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| Donegal fiddle tradition Donegal fiddle tradition is a type of Irish traditional music, based on a two-hundred year-old tradition (or possibly set of coexisting traditions) of playing the fiddle in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal_fiddle_tradition | |
| Press coverage 2004 Wikipedia:Press_coverage_2004 | |
| Ghost A ghost has been defined as the disembodied spirit or soul of a deceased person, although in popular usage the term refers only to the apparition of such a person. Often described as insubstantial and partly transparent, ghosts are reported to haunt particular locations or people that they were associated with in life or at time of death. Ghost | |
| George Harrison George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time". Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", George_Harrison | |
| MUD In online gaming, a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), pronounced /mʌd/, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read descriptions of rooms, objects, other players, non-player characters, and actions performed in the virtual world. Players interact with each other and the world by typing commands that resemble a natural language. MUD | |
| Maeshowe Maeshowe (or Maes Howe) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on mainland Orkney, Scotland. The monuments around Maeshowe, including Skara Brae, were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. It gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney. Maeshowe | |
| Niger Niger | |
| Pete Best Pete Best (b. 24 November 1941, in Madras, British India) is a British musician, best known as the original drummer for The Beatles.After moving from India to Liverpool in 1945, Best's mother, Mona Best (1924-1988) started The Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Best's house in Liverpool, which became very popularThe Quarrymen) played some of their first concerts. Pete_Best | |
| Archaeoastronomy Talk:Archaeoastronomy | |
| Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. Pope_Benedict_XVI | |
| Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-born American actress. Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages, Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. Elizabeth_Taylor | |
| Soylent Green Soylent Green is a dystopian science fiction movie depicting a future in which overpopulation leads to depleted resources, which in turn leads to widespread unemployment and poverty. Real fruit, vegetables, and meat are rare, commodities are expensive, and much of the population survives on processed food rations, including "soylent green" wafers. Soylent_Green | |
| Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías () (born July 28, 1954) is the President of Venezuela. As the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chávez promotes a political doctrine of participatory democracy, socialism and Latin American and Caribbean cooperation. He is also a critic of neoliberalism, globalization, and United States foreign policy.A career military officer, Chávez founded the left-wing Fifth Republic Movement after orchestrating a failed 1992 coup d'état against former President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Hugo_Chávez | |
| Typographic unit Typographic units are the units of measurement used in typography or typesetting. The traditional units are different from common metric units, as they were established earlier. Even though these units are all very small, across a line of print they add up quickly. Typographic_unit | |
| Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is a Golden Globe and Grammy Award winning English singer, songwriter and occasional actor, best known for his work as lead vocalist of The Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones started in the early 1960s as a rhythm and blues cover band with Jagger as frontman. Mick_Jagger | |
| Alan Shearer Alan Shearer, OBE (born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer.He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is both Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer and having scored 422pundit for the BBC. Alan_Shearer | |
| Precision Club In the game of contract bridge, Precision Club is a strong club system that was invented by C. C. Wei and used to good effect by Taiwan teams in the early 1970s. Their success kicked off a wave of experimentation with strong club systems around the world.The central feature of the Precision system is that a bid of 1 is used to open any hand with 16 or more high card points, regardless of distribution. Precision_Club | |
| Bodhrán The bodhrán ; plural bodhráns or bodhráin) is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65cm (10" to 26") in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45cm (14" to 18"). The sides of the drum are 9 to 20cm (3½" to 8") deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads, or other animal skins are sometimes used). Bodhrán | |
| Martin Sheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez, better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, (born August 3, 1940) is an actor best known for his performances as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and President Josiah Bartlet on the television series The West Wing. As well as the critical acclaim he has received as an actor, he has become known as an activist. Martin_Sheen | |
| Bobby Robson Sir Robert William Robson CBE (born 18 February 1933), commonly known as Sir Bobby Robson, is a former international football player and former manager of several European clubs and the England national football team.His professional playing career as an inside-forward spanned nearly 20 years, during which he played for just three clubs Fulham, West Bromwich Albion and briefly for the defunct Vancouver Royals. He also made 20 appearances for England, scoring four goals. Bobby_Robson | |
| Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone (; born October 4, 1976) is an American film and stage actress and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless (1995) and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1997). Alicia_Silverstone | |
| Neve Campbell Neve Adrianne Campbell ( "nev camble"; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of the teenager Julia Salinger. She subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including Scream, The Craft, and Wild Things, and has since appeared in smaller parts and returned to stage roles. Neve_Campbell | |
| Irish Traveller For other uses of the term see Traveler.Irish Travellers () are a traditionally nomadic people of Irish origin living predominantly in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. Among themselves, Travellers refer to themselves as "Pavees" . Derogatory terms are sometimes used to refer to them by non-Travellers, such as "pikeys "and "knackers". Irish_Traveller | |
| AberMUD AberMUD was the first popular open source MUD, named after the town in which it was written, Aberystwyth. The first version was written in B by Alan Cox, Richard Acott, Jim Finnis, and Leon Thrane based at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for an old Honeywell mainframe and opened in 1987.Alan Cox had played the University of Essex MUD1 written by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle, and the gameplay was heavily influenced by MUD1. AberMUD | |
| River Shannon The River Shannon (Abha na Sionainne or an tSionna / an tSionainn in Irish) is, at 386river in Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland (principally the province of Connacht) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception. The river represents a major physical barrier between east and west, with fewer than twenty crossing-points between Limerick city in the south and the village of Dowra in the north. River_Shannon | |
