These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

If the sources for north-eastern Britain, the lands of the kingdom of Northumbria and the former Pictland, are limited and late, those for the areas on the Irish Sea and Atlantic coasts — the modern regions of north-west England and all of northern and western Scotland — are non-existent, and archaeology and toponymy are of primary importance.

While the sources for north-eastern Britain, the lands of the kingdom of Northumbria and the former Pictland, are limited and late, those for the areas on the Irish Sea and Atlantic coasts — the modern regions of north-west England and all of northern and western Scotland — are non-existent, and archaeology and toponymy are of primary importance.

This was partly because of the increased political importance of the western states, which generally voted for Democrats, and Irish Catholic and German immigrants, who voted heavily for the Democrats.

The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British – Irish history and it is a key part of the folklore for the Orange Order.

His name is rarely directly attested in inscriptions, but his importance can be inferred from place names and ethnonyms, and his nature and attributes are deduced from the distinctive iconography of Gallo-Roman inscriptions to Mercury, who is widely believed to have been identified with Lugus, and from the quasi-mythological narratives involving his later cognates, Irish Lugh Lámhfhada ( Lugh of the Long Arm ) and Welsh Lleu Llaw Gyffes ( Lleu of the Skillful Hand ).

Parnell saw that the explicit endorsement of Catholicism was of vital importance to the success of this venture and worked in close co-operation with the Catholic hierarchy in consolidating its hold over the Irish electorate.

The ISRP is regarded by many Irish historians as a party of pivotal importance in the early history of Irish socialism and republicanism.

In 1843, the Irish Member of Parliament Daniel O ' Connell hosted a peaceful political demonstration on Hill of Tara in favour of repeal of the Act of Union which drew over 750, 000 people, which indicates the enduring importance of the Hill of Tara.

The Gallery aims to enhance enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts of both Irish and international importance.

The third name, " Patrick ", was included at a late stage owing to the unexpected international importance of the occasion –- one of the Irish papers reported " British envoy's grandson is a real Paddy ".

Of course, there were others of some importance too, including Robert Greacen ( 1920 – 2008 ), who along Valentin Iremonger edited an important anthology, Contemporary Irish Poetry in 1949.

The Abbey Theatre itself was reconstituted as a bilingual national theatre in the 1940s under Ernest Blythe, but the Irish language element declined in importance.

Michele Esposito, a figure of seminal importance in the history of Irish music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arrived in Ireland in 1882.

After Sheridan, the next Irish dramatist of historical importance was Dion Boucicault ( 1820 – 1890 ).

Over time, the post of Chief Secretary gradually increased in importance, particularly because of his role as manager of legislative business for the Government in the Irish House of Commons, in which he sat as an MP.

The next Irish novelist of importance was Laurence Sterne ( 1713 – 1768 ).

In 1843 he commenced practice as an architect at 16 Furnival's Inn, Holborn, and during 18 years designed and carried out many buildings of importance, such as the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company's office in Threadneedle Street, the Sovereign Assurance office in Piccadilly, Marshall & Snelgrove's premises in Oxford Street, the Surrey Music Hall, Cardiff town-hall, and Caversham Hall.

Dr. Matthew Jockers has written on the importance of Driscoll as a writer on the Irish in the West Window Facing West: Charles Driscoll's Kansas Irish " New Hibernia Review Volume 8, Number 3, helping to revive interest in his writing and life.

Today the First and Second Dála continue to have symbolic importance for the most radical Irish republicans.

Despite its small size ( According to the ISRP historian Lynch, the party never had more than 80 members ) the ISRP is regarded by many Irish historians as a party of seminal importance in the early history of Irish socialism and republicanism.

These structures are still of vital importance in the daily life of Irish communities.

Besides its historical significance as a break with the centuries-old tradition of British insularity, Britain's move, if successful, will constitute an historic landmark of the first importance in the movement toward the unification of Europe and the Western world.

