Leinster

In Irish history, people saw Ireland as a place of savage barbarians, when they were actually just protecting their fellow man. One example was in 1798 when the Irish rebelled against Britain trying to reform them to a mini version of England, when they just want to be their own independent country. Ireland is a mirror for Britain by how when Britain does something to Ireland, Ireland in return attacks with the same force and with Ireland taking a liking to the French because of their rules…

This all happened when Irish architect James Hoban entered a newspaper contes to find a builder for the President’s House in 1792,his winning design was on the Leinster House in Dublin. Also the White House has 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, 412 doors, and 147 windows according to fox news. There are also secret rooms that have movie theater,Calligraphy Office, Game Room, Music Room, and also Solarium,…

Are you surprised by anything that is said on the website? Why do you think many people are so quick to believe reported statistics? While on the website and reading the article, few things stood out to me. Like many, I was aware of the animal testing epidemic as well as the arguments made by critics and anti-animal testing groups who are opposed to it. However, prior to the article I did not contemplate or think about the issue or even its effectiveness. One thing in which I was surprised by…

Henry II was born at Le Mans, Anjou on 5th March, 1133. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Matilda, the daughter of Henry I of England. Matilda was also known as the Empress, from her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry married the Eleanor of Aquitaine, which added Aquitaine and Poitou to his territories. He then owned more land in France than the French King did. Henry and Eleanor had eight children. As their children grew up, tensions over the future inheritance of the…

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey.Dublin is home to over one quarter of the total population. 2 Phoenix Park in Dublin is the third largest walled city parks in Europe after La Mandria in Venaria Reale (Turin) and Richmond…

Around 8000 BC, hunter-gatherers first settled into Ireland. These settlers came from different parts of Europe and Great Britain. For thousands of years, these settlers lived by fishing and hunting until around 4000BC. The settlers gave up their hunter-gatherer way of life and began farming. Sometime around 3000 BC, the offspring of the first settlers of Ireland built monuments and burial mounts such as the most famous Newgrange. Early society in Ireland was pagan. This remained for thousands…

The political context within Ireland itself remains an important element in the origins of the 1798 rebellion. An address from the United Irishmen to the English society, in 1792, describes the state with regard to the Catholics, declaring three million ‘are taxed without being represented, and bound by laws to which they have not given consent’. Political power in the hands of the Anglican landowners and aristocrats, excluded the majority of the population. The population of Ulster consisted…

The white house reconstruction was also called the truman reconstruction they started doing the interior of the house in 1949-1952. There were plans of tearing down the hole white house and building it the same way as it was before. Theodore roosevelt put in a tennis court at the white house on the near south side wing of the white house. president obama plays basketball a lot at the white house. Basketball is obama's favorite sport. The tennis court has changed 3 times since 1984.The white…

Literature has the amazing ability to convey a culture in different ways. Through the development of Irish culture, literature was able to follow closely behind. Leading this was Jonathan Swift and Antoine Raftery and even though both were widely known, there is a difference in their works and how they influenced authors like W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In order to properly reflect on these differences it is necessary to first provide the respected backgrounds of these authors. To begin,…

to be very beautiful. Names can give us a huge insight into our family history, my surname Byrne is a variant of the Irish O’Broin meaning raven. The O’Broin family primarily came from Kildare and were said to be descendants of Bran, the king of Leinster who died in 1052. My personality “It does not interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for - and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will…