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DID Electrical is an Irish chain of electrical and electronics shops. It has 23 outlets throughout Ireland, employing some 400 staff. It has 23 outlets throughout Ireland, employing some 400 staff. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was founded in 1968, with a shop on Mountjoy Square, Dublin.
The National Library of Ireland (NLI; Irish: Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland 's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland ...
It was the largest of Ireland's nine mother and baby homes, with up to 12,000 residents over its history. It was allowed to provide up to 149 beds for mothers and up to 560 places for children at any one time. In 1985 the land was sold for development and St Patrick's moved across the city to Eglinton House, a period house at 75 Eglinton Road ...
1879: The rules of Hurling first standardised with the foundation of the Irish Hurling Union. [ 33] 1881: Stoney units discovered by George Johnstone Stoney. [ 34] 1885: Cream cracker created by Joseph Haughton. [ 35] 1886: Graphophone created by Chichester Bell. 1888: Gregg shorthand created by John Robert Gregg.
History of Ireland. The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, it became the Irish Free State. It comprised 26 counties with 6 counties under the control of Unionists which became Northern Ireland in 1921.
The National Archives of Ireland ( Irish: Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the official repository for the state records of Ireland. Established by the National Archives Act 1986, [1] taking over the functions of the State Paper Office (founded 1702) and the Public Record Office of Ireland (founded 1867). In 1991, the National Archives ...
Ireland was part of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1922. For almost all of this period, the island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Ireland underwent considerable difficulties in the 19th century, especially the Great Famine of the 1840s which started a population decline that ...
As of 2021 the island of Ireland has 5,585 megawatt and the Republic of Ireland has 4,309 MW of installed wind power nameplate capacity, the third highest per capita in the world. [11] In 2020, wind turbines generated 36.3% of Ireland's electrical demand, one of the highest wind power penetrations in the world. [12] [13]