I do not attach undue importance to this movement, but it is increasingly difficult to meet the argument that it is unfair to ask the British taxpayer, already overwhelmed with taxation, to bear the cost of imposing on Palestine an unpopular policy.

As an example, in British Columbia the forestry industry is of great importance, while the oil and gas industry is important in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Due to his two periods of exile in 1904 – 1909, to escape the British invasion of 1904, and from 1910 – 1912 to escape a Chinese invasion, he became well aware of the complexities of international politics and was the first Dalai Lama to become aware of the importance of foreign relations.

The British realised the importance of the city as a military cantonment and as a port for exporting the produce of the Indus River basin, and rapidly developed its harbour for shipping.

Based on their social priorities, British scholars interpreted ancient Greece as a westernized, white, and masculine society, and essentially removed women from historical importance.

According to Jody Joy, curator of the Iron Age collection at the British Museum, the importance of Lindow Man lies more in how he lived rather than how he died, as the circumstances surrounding his demise may never be fully established.

The island is chiefly notable for its " mysterious " prehistoric ruins, its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano ( exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860-1927 ), its former use as the site of the first British H-bomb tests ( Operation Grapple, 1957 ), and its current importance as a protected area for breeding seabirds.

However, in 1942, with the entry of Japan into the Second World War, the island gained a strategic importance in the Indian Ocean and thus the British government hastily built a new airport in the south of the island at Plaisance.

This was done after Sri Teen Maharaja Chandra Shumsher realised the British gave more weight and importance to the " Jung Bahadur " name.

These dams, along with a series of headworks and barrages built by the British and expanded since independence, are of vital importance to the national economy and played an important role in calming the raging floodwaters of 1992, which devastated large areas in the northern highlands and the Punjab plains.

This was seen as a major humiliation, especially for the two Western European countries, and symbolizes the beginning of the end of colonialism and the weakening of European global importance, specifically the collapse of the British Empire.

The importance of the maintenance of this memory can be seen in that it came to be associated with the legendary British hero Arthur, although the date of its inundation is actually c. 2500 BC.

In addition, the decreasing strategic importance of Malta to the Royal Navy meant that the British government was increasingly reluctant to maintain the naval dockyards.

The complex origins of the war resulted from more than a century of conflict between the Boers and the British Empire, but particular immediate importance attached to the question as to which white nation would control and benefit most from the very lucrative Witwatersrand gold mines.

After repeated insistence on Haig's part, Nivelle agreed to a proviso that if the first two " phases " of the operations failed to lead to the phase three, they would be stopped so that the British could move their main forces north for the Flanders offensive, which Haig argued was of great importance to the British government.

British commercial interests in South America, which comprised a valuable component of the Informal Empire that accompanied Britain's imperial possessions, and the economic importance of the United States as a trading partner, ensured that intervention by Britain's rival European powers could not engage with the Americas.

The town was visited in 1802 by Admiral Horatio Nelson, who knew the importance of the area's woodland in providing timber for the British Navy and approved a Naval Temple built in his honour on the nearby Kymin Hill.

The British ambassador and his wife, Anthony and Sheila Parsons, noted how the Iranians were bemused by her habit of speaking to everyone regardless of status or importance, and hoped the Shah's entourage would learn from the visit to pay more attention to ordinary people.

The strategic importance of the ability to control navigation along the Hudson River was obvious to both the Americans and the British from the outbreak of open hostilities.

The extreme ease with which the English destroyed Puerto Bello ( not regain its importance to the construction port Panama Canal ) led to a change in British plans.

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell was an enthusiastic advocate of the importance of Pavlov's work for philosophy of mind.

Britain's First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher argued the Japanese victory at Tsushima confirmed the importance of large guns and speed on modern battleships, and in October 1905 the British began construction of HMS Dreadnought, which upon her launching in 1906 began a dreadnought naval arms race between Britain and Germany in the years before 1914.

Sinclair later moved into the production of home computers and produced the Sinclair ZX80, the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than, and later, with Sinclair Research, the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum ; the latter is widely recognised for its importance in the early days of the British home computer industry.