| Galway Galway | |
| National Print Museum of Ireland National Print Museum of Ireland is based in a soldiers' chapel in the Beggars Bush area of Dublin, Republic of Ireland.The idea for the museum arose in the mid-1980s, when the need to 'save' printing machinery from the 'hot metal' era of printing became apparent.In 1990, Bertie Ahern opened the museum's first premises in Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin. But soon they were found to be too small. National_Print_Museum_of_Ireland | |
| Sidereal day Talk:Sidereal_day | |
| The Troubles Talk:The_Troubles | |
| Stuart Sutcliffe Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940painter, and the original bassist of The Beatles for eighteen months (January 1960paintings, which mostly explored a style related to Abstract Expressionism. Sutcliffe is one of the group of people sometimes referred to as "the fifth Beatle".Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with coming up with the name for the Beatles, as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. Stuart_Sutcliffe | |
| Neil Aspinall Neil Aspinall (13 October 1941 – 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A childhood friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head The Beatles' company Apple Corps.The Beatles employed Aspinall as their road manager and personal assistant, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night. Neil_Aspinall | |
| The Beatles: Magic Alex Yanni (later John) Alexis Mardas (born May 5, 1942, Athens, Greece), better known as Magic Alex, the name given him by The Beatles when he worked with the band between 1965 and 1969, is a self-styled electronics wizard and one-time head of The Beatles' Apple Electronics. Mardas arrived in England on a student visa in 1965, exhibiting his Kinetic Light Sculptures at the Indica Gallery, one of which was bought by Brian Jones. The_Beatles:_Magic_Alex | |
| Trinity College, Dublin Trinity_College,_Dublin | |
| List of castles in the Republic of Ireland Castles in the Republic of Ireland is a link page for any castle in the Republic of Ireland. List_of_castles_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland | |
| University of Dublin The University of Dublin, corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin (since the 19th century), located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592, Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin as "the mother of a university" - this date making it Ireland's oldest operating university. This is one of the seven ancient universities in the English speaking world and the only one outside the present United Kingdom. University_of_Dublin | |
| Film (film) Film is a film written by Samuel Beckett, his only screenplay. It was commissioned by Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Writing began on 5 April 1963 with a first draft completed within four days. A second draft was produced by 22 May and a forty-leaf shooting script followed thereafter. Film_(film) | |
| Easter Rising Talk:Easter_Rising | |
| White Christmas white Christmas, to most people in the Northern Hemisphere, refers to a Christmas Morning with snow on the ground. This phenomenon is far more common in some countries than in others. For example, in the United Kingdom, snow is seldom experienced at Christmas except in the Mid or northern parts and the mountains; but most parts of Canada except for the British Columbia coast and southern interior valleys, southern Alberta, southern Ontario and parts of the Maritimes stand an excellent chance of experiencing a white Christmas. White_Christmas | |
| Liam Gallagher William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher (born 21 September 1972 in Burnage, Manchester) is an English musician and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the rock band Oasis. One of the figureheads of the 1990s Britpop movement, Gallagher's erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press. Liam_Gallagher | |
| Hare Krishna The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra ("Great Mantra"), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra which appears within many traditions of Hinduism and is believed by practitioners to bring about a higher state of consciousness when heard, spoken, meditated upon, or sung out loud. Hare_Krishna | |
| Noel Gallagher Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967 in Manchester, England) is the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and occasional vocalist of British rock band Oasis. Raised with younger brother Liam Gallagher in Burnage, Manchester, Gallagher began to get guitar lessons from Dayle Robertson at the age of thirteen during a period of probation. Noel_Gallagher | |
| Newgrange Newgrange () is one of the passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world and the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites. Newgrange was built in such a way that at dawn on the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, a narrow beam of sunlight for a very short time illuminates the floor of the chamber at the end of the long passageway. Newgrange | |
| Plastic bullet The plastic bullet is the name given to a type of less-lethal projectile fired from a specialised gun, used in riot control. There are also some plastic bullets, such as those made by the bullet maker Speer, that are designed to be used for short range target practice. Plastic_bullet | |
| Harry Harrison For the radio personality, see Harry Harrison (radio). Harry Harrison is the pen name of Henry Maxwell Dempsey (born March 12 1925), an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He is also (with Brian Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. Harry_Harrison | |
| Culture of ancient Rome Ancient Roman culture evolved throughout the almost 1200-year history of that civilization. The term refers to the culture of the Roman Republic, later the Roman Empire, which, at peak, covered an area from Cumbria and Morocco to the Euphrates.Life in ancient Rome revolved around the city of Rome, its famed seven hills, and its monumental structures such as the Flavian Amphitheatre (now called the Colosseum), the Forum of Trajan and the Pantheon. Culture_of_ancient_Rome | |
| County Wexford County_Wexford | |
| Mike McCartney Mike McCartney (born Peter Michael McCartney, 7 January 1944, at Walton General Hospital, Liverpool), known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer and the younger brother of Paul McCartney. He attended the Liverpool Institute two years behind his brother. Mike_McCartney | |
| Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (IrishGabriel Séamas Ó Broin; born May 12, 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, and writer, as well as an audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Gabriel_Byrne | |
| Melanie Brown Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), Harehills, Leeds is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls, the most successful female group of all time. She was given the nickname "Scary Spice" by the British media because of her outrageous, "in-your-face" attitude, 'loud' Leeds accent, throaty laugh, manner of dress (which often consisted of leopard-print outfits), and her voluminously curly hair. Melanie_Brown | |
| The Stainless Steel Rat The Stainless Steel Rat is the hero of a series of science fiction novels written by Harry Harrison. The_Stainless_Steel_Rat |
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