| Buddhism Talk:Buddhism
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| Chemistry Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem), meaning "earth"See: Chemistry (etymology) for possible origins of this word.) is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions. Chemistry
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| Celts Celts ( or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts; the proper usage is with a hard (Latinic) "c", pronounced as "k") is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic language. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the modern descendants of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture. Celts
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| Celtic mythology Talk:Celtic_mythology
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| Columba |death_date= Columba
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| Constantine I of Scotland Constantín (Scottish Gaelic Còiseam mac Choinnich) (died 877) was a king of the Picts. Son of Kenneth MacAlpin, Custantín succeeded his uncle Donald as king following the latter's death on 13 April 862. Constantine_I_of_Scotland
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| Constantine II of Scotland Constantine, son of Áed (Mediaeval Gaelic: Constantín mac Áeda; Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh), known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine IIUntil the Victorian era, Constantine, son of Kenneth MacAlpin was listed as "Constantine II of Scotland", and this Constantine as "Constantine III". Since then, revised historical opinion has removed Caustantín of the Picts, previously titled "Constantine I of Scotland", from the traditional list of Scottish monarchs, leading to this Constantine being retitled as "Constantine II". Constantine_II_of_Scotland
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| Donald I of Scotland | place of death = Cinnbelachoir?, Rathinveralmond? Donald_I_of_Scotland
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| Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 by papal bull Inter gravissimas. Gregorian_calendar
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| Great Famine (Ireland) The Great Famine (The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by this search on WorldCat or ),The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by this search on WorldCat also known as the Irish Potato Famine and the Great Hunger was a famine in Ireland which started in 1845, lasted — depending on the region — until 1849Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845–1849, New York: Harper & Row, 1962. or even 1852Christine Kinealy, This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1994. Great_Famine_(Ireland)
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| Irish mythology The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. Although many of the manuscripts have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle. Irish_mythology
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| Irish Civil War Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) (anti-Treaty) Irish_Civil_War
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| Kenneth MacAlpin | place of death = Cinnbelachoir Kenneth_MacAlpin
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| Loch Ness Monster The Loch Ness Monster (Nessiteras rhombopteryx) is an alleged animal, family and upward incertae sedis, purportedly inhabiting Scotland's Loch Ness. The Loch Ness Monster is one of the best-known cryptids studied by cryptozoology. Loch_Ness_Monster
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| Lugh Lugh (; modern Irish Lú, earlier Lug) is an Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past. He is known by the epithets Lámhfhada ("long hand"), for his skill with a spear or sling, Ildanach ("skilled in many arts"), Samh-ildánach ("Equally skilled in many arts"), Lonnbeimnech ("fierce striker" or perhaps "sword-shouter") and Macnia ("boy hero"), and by the matronymic mac Ethlenn or mac Ethnenn ("son of Ethliu or Ethniu"). Lugh
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| Morrígan The Morrígan ("terror" or "phantom queen") or Mórrígan ("great queen") (also known as Morrígu, Morríghan, Mor-Ríoghain, sometimes given in the plural as Morrígna) is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts. Morrígan
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| Macbeth of Scotland | place of death=Lumphanan or Scone Macbeth_of_Scotland
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| Malcolm I of Scotland Máel Coluim mac Domnaill (Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Dhòmhnaill), Máel Coluim mac Domnaill is the Mediaeval Gaelic form. anglicised as Malcolm I, and nicknamed An Bodhbhdercc, "the Dangerous Red"Skene, Chronicles, p. Malcolm_I_of_Scotland
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| Malcolm III of Scotland | place of death=Alnwick, Northumberland, England Malcolm_III_of_Scotland
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| New Latin The term New Latin or Neo-Latin is used to describe a form the Latin language used between the end of the Medieval Latin period (c. 1500) to c. New_Latin
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| Oscar Wilde | birthplace = Dublin, Ireland Oscar_Wilde
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| Polybius Polybius (ca. 203–120 BC, Greek ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC. Polybius
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| Picts The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman times until the 10th century. They lived to the north of the Forth and Clyde. Picts
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| Samhain Talk:Samhain
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| The Dagda The Dagda (or sometimes just Dagda; ; ; ; all meaning "good god") is an important god of Irish mythology. The Dagda is a father-figure (he is also known as Eochaid Ollathair, or "All-father Haughey") and a protector of the tribe. The_Dagda
