Irish Sea - Irish Sea The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Ireland and Wales in the south and by the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland in the north The Isle of Man lies in the middle of the Irish Sea. Ferry connections between Britain to Ireland via the Irish Sea include the routes from Swansea to Cork, Fishguard and Pembroke to Rosslare, Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire, Stranraer to Belfast and Larne, and Cairnryan to Larne. There is also a connection between Liverpool and Belfast via the Isle of Man. The Irish Sea Forum is an environmental forum concerned with the Irish Sea. The Irish Sea has been subject to heavy radioactive pollution.
Irish diaspora - Irish diaspora The Irish diaspora consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia. By one estimate, the diaspora contains as many as 60 million people. Over the centuries, political oppression, joblessness, and hunger in a sometimes harsh land have forced the sons and daughters of Irish parents to leave to other shores, particularly the shores of "Amerikay," where a livelihood was (it was hoped) easier. This experience was immortalized in the words of many songs including the famous Irish ballad, "The Green Fields of America": So pack up your sea-stores, consider no longer, Ten dollars a week is not very bad pay, With no taxes or tithes to devour up your wages, When you're on.
Irish moss - Irish moss Irish moss, or carrageen (Irish carraigeen, "moss of the rock"), is a species of red algae (Chondrus crispus) which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America. In its fresh condition the plant is soft and cartilaginous, varying in colour from a greenish-yellow to a dark purple or purplish-brown; but when washed and sun-dried for preservation it has a yellowish translucent horn-like aspect and consistency. The principal constituent of Irish moss is a mucilaginous body, of which it contains about 55%; the plant also has nearly 10% of albuminoids and about 15% of mineral matter, and is rich in iodine and sulphur. When softened in water it has a sea-like odour, and because of the abundant mucilage.
Irish Derby Stakes - Irish Derby Stakes The Irish Derby Stakes have been held annually at the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland since 1866. The ancient Gaelic name " Curragh, " actually means racecourse and the Derby is Ireland's most important event in thoroughbred horse racing. The race for 3 year olds is run a distance of 1 1/2 miles, drawing the best horses in Great Britain and France to compete. Irish Derby winners: 1866 - Selim 1867 - Golden Plover 1868 - Madeira 1869 - The Scout 1870 - Billy Pitt 1871 - Maid of Athens 1872 - Trickstress 1873 - Kyrle Daly 1874 - Ben Battle 1875 - Innishowen 1876 - Umpire 1877 - Redskin 1878 - Madame duBarry 1879 - Soulouque 1880 - King of the Bees.
Irish poetry - Irish poetry The history of Irish poetry is complicated by the fact that since at least the 14th century it has been the history of two poetries, one in Irish language and the other in English language. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a set of traditions that are both rich and difficult for the outsider to follow. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Earliest Irish Poetry 2 Medieval/Early Modern 2.1 Bardic Poetry 2.2 Metrical Dindshenchus 2.3 The Poems of Fionn 2.4 The Kildare Poems 2.5 Spenser and Ireland 3 The 18th Century 3.6 Gaelic Songs: the End of an Order 3.7 Cúirt An Mheán Óiche 3.8 Swift and Goldsmith 4 The 19th.
Irish theatre - Irish theatre The history of Irish theatre begins with the rise of the English administration in Dublin at the start of the 17th century. Over the next 400 years, this small country was to make a disproportionate contribution to drama in English. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Small Beginnings 2 The First Playhouse 3 The Court in Kilkenny 4 The Restoration 5 The 18th Century 6 The 19th Century 7 The Abbey and After 8 Mid 20th Century 9 Recent Developments 10 Further Reading 11 External Links Small Beginnings Although there would appear to have been performances of plays on religious themes in Ireland from as early as the 14th century, the first well-documented instance of a theatrical production in Ireland is a 1601 staging of.
