Though the New Zealand leg of the tour did not take long in comparison to the number of Australian games, the British and Irish experienced considerable difficulty across the Tasman after white-washing the Australians.

Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have been played for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa.

Though large numbers of Irishmen had willingly joined Irish regiments and divisions of the New British Army at the outbreak of war in 1914, the likelihood of enforced conscription created a backlash – particularly as the Government of Ireland Act 1914 ( as previously recommended in March by the Irish Convention ) was controversially linked with a " dual policy " enactment of the Military Service Bill.

Though this was " fixed " at one level, another year passed before the Volunteers took an oath of allegiance to the Irish Republic and its government, " throughout August 1920 ".

Though the President's title implicitly asserted authority in Northern Ireland, in reality the Irish President needed government permission to visit there.

Though less than expected by the Sinn Féin leadership, it was substantially more than the initial form of home rule within the United Kingdom sought by Charles Stewart Parnell from 1880, and a serious advancement on the Home Rule Act of 1914 that the Irish nationalist leader John Redmond had achieved through parliamentary proceedings.

Though Charles severely tested Ussher's loyalty by negotiating with the Catholic Irish patriots, the Primate remained committed to the royal cause, though as king's fortunes waned Ussher had to move on to Bristol, Cardiff, and then to St Donat's.

Though apolitical, the organisation attracted many Irish nationalists of different persuasions, much like the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Though often an outsider figure, for instance in the role of intervener or arbitrator, Cú Roí appears in a great number of medieval Irish texts, including Forfess Fer Fálgae, Amra Con Roi, Brinna Ferchertne, Aided Chon Roi ( in several recensions ), Fled Bricrenn, Mesca Ulad and Táin Bó Cúailnge.

Though early settlers included French, Acadian, German, Danish and Irish, the town's culture and architecture is heavily influenced by the unusually large numbers of English that chose to settle there after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of Irish unionism.

Though now free from constitutional control, it was still subject to the influence of corruption, which the English government had wielded through the Irish borough owners, known as the " undertakers ", or more directly through the great executive officers.

Though the treaty was narrowly ratified, the split led to the Irish Civil War, which was ultimately won by the pro-treaty side.

Though an Anglican, his funeral at the Irish National nondenominational Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin on 11 October was attended by more than 200, 000 people.

Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation.

Though its electorate was a small part of the population ( as elsewhere in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ), those Irish privileged to vote up continued until the mid-1880s to vote for the two major British political parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals, with more votes and seats going to the latter, even though it had been the party of government during the Famine.

Though critics often interpreted it as a sarcastic reaction to the ban on " Give Ireland Back to the Irish ", it was in fact a serious effort by McCartney to write a song for children.

Though he was proud of his work with Bord Bainne, Irish Sugar and the Erin-Heinz JV, he concluded that Irish farmers were benefiting much more from price-boosting subsidies than from commercial development.

Though not a full cathedral, the new building became a symbol of the Irish nationalist spirit in the era following the ending of the Penal Laws.

Though only consisting of a small fraction of the Scottish population, and less so in comparison to their Northern Irish counterparts, their profile has become more prominent with prominent demonstrations of their beliefs since the establishment of a Scottish Parliament.

Though Parliament itself was based on the exclusion of the vast Irish Catholic majority in Ireland, many nationalist historians and writers blamed the absence of Parliament for the increased impoverishment of Dublin, with many of the large mansions in areas like Henrietta Street sold to property developers and landlords who reduced them to tenements.

Though his addiction almost ruins the family, Mr. McCourt manages to obtain his children's affection by telling Irish stories.

Though the Boers accepted British rule without resistance in 1877, they fought two wars in the late 19th century to defend their internationally recognized independent countries, the republics of the Transvaal ( the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, or ZAR ) and the Orange Free State ( OFS ), against the threat of annexation by the British Crown.

Though he did vote against the admission of Missouri as a slave state, and though he would be the nominated presidential candidate of the Free Soil Party, an anti-slavery political party, in 1848, there was no ambiguity in his position on the abolition of slavery during his term of office.

Though primarily known as a novelist, Dreiser published his first collection of short stories, Free and Other Stories in 1918.

Though there were many anti-secession movements and actions throughout the Confederacy, the " Free and Sovereign State of Jones " ( or sometimes " Kingdom of Jones ") had from the very beginning posed the most serious and persistent threat, and even went as far as drafting its own constitution.

Though Holladay's plan to make Free Orchards into the county seat never materialized, Cornelius survives today as an agricultural town and, increasingly, as a suburb of Portland.

Though unable to effect a durable peace with the Basotho, or to realise his ambition for the creation of one powerful Boer republic, Pretorius saw the Free State begin to grow in strength.

Though he never fully embraced the free jazz of the 1960s, he appeared on two of its landmark albums: Coleman's Free Jazz and Coltrane's Ascension, as well as on Sonny Rollins ' 1966 ' New Thing ' track East Broadway Run Down with Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison.

Though the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church recognizes its Baptist heritage, its advance and choice of fellowship has been Pentecostal, shown, for example, by its membership in the Pentecostal / Charismatic Churches of North America ( formerly the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America ).

Though no help was forthcoming, Paul Palmer, whose wife Johanna was the stepdaughter of Benjamin Laker, would labor among these people 25 years later, founding the first " Free Will " Baptist church in Chowan, North Carolina in 1727.

Though they did not receive help, native Paul Palmer labored there about twenty-five years later, and founded the first " General " or " Free Will " Baptist church in Chowan County, North Carolina, in 1727.

Though the Free French Naval Forces continued to fight alongside the allies, the rest of the French fleet became hostile as a result of this action.

Though the Rising failed, its political effect led on to the Anglo-Irish war in 1919-1922 and the formation of the Irish Free State.

Though opposed to what he considered to be a reckless foreign policy, Goerdeler often demanded in his meetings with his foreign friends that the Great Powers back the cession of the Sudetenland, the Polish Corridor, the Memelland ( modern Klaipėda, Lithuania ), and the Free City of Danzig, together with the return of the former German colonies in Africa, to Germany.

Though Morrissey's character, the husband and father, was not the focus of the film, he researched premature births by speaking to paediatricians at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

Though opposed to Sinn Féin, he was fortunate to have a personal friendship with WT Cosgrave who emerged as the first leader of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Though probate was sought in Britain, a part of the death duties was paid to the new Irish Free State.

Though defeated, many of the Zensunnis choose to leave the community and follow Ishmael as Free Men of Arrakis.

Though the station was young and trendy and a big favourite with pop-loving kids, the male DJs generally did not come into the " hunk " category and therefore Davies was projected as the eligible bachelor of the station, complete with catchphrase " Young, Free and Single " and saucy jingles which went " Wooh!

Though cool and charming, it is one of the most underdeveloped towns in the Free State.

Though the Irish Free State and its constitution were abolished with the commencement of a new constitution, the Constitution of Ireland on 29 December 1937, the Free State Supreme Court continued in existence as the provisional supreme court of the new state until 1961 when the new Supreme Court of Ireland, which had been created in 1937, was formally brought into being.

Though shortened, Masato Domeki of Oji led the playoffs with four goals, Bruce Mulherin led with six assists and fellow Free Blade Brad Farynuk had eights points overall.

Though published as a factual account and originally categorized under " Current Events " in the hardcover Free Press edition, Bringing Down the House " is not a work of ' nonfiction ' in any meaningful sense of the word ," according to Globe reporter Drake Bennett.

Though the house does not include any items originally owned by the Poe family, many items are collected nearby at the Free Library of Philadelphia.