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| Uterus The uterus (from the Latin word for womb) is the major female reproductive organ of most mammals, including humans. One end, the cervix, opens into the vagina; the other is connected on both sides to the Fallopian tubes. Uterus
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| William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and English literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. William_Butler_Yeats
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| Yellow fever Talk:Yellow_fever
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| Salmon Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout. Salmon
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| Epirus (region) Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian: Epir or Epiri) is a region in south-eastern Europe, currently divided between the periphery of Epirus in Greece (80%) and Northern Epirus in southern Albania. Epirus_(region)
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| George Boole George Boole () (November 2, 1815 – December 8, 1864) was a George_Boole
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| Dub of Scotland Dub mac Maíl Coluim (Modern Gaelic: Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim)Dub mac Maíl Coluim is the Mediaeval Gaelic form. The modern form, Dubh, has the sense of "dark" or "black", especially in reference to hair colour, sometimes anglicised as Duff, This form was used in older histories, but is not commonly used today called Dén, "the Vehement"Duan Albanach, 23 here and Niger, "the Black"Chronicle of the Kings of Alba and related Scoto-Latin texts. Dub_of_Scotland
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| William Rowan Hamilton | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland William_Rowan_Hamilton
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| Dál Riata Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Gaelic overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Dál_Riata
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| History of Ireland The history of Ireland begins with the first known settlement in Ireland around 8000 BC, when hunter-gatherers arrived from Great Britain and continental Europe, probably via a land bridge. Few archaeological traces remain of this group, but their descendants and later Neolithic arrivals, particularly from the Iberian Peninsula, were responsible for major Neolithic sites such as Newgrange. History_of_Ireland
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| PierreAbbat User_talk:PierreAbbat
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| Victoria of the United Kingdom Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| James Ussher James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher) (4 January 1581–21 March 1656) was Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–1656. He was a prolific scholar, who most famously published a chronology that purported to time and date creation to the night preceding 23 October 4004 BC, according to the Julian calendar, which in the Gregorian calendar would be 21 September 4004 BC. James_Ussher
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| Antonio Gramsci Antonio Gramsci () (January 23, 1891 – April 27, 1937) was an Italian philosopher, writer, politician and political theorist. A founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy, he was imprisoned by Mussolini's Fascist regime. Antonio_Gramsci
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| W. T. Cosgrave | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland W._T._Cosgrave
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| Kingdom of Strathclyde Strathclyde (Gaelic: Srath Chluaidh) (lit. "Valley of the Clyde"), originally Brythonic Ystrad Clud, was one of the kingdoms of the Brythons in the northern part of the island Great Britain throughout the post-Roman period (also known as the Dark Ages), and the Middle Ages. Kingdom_of_Strathclyde
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| Patrick Pearse |born = Patrick_Pearse
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| Military use of children The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities (child soldiers), or they can be used in support roles such as porters, spies, messengers, look outs, and sexual slaves; or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in propaganda. Military_use_of_children
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| Brian Boru Talk:Brian_Boru
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| Bard A bard was one of a caste of poets and scholars of medieval and early modern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. Bard
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| Alcohol Talk:Alcohol
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| Oswiu of Northumbria Oswiu (c. 612–15 February 670), also known as Oswy, was King of Bernicia. Oswiu_of_Northumbria
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| Doric Greek Doric was a dialect of ancient Greek. Its variants were spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon. Doric_Greek
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| Achall In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Achall, the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer, committed suicide (or died of grief) after her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach. The hill of Achall near Tara was named after her. Achall
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| Conn of the Hundred Battles Conn Cétchathach ("of the Hundred Battles", pron. /kɒn 'keːdxəθax), son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, and the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties. Conn_of_the_Hundred_Battles
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