Sea - Sea A sea (pronounced see) is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean. The term is also used for large, usually saline, lakes that lack a natural outlet, such as the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The term is used in a less geographically precise manner as synonymous with ocean, as in the tropical sea or down to the sea shore, or even sea water referring to water of the ocean. Many seas are marginal seas. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 List of seas, divided by ocean 1.1 Pacific Ocean 1.2 Atlantic Ocean 1.3 Indian Ocean 1.4 Arctic Ocean 1.5 Southern Ocean 1.6 Landlocked seas 2 Extraterrestrial seas List of seas, divided by ocean Pacific Ocean Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska.
Kirkcudbrightshire - south-western Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Ayrshire, W. and S.W. by Wigtownshire, S. and SE. by the Irish Sea and the Solway Firth, and E. and N.E. by Dumfriesshire. It includes the small islands of Hestan and Little Ross. It had an area of 575,565 acres or 899 sq. m. The north-western part of the shire is rugged, wild and desolate. In this quarter the principal mountains are Merrick (2764 feet), the highest in the south of Scotland, and the group of the Rinns of Kells, the chief peaks of which are Corserine (2668 feet), Carlins Cairn (2650 feet), Meikle Millyea (2446 feet) and Millfire (2350 feet). Towards the south-west the chief eminences are Lamachan (2349 feet), Larg (2216 feet), and the bold mass of Cairnsmore of Fleet.
January 30 - States Capitol -- first assassination attempt against a President. 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. 1862 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. 1900 - United Kingdom forces fighting Boers in South Africa ask for reinforcements. 1911 - The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana, Cuba. 1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill. 1925 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul. 1933 - Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. 1933 - The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger airs on the radio for the first time. 1944 - United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands. 1948.
James Barry (painter) - (painter) James Barry (1741-1806), Irish-English painter, was born at Cork in October 1741. His father had been a builder, and, at one time of his life, a coasting trader between the two countries of England and Ireland. To this business of trader James was destined, and he actually made several voyages as a boy; but he manifested such an aversion to the life and habits of a sailor as to induce his father to suffer him to pursue his own inclinations, which led strongly towards drawing and study. At the schools in Cork to which he was sent he was regarded as a prodigy. About the age of seventeen he first attempted oil-painting, and between that and the age of twenty-two, when he first went to Dublin, he produced several large.
James Connolly (athlete) - was the first modern Olympic champion. Connolly in Athens 1896. James Connolly was born to Irish-Catholic parents, one of twelve children, in South Boston. Growing up at a time when the parks and playground movement in Boston was slowly developing, Connolly joined other boys in the streets and vacant lots to run, jump, and play ball. After completing his education first at Notre Dame Academy and then at the Mather and Lawrence grammar schools of his district, Connolly had spent time as a clerk with an insurance company in Boston and later with the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Georgia. His predisposition to sport, and his impact on the community, soon became apparent. Calling a special meeting of the Catholic Library Association (CLA) of Savannah in 1891, he was instrumental.
James Gillespie Blaine - statesman, was born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, of sturdy Scottish-Irish stock on the side of his father. He was the great-grandson of Colonel Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), who during the War of Independence served in the American army, from 1778 to 1782 as commissary-general of the Northern Department. With many early evidences of literary capacity and political aptitude, JG Blaine graduated at Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and subsequently taught successively in the Military Institute, Georgetown, Kentucky, and in the Institution for the Blind at Philadelphia. During this period, also, he studied law. Settling in Augusta, Maine, in 1854, he became editor of the Kennebec Journal, and subsequently on the Portland Advertiser. But his editorial work was soon abandoned for a more active public career. He was elected to the.
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose - same month he displayed his gallantry in action at the forcing of the Tyne at Newburn. After the invasion had been crowned with success, Montrose still continued to cherish his now hopeless policy. On 27 May 1641 he was summoned before the Committee of Estates charged with intrigues against Argyll, and on 11 June he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle. When Charles visited Scotland to give his formal assent to the abolition of Episcopacy, Montrose communicated to him his belief that Hamilton was a traitor. It had indeed been alleged, on Clarendons authority, that he proposed to murder Hamilton and Argyll; but this is in all probability only one of Clarendons many blunders. Upon the kings return to England Montrose shared in the amnesty which was tacitly accorded to all Charles's.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose - forcing of the Tyne at Newburn. After the invasion had been crowned with success, Montrose still continued to cherish his now hopeless policy. On May 27 1641 he was summoned before the Committee of Estates charged with intrigues against Argyll, and on the 11th of June he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle. When Charles visited Scotland to give his formal assent to the abolition of Episcopacy, Montrose communicated to him his belief that Hamilton was a traitor. It had indeed been alleged, on Clarendons authority, that he proposed to murder Hamilton and Argyll; but this is in all probability only one of Clarendons many blunders. (See SR Gardiner, Hist. of England, 1603-1642, X. 26). Upon the king's return to England Montrose shared in the amnesty which was tacitly accorded to all.
