He contributed in 1587 to Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland " a playne and perfecte description " of Ireland, and a History of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIII, which were severely criticized in Barnabe Rich's New Description of Ireland ( 1610 ) as a misrepresentation of Irish affairs written from the English standpoint.

Such are: Allarme to England ( 1578 ); A New Description of Ireland ( 1610 ); and The Irish Hubbub, or the English Hue and Crie ( 1617 ), in which he also inveighs against the use of tobacco.

* Ó Floinn, Raghnall, " Description " of the " Book-shrine " on The Stowe Missal, from the Royal Irish Academy, with good images and catalogue information – select " Royal Irish Academy " from drop-down " collections " menu at bottom left, then select " Stowe Missal " from the next menu.

Description of a new Irish crustaceous animal.

Description of a new Irish crustaceous animal.

Reference to Imbolc is made in Irish mythology, in the Tochmarc Emire of the Ulster Cycle.

Reference is also made about an Irish king who had fled the island in search of refuge.

In October 2005, after the original of The Singing Butler sold for £ 740, 000, it came to light that Vettriano had used the artists ' reference manual The Illustrator's Figure Reference Manual to form his figures, using Irish actress Orla Brady for the ' lady in red.

It was decided that it should begin to allow and encourage free public reference access and to concentrate particularly on Irish studies, politics and culture, both because it was already strong in these areas and so as not to compete with the expanded Central Reference Library.

Van Buren was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president not of British or Irish descent — his family was Dutch.

A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland, Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law ; Religion, Learning and Art ; Trades, Industries, and Commerce ; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life, of the Ancient Irish People.

The Afro-Celt Sound System achieved fame adding West African influences and drum n bass in the 1990s while bands such as Kíla fuse traditional Irish with rock and world music representing the Irish tradition at world music festivals across Europe and America.

Córas Iompair Éireann (, Irish Transport System ), or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, railway service between the Republic and Northern Ireland.

The Changing Irish Party System: Organisation, Ideology and Electoral Competition ( London, 1987 ).

An example of the former is Afro-Celt Sound System, a band that combines Irish and West African traditions, the multiple varieties of Afro-funk played by the likes of Fela Kuti, or the combination of traditional Celtic and middle eastern melodies by the group Mithril.

A proposal was carried that the elementary schools under the control of the corporation should be secularized by the introduction of what was known as the Irish National System.

In 2006, the UK 27 / 81 Bandplan was introduced by the Republic of Ireland's Comreg as one of two sets of channels available for the Wireless Public Address System ( WPAS ) licencing scheme ( similar to the UK's CADS-Community Audio Distribution System ), as many Irish churches were already illegally using UK 27 / 81 CB equipment for this purpose.

* Irish Proportional Representation System

Extra – curricular activities offered include membership of the Painting Society, the Chess Club, Irish literature-Ceardlann Litríocht na Gaeilge, the Cumann Gaeilge, the Maths Society, the Prefect Mentoring System, Debating, Band, Music, Language societies ( French, Spanish, German and Chinese ), Book Club, student enterprise, SVP-Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Speech and Drama, charity work, the History Society and Picasso's Left ear ( Student Intellectual Publication ).

* The Irish Legal System ( including Legal Skills )

A reprint of Primitive Marriage, with Kinship in Ancient Greece and some other essays not previously published, appeared in 1876, under the title of Studies in Ancient History ; the new essays included The Divisions of the Irish Family, and On the Classificatory System of Relationship.

Iarla Ó Lionáird ( born June 18, 1964 ) is an Irish singer and producer well known for his involvement with the Afro Celt Sound System.

To avoid the ambiguity of the term British, and to more emphatically associate the team's identity with both the United Kingdom and Ireland, from the 2001 tour of Australia the name British and Irish Lions has been used.

This term Lá Buidhe Bealtaine is also used in Irish and is translated as ' Bright May Day '.

B4 bogie as used on BR Mark 2 and Irish Cravens

Since the Irish War of Independence, the name ' Boxing Day ' is used only by the authorities in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the UK.

" This term was preferred by those who fought on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War and is still used by Republicans today.

As with Scotch and Irish whiskey, the alcohol content of the spirits used may exceed 90 %.

While this aspect is similar to Scotch and Irish whisky regulations, it contrasts with the maximum alcoholic proof limits on distillation ( 80 % abv ) and aging ( 62. 5 % abv ) purity allowed in the production of straight whiskey in the U. S. All spirits used in making a Canadian whisky must be aged for at least three years in wooden barrels of not greater than 700 L capacity ( a requirement similar to that for Scotch and Irish whisky and longer than for American straight whisky ).

Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey, like Canadian whisky, must be aged for at least three years in oak ( new or used, charred or uncharred, at the discretion of the producer ).

The kingdom ruled by Kenneth's descendants — older works used the name House of Alpin to describe them but descent from Kenneth was the defining factor, Irish sources referring to Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín (" the Clan of Kenneth MacAlpin ") — lay to the south of the previously dominant kingdom of Fortriu, centred in the lands around the River Tay.

Early crochet hooks ranged from primitive bent needles in a cork handle, used by poor Irish lace workers, to expensively crafted silver, brass, steel, ivory and bone hooks set into a variety of handles, some of which were better designed to show off a lady's hands than they were to work with thread.

Pre-decimalisation, the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland used a mixed duodecimal-vigesimal currency system ( 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings or 240 pence to the pound sterling or Irish pound ), and Charlemagne established a monetary system that also had a mixed base of twelve and twenty, the remnants of which persist in many places.

In Scottish Gaelic and Irish, the term dative case is misleadingly used in traditional grammars to refer to the prepositional case-marking of nouns following simple prepositions and the definite article.

In Culhwch and Olwen, it is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions and is used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron.

Inspired by Mullan's book, Edwards named the monument A Hero Who Could Fly and used the following quote from the Irish author on the monument:

The names used in the languages themselves ( Gaeilge / Gaolainn / Gaelic in Irish, Gaelg / Gailck in Manx, and Gàidhlig in Scottish Gaelic ) are derived from Old Irish Goídelc, which comes from Old Welsh Guoidel meaning " pirate, raider ".

Often combinations of these can interact, such as in Irish, where there is a proclitic past tense marker do ( various surface forms ) used in conjunction with the affixed or ablaut-modified past tense form of the verb.

For example, members of the Irish Cabinet are dismissed by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach ; in other instances, the head of state may be able to dismiss an office holder unilaterally ; other heads of state, or their representatives, have the theoretical power to dismiss any office-holder, while it is exceptionally rarely used.

The term " Hun " is also used by Catholics in Northern Ireland as a derogatory term to refer to Northern Irish Protestants, most of whom are descended from English and Lowland Scottish settlers, who historically spoke English and Scots respectively ; both Germanic languages.

Guest expressed the general opinion in a poem titled " Speaking of Greenberg ," in which he used the Irish ( and thus Catholic ) names Murphy and Mulroney.

The harp emblem is used on official state seals and documents including the Irish passport and has appeared on Irish coinage from the Middle Ages to the current Irish imprints of Euro coins.

For instance, the Irish drink Guinness uses a harp, facing right and less detailed than the version used on the state arms.