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Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom , [ 2] is a low evergreen dioecious Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of stiff, spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. The female flowers are followed by a red berry, and the seeds are ...
Agriculture in Ireland is a major component of the modern economy of the Republic of Ireland. [ 21] A major livestock producer, Ireland has very limited horticultural and grain production on account of its topography and climate. Ireland manufactures many derivatives and value-added products from its livestock base.
Irish people. Irish Travellers ( Irish: an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people ), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs[ 3] ( Shelta: Mincéirí ), [ 4] are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous [ 5] ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland. [ 6][ 7][ 8] They are predominantly English-speaking, though many also speak Shelta, a language of ...
August 13, 2024 at 3:35 AM. McGuinness said his relatives lived "on the same street" as the US president's ancestors [BBC/James Cheadle] Comedian and presenter Paddy McGuinness has said ...
Modern meat curing and the Bacon Rasher were invented by Henry Denny, a Waterford butcher. [15] 1821: The development of "Extra Stout" beer by Arthur Guinness II and others. [16] 1830: Coffey still patented by Aeneas Coffey. [17] 1831: Intravenous therapy in the treatment of cholera discovered by William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. [18]
Deli 613. Coordinates: 53°19′09″N 06°15′53″W. Deli 613 is a kosher deli in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. It is located in the Chabad house building of the Chabad-Lubavitch of Ireland, which operates the deli. Opened in 2023, it is believed to be the first kosher eatery in Ireland since the 1960s.
The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and subsequently had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the Commonwealth of England, led by Oliver Cromwell. It forms part of the 1641 to 1652 Irish Confederate Wars, and wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Modern estimates suggest that during this period, Ireland experienced a demographic loss totalling ...