Victorian era - Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte The operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan The constructions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel The Gothic revival movement in architecture The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Franco-Prussian War The policies of New Imperialism The Irish Question The Victorian period is now often regarded as one of many contradictions. It is easy for many to see a clash between the widespread cultivation of an outward appearance of dignity and restraint and the widespread presence of many arguably deplorable phenomena, including prostitution, child labour, and having an economy based to a large extent on what many would now see as the exploitation of colonies through imperialism and of the working classes. The expression "Victorian values" thus may be two-edged. The term "Victorian" has acquired a range of.
John Cabot - under the British flag. Most notably, in 1497, he set sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a sea route to Asia. He ended up in North America, he and his men being the first Europeans since the Vikings verifiably known to have done so. Cabot was born in Genoa, around 1451, but moved to Venice in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen. It was probably on hearing of Columbus's discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He went with his plans to England, because: He incorrectly thought spices were coming from northern Asia A degree of longitude is shorter the further one is from the equator, so the voyage from western Europe to eastern Asia would.
Victor McLaglen - famous fights was against Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson, who defeated him in six rounds. Between bouts, he toured with a circus, which offered $25 to anyone who could go three rounds with him. He returned to England in 1913 and served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers during World War I. He also continued boxing, and was named Heavyweight Champ of the British Army in 1918. After the war, he began taking roles in British silent films. McLaglen's career took a turn in the 1920s, when he moved to Hollywood. He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing drunks. The highlight of his career was an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Informer (1935), based on a novel by Liam O'Flaherty. He was nominated.
John Mandeville - in modern times the spurious credit of being "the father of English prose." In his preface the compiler calls himself a knight, and states that he was born and bred in England, of the town of St Albans; had crossed the sea on Michaelmas Day 1322; had travelled by way of Turkey (Asia Minor), Armenia the little (Cilicia) and the great, Tartary, Persia, Syria, Arabia, Egypt upper and lower, Libya, great part of Ethiopia, Chaldaea, Amazonia, India the less, the greater and the middle, and many countries about India; had often been to Jerusalem, and had written in Romance as more generally understood than Latin. In the body of the work we hear that he had been at Paris and Constantinople; had served the sultan of Egypt a long time in.
John Paul II International Airport - airport has very good prospects of development as almost eight million people live within 100 kilometers of it. It also has a favourable location in the network of existing and planned motorways in this region of Poland. In 2003, Irish low-fare airline Ryanair wanted to start its service from John Paul II International Airport. The airport authorities refused to reduce the airport fee for this company, so the regional authorities of Krakow and Malopolskie Voivodship decided to build a new airport near the existing one, using the infrastructure of the military airbase. It is said that Ryanair is planning on using the new Krakow airport as its hub in Central and Eastern Europe. In 1995 the airport was named after pope John Paul II, who spent many years of his life.
John Millington Synge - 16, 1871 - March 24, 1909) was an Irish writer, best known for the play Playboy of the Western World. Synge was born Rathfarnham, County Dublin. He received his degree from Trinity College, Dublin, then went to Germany to study music. He then travelled on foot through Germany, Italy and France and then went to Paris, where he lived for several years writing literary criticism. Here, in 1899, he met a compatriot, William Butler Yeats, who persuaded Synge to live for a while in the Aran Islands and then return to Dublin and devote himself to creative work. The Aran Islands (1907) is the journal of Synge's retreat. His subsequent work reflected the bleak and tragic lives of Irish peasants and fisherfolk. The plays on which his fame rests were written.
