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  • He was born in Clontarf, Ireland, in 1847, during the middle of Ireland’s Great Famine.

    Five Reasons Count Dracula was Really an Irishman | myFiveBest 2009

  • This accouol of the battle of Clontarf, which is inferted in mj copy of the annals of Innisfailen, makes the num - ber of the flain on the part of the Danes and U. genians to amount to 13,800 men, that is tofaj

    Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis 1786

  • I had my niece and her baby in the backseat at the time and I’m sure I hadn’t changed gears to fourth, so I am now known as the Clontarf Nanna Hoon to the Local Plod.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » The sky is not falling! The sky is not falling! 2009

  • Opposite that row of shops on Marino Parade, near where the Clontarf and Malahide roads meet.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • Plays his club cricket for the Railway Union Cricket Club in Dublin and has a central contract with Ireland.30 years old 32 ODI capsThe Brisbane-born carpenter has never played for a county side and plays his club cricket for Clontarf.

    Ireland's 11 heroes who beat England at the World Cup 2011

  • There were many arguments in those years about the relative merits of the pint of Guinness in various Dublin pubs such as Mulligan's in Poolbeg Street versus O'Brien's in Leeson Street, or Grogan's in South William Street versus Gaffney's in Fairview, or indeed the draft Guinness in a certain pub in Clontarf whose name could not be divulged to protect its privacy, it being a haven only for pure cognescenti.

    Old, Heavy, Bitter and Divine Colm Tóibín 2009

  • However, in 1843, he accepted a government ban on a rally planned for Clontarf, on the outskirts of Dublin. and lost ground to the more militant 'Young Irelanders' under Thomas Davis.

    Archive 2009-03-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • However, in 1843, he accepted a government ban on a rally planned for Clontarf, on the outskirts of Dublin. and lost ground to the more militant 'Young Irelanders' under Thomas Davis.

    Daniel O'Connell elena maria vidal 2009

  • When Jane Owenson died in 1793, Sydney and her younger sister, Olivia, attended Madame Terson's school in Clontarf, a fairly exclusive establishment just outside Dublin, for three years.

    Women writers - Sydney Owenson 2008

  • He was buried in the grounds of the city's Church of Ireland cathedral after the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

    Irish Historic Towns Atlas project 2008

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