Evidence of how Imbolc was celebrated in Gaelic Ireland is found in medieval Irish texts that mention the festival, besides folklore collected during the 19th and early 20th century in rural Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.

It primarily describes the coasts of southern Spain and Portugal, but makes brief mention of a visit to " the sacred isle " ( Ireland, Ierne ) located across from Albion ( an early name for Britain ).

The most prolonged of Cecil's surviving personal correspondences is with an Irish judge, Nicholas White, lasting from 1566 until 1590 ; it is contained in the State Papers Ireland 63 and Lansdowne MS. 102, but receives hardly a mention in the literature on Cecil.

Costello made no mention of these aspects on the second reading of the Republic of Ireland Bill on 24 November.

There is no mention of Cill Chainnigh in the lives of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Ciarán of Saighir or any of the early annals of Ireland suggesting that Cill Chainnigh was not of ancient civil importance.

Among the earliest references to wearing costumes at Halloween is in 1895, where " guisers " are recorded in Scotland, but there is almost no mention of a costume in England, Ireland, or the United States until 1900.

Notably, the Acts of Union which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland made mention of " the university of Trinity College ".

American mineralogist and ring expert George Frederick Kunz does not mention the Claddagh ring in his book, but he shows a photo of one, captioned with its correct name ; Kunz merely addresses the importance of gold wedding rings in Ireland with absolutely no reference to the Claddagh.

Roman sources mention raids on Britain by two groups of people usually associated with Ireland, the Scoti and the Attacotti.

In the course of the 9th century we find mention of nine places in Ireland ( including Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Clones, Devenish and Sligo ) where communities of Culdees were established as a kind of annex to the regular monastic institutions.

There is no mention of any Culdees at any Columban monastery, either in Ireland or in Scotland, until long after Columba's time: in 1164 that Culdees are mentioned as being in Iona but in a subordinate position.

The Criminal Evidence ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1988 provided for adverse inferences being drawn for failure to mention something prior to being charged to an offence.

" But he then doubts this claim, writing that Pytheas has " been found, upon scrutiny, to be an arch falsifier, but the men who have seen Britain and Ierne ( Ireland ) do not mention Thule, though they speak of other islands, small ones, about Britain.

" Whiskey in the Jar " is a famous Irish traditional song, set in the southern mountains of Ireland, with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry, as well as Fenit, a village in county Kerry.

They refer to a battle at Digoll ( Long Mountain ) and mention that Cadwallon spent time in Ireland before returning to Britain to defeat Edwin.

Orderic Vitalis states that Arnulf went to Ireland after the rebellion failed and served for Muirchertach Ua Briain, although the Irish Annals make no mention of this.

To mention just a few, there was the slaughter of the Huguenots by French Catholics in the Sixteenth century ; Hindus and Muslims killing each other when Pakistan separated from India in 1947 ; the persecution and killing of Shiite Muslims by Sunni Muslims in Iraq and the murder of Protestants by Catholics and vice versa in Ireland, ( both of these examples in the late Twentieth century ); and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continues today.

The amendment also ensured that the mere mention of the National University of Ireland and of the University of Dublin would not prevent either of these universities being dissolved in future.

Another seemingly important omission is that the laws never mention the High King of Ireland centered at Tara.

His account does not mention London ; it does mention passing Ireland. Ohthere of Hålogaland () was a Viking adventurer from Hålogaland.

There is further mention of William Moore in Lewis ' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland ( 1837 ).

Dinnshenchas Érenn, probably composed by Cináed Ua Hartacáin ( d. 975 ), also selected the nearby Cnoch Liamhna for mention as one of the “ assemblies and noted places in Ireland ”, an indication of the strength of the local ruling family, the Uí Dúnchada branch of the Uí Dúnlainge who supplied ten kings of Leinster from their base on nearby Lyons Hill between 750 and 1050.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

The charge is variable, however, and goes as low as $.50 a day in Ireland and as high as $2.00 a day in Greece.

The Ireland we usually hear about in the theater is a place of bitter political or domestic unrest, lightened occasionally with flashes of native wit and charm.

Now there is no reason in the world why a matchmaker in Ireland should happen also to be a talented soft-shoe dancer and gifted improviser of movements of the limbs, torso and neck, except that these talents add immensely to the enjoyment of the play.

In England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Australia, arraignment is the first of eleven stages in a criminal trial, and involves the clerk of the court reading out the indictment.

Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

The oldest-surviving Anglican church outside of the British Isles ( Britain and Ireland ) is St Peter's Church in St. George's, Bermuda, established in 1612 ( though the actual building had to be rebuilt several times over the following century ).

Achill Island () in County Mayo is the largest island off the coast of Ireland, and is situated off the west coast.

* 1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Abalone is also farmed in Australia, Hawaii, Canada, Chile, France, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States.

* 1916 – Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

under secction 7 ( 1 )( a ), but that section has been superseded by section 66 ( 1 ) of the Police ( Northern Ireland ) Act 1998 ( c. 32 ) which now provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

An example in Ireland is the Rock of Cashel.

It was introduced to Europe at the close of the 17th century as a handsome greenhouse plant, and is hardy outdoors in the south of England and Ireland if protected from severe frosts.

* 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In total Carnegie funded some 3, 000 libraries, located in 47 US states, and also in Canada, the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Fiji.

* However, a larger 35ml measure is increasingly used ( and in particular is standard in Northern Ireland ), which contains 1. 4 units of alcohol.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

Consensus once held that today's baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland.