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Nollaig 2016's Blog – February 2014 Archive (7)
22 February and 24 February 1797, was the most recent effort by a foreign force that was able to land on Britain, and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of Britain".
Added by Nollaig 2016 on February 22, 2014 at 2:00am — No Comments
Presidents of The United States with Irish Ancestry.
Andrew Jackson
James Knox Polk
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Richard…
Added by Nollaig 2016 on February 15, 2014 at 7:47am — No Comments
The Parade
Casements turning in his Grave, Oscar Wilde too,
Because on the 17th of March, they’d be missing from the crew.
Once proud of the Green, now I know longer know,
Because that colors missing from the beautiful…
ContinueAdded by Nollaig 2016 on February 14, 2014 at 11:00am — 45 Comments
Belfast Monuments Man helps save stolen Nazi art
Added by Nollaig 2016 on February 14, 2014 at 7:17am — No Comments
Hilda Moriarty: Kavanagh's Inspiration Behind 'On Raglan Road'
On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the…
Added by Nollaig 2016 on February 5, 2014 at 8:00pm — No Comments
Help women find information concerning their lost children: Sign the Petition
Added by Nollaig 2016 on February 5, 2014 at 5:50pm — No Comments
Ireland's Most Romantic Painting
Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs
Frederic William Burton (1816-1900)
This richly coloured watercolour painting depicts the ill-fated lovers Hellelil and Hildebrand, meeting on the stone stairway of a medieval tower. The princess and her bodyguard had…
ContinueAdded by Nollaig 2016 on February 5, 2014 at 10:00am — 4 Comments
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