (595 words)

  
 Ireland - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The island of Ireland, named Hibernia by the Romans, is 280 miles (450 km) from North to South and 160 miles (260 km) from West to East.
The Irish language, Gaelic (commonly referred to as 'Irish' by the people of Ireland), arrived with the Celts in the last centuries BC.
As such, the Irish Pound was replaced by the Euro as the official currency on the 1st of January, 2002.
www.questionz.net /Countries/Ireland.html   (952 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Although the Irish themselves refer to the indigenous language as Irish, we are referring to it as Gaelic so as to avoid confusion with the word `Irish' meaning the people or their culture.
By the terms of the treaty Ireland was given commonwealth status and to be called the Irish Free State, the king of England was to be accepted as the king of Ireland, an oath of faith was required of all elected officials.
On its banks, 25,000 Irish and Jacobite men in support of James II were decisively defeated by 35,000 Dutch, Huguenot, German, Ulster Irish and English troops of William of Orange.
users.ev1.net /~gpmoran/GlsryA_G.htm   (9155 words)

  
 History of Murphys Irish Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is said that the Irish supported with uninhibited glee the celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
The Murphys, largest group of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party, were the first immigrants to successfully bring wagons over the Sierras to California in 1844, paving the route for the westward migration.
No doubt about it, once you arrive in Murphys, you will be smitten, for smiles all around are the garment for the day and many can be found leaving with a skip in their step and a charm in their heart for Murphys, Queen of the Sierra.
www.murphysirishdays.org /history.html   (359 words)

  
 History of Mexico - The Irish Presence
For the Irish in particular, it was the beginning of mass evictions, starvation, sickness, and death for thousands.
The Irish division was known as Los San Patricios, or "Those of Saint Patrick." It participated in all the major battles of the war and was cited for bravery by General López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Commander in Chief and President.
The oldest son of an Irish father and Mexican mother, he adhered to a philosophy of "progressive socialism," which ultimately affected both his writings and buildings.
www.houstonculture.org /mexico/irish.html   (1757 words)

  
 Historic Third Ward Association - Other Notable Buildings
This Building was erected in 1893 for Cudahy Bros. to serve as a packing and processing plant.
As a carriage house and horse stables, the structure kept the horses - transported by a counterweight elevator - on its third floor.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. purchased the building in 1992 and uses the space for its headquarters and clinic.
www.historicthirdward.org /tour/othernotable2.php   (280 words)

  
 Irish American Post
The Irish Times editorial (P15) asks 'whether Dr Paisley's DUP is seeking the end of the IRA as a paramilitary force as a precondition for devolved Government or whether it wants to return to majority rule?'.
We as the British and Irish Governments agree with that and the sooner it is done the better.
I welcome the fact that he’s a late convert to this sort of issue, and we tried building a collectivity into the working of the Executive, and there are arrangements already in place, there in terms of an existing ministerial code.
www.gaelicweb.com /irishampost/year2004/10oct/news/news01.html   (10653 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Irish language, Gaelic, arrived with the Celts in the last centuries BC.
More recently, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 has brought a degree of powersharing to Northern Ireland, giving both unionists, who favour it remaining a part of the United Kingdom, and nationalists, who favour it becoming part of the Irish state a hand in running its affairs.
Gaelic football (GAA) is, arguably, the most popular form of football and is played and organised on an all island basis but is largely confined to one side of the divide.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ireland   (833 words)

  
 Irish Power & Hewetson Colony 2
In the neighborhood of these principal buildings were numerous houses and jacals, in which the other settlers lived, and also barns, sheds, and corrals.
It was assumed by some that inasmuch as most Irish were Roman Catholics that every one with an Irish name in the Refugio colony was a practical Catholic, and it was also assumed that many of other national names were likewise practical Catholics.
The Irish empresarios, in letters to prospective settlers from the United States, urged them to come to their colonies as soon as possible, and by way of El Copano.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/irishpowhew2.htm   (7583 words)

  
 BCHS | About | Notable Bronxites
Mott was the inventor of the coal burning stove, considered a major innovation at the time, and was a life-long Democrat, often elected to offices in the town of West Farms.
John Savage was a poet born in Ireland and an active supporter of Irish independence from Britain.
His most notable effort is “The Subject Was Roses,” about a post-World War II Bronx Irish family coping with alcoholism.
www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org /about/notablebronxites.html   (7772 words)

  
 Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin - Buildings of Ireland [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
Archiseek / Ireland / Buildings of Ireland / Dublin / Dun Laoghaire / Introduction
Dún Laoghaire is a seaside town and ferry port situated some 12 km south of Dublin city centre in the council area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in County Dublin.
The harbour is notable for its two granite piers and is home to four yacht clubs.
www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/dublin/dunlaoghaire   (190 words)

  
 [No title]
Irish Texans fought for the Confederacy in the Battle of Glorietta in New Mexico, in the Battles of Palo Alto and Val Verde, in the Battle of Galveston Bay, January 1, 1863 and in the Battle of Sabine Pass, September 8, 1863.
Irish Texans were very prominent in helping to unite Texas with a railroad system and in developing its petroleum industry.
Irish Texans are to be found in all sports in various amateur and professional athletic teams and also on coaching staffs in Texas.
members.aol.com /IrishWord/Ir-Tex4.htm   (15821 words)

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