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64The Easter Rising
Easter is a lovely time of year, spring is in the air, baby lambs are running around the fields and we have lots of lovely Easter eggs! It’s a time for great celebration also for the many Catholics around the world. In Ireland we celebrate Easter...
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71Irish "Troubles" a brief history from 800BC to date.
Irish "troubles" continue. A brief history of anglo irish discord including Chartism, potato famine and IRA leading to independence from UK
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64Birdsong a Television (TV) Drama review
Birdsong as made for television a review. Was the television adaptation of Sebastian Faulks novel a successful one?
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67The Battle of the Somme.Britain's Worse Day Ever.
This is a short article about the Battle of the Somme which was fought over a period of five and a half months in 1916. I've always found the story of the battle of the Somme to be interesting no matter how tragic the whole thing was and such a useless and futile waste of life on all sides.
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68The Buffalo Nickel History and Values
The Buffalo Nickel is an American coin that is worth 5 cents of a dollar or 5/100. Although the design of the coin is quite unique, there were many problems with the coin from constant circulation wearing. In fact, there are many of these coins that...
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72Top attractions in Dublin Ireland
Dublin was originaly ruled by the Norse from 841 to 999, when it was sacked by Brian Boru the king of Cashel; then invaded by the Normans - from Wales - 1169-1172. Dublin, was for a time the second cityof the British Empire, after London, and the...
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84'God is Love' by Percy Dearmer ~ Analysis of a Popular Hymn (And Bible Analysis)
'God is love', wrote Percy Dearmer, in his popular hymn, but is that how the Bible really describes God? Does God, as described in the Old and New Testaments, really love and care about every one of us?
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68World One War: An Epic Voyage of Destruction...
SMS Wolf German illustration of the capturing of the Hitachi Maru 1917 Commander of the SMS Wolf, Karl August Nerge World Map showing SMS Wolfs' Cruise 15cm (5.9 inch) gun on the deck of the German armed merchant raider SMS Wolf Crew of the SMS Wolf...
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671916 COPA AMERICA
Held from July 2nd to July 17th in 1916, this was the first ever continental championship of soccer national teams in South America. Known back then as the South American Championship of Nations, it became the predecessor of today’s Copa America....
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