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Muckross

(Encyclopedia)Muckross, Republic of Ireland: see Killarney. ...

Aghrim

(Encyclopedia)Aghrim, Republic of Ireland: see Aughrim. ...

Queenstown

(Encyclopedia)Queenstown, Republic of Ireland: see Cóbh. ...

Dunleary

(Encyclopedia)Dunleary, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire. ...

An Uaimh

(Encyclopedia)An Uaimh, Republic of Ireland: see Navan. ...

Kells

(Encyclopedia)Kells, Republic of Ireland: see Ceanannus Mór. ...

King's County

(Encyclopedia)King's County, Republic of Ireland: see Offaly. ...

Trinity College

(Encyclopedia)Trinity College, Ireland: see Dublin, Univ. of. ...

Grattan, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Grattan, Henry grătˈən [key], 1746–1820, Irish statesman. A lawyer, he entered (1775) the Irish Parliament and soon became known as a brilliant orator. Aided by Britain's preoccupation with the A...

Moore, George

(Encyclopedia)Moore, George, 1852–1933, English author, b. Ireland. As a young man he lived in Paris, studying at various art schools. Inspired by Zola, Flaubert, Turgenev, and the 19th-century French realists, M...

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