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Halfpenny bridge spans the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The city takes its name from the Liffey's dark waters, called dubh linn (black pool) in Irish.

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Rainbow flag hangs from building. Sign of diversity, inclusiveness, hope, yearning. Gay pride flag popularized by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. Inspired by Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow. gay rights, homosexual, gays, LGBT community

Ireland’s Same-Sex Marriage Referendum

Spiral Galaxy type Sa-Sb or Sa/Sb in the constellation Virgo. The majestic Sombrero Galaxy Messier 104 (M104) or NGC 4594. The team took six pictures of the galaxy, stitched them together to create the final composite image. Photo from May-June 2003

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Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western thought, Aristotle established the foundations for the modern scientific method of enquiry. Statue

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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

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Born	February 1, 1787 • London • England
Died	October 8, 1863 (aged 76) • Dublin • Ireland

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Bertrand Russell

British logician and philosopher

George III

king of Great Britain

Alfred North Whitehead

British mathematician and philosopher

William Ewart Gladstone

prime minister of United Kingdom

William III

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

James II

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

William of Ockham

English philosopher

St. Patrick

bishop and patron saint of Ireland

Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford

English noble

Anne

queen of Great Britain and Ireland

John French, 1st earl of Ypres

British field marshal

William Edward Forster

British statesman

John Redmond

Irish politician

Richard Cromwell

English statesman

Sir John Davies

British poet

Earl of Totnes, detail of an oil painting after a portrait, c. 1615–20; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

George Carew, earl of Totnes

English administrator

Sir Edward Poynings

English lord deputy of Ireland

Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of

George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of Buckingham

British statesman

Henry Ireton

British statesman

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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in "Plato's Symposium" oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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