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Harvey Norman is the flagship brand of Harvey Norman Holdings. Harvey Norman is mainly a household goods retailer – with items being sold in their stores including major appliances, small appliances, information technology (such as computers, printers and mobile phones), furniture, bedding, hardware (bathrooms) and flooring among other things ...
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI 's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways. The service was established in 1824 and is operated largely by volunteers. Its headquarters are at Poole, Dorset and it is a ...
Hervey de Keith (died c. 1185) was a Scoto-Norman adventurer and nobleman and first recorded Marischal of Scotland. Life [ edit ] Keith took his name from the Barony of Keith , in East Lothian , which he held the north eastern part; the south western part was held by Simon Fraser .
The history of Ireland 795–1169 covers the period in the history of Ireland from the first Viking raid to the Norman invasion. The first two centuries of this period are characterised by Viking raids and the subsequent Norse settlements along the coast. Viking ports were established at Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, which ...
George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, undertook the embassy to Denmark which resulted in the marriage of James VI of Scotland to Anne of Denmark. [1] A clansmen, William Keith of Delny (died 1599), was a Scottish courtier and Master of the Royal Wardrobe. [6] He also served as ambassador for James VI to various countries.
The Normans ( Norman: Normaunds; French: Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The Norse settlements in West Francia followed a series of raids on the French northern coast mainly from what is ...
The FitzGerald dynasty is a Hiberno-Norman noble and aristocratic dynasty, originally of Cambro-Norman and Anglo-Norman origin. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the Four Masters as having become " more Irish than the Irish themselves " or Gaels , due to assimilation with the ...
Dunsany Castle and Demesne. Coordinates: 53°32′08″N 06°37′15″W. Frontage of Dunsany Castle. Dunsany Castle ( Irish: Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí ), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland is a modernised Anglo- Norman castle, [1] started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim ...