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Thomas Moore, Ireland's national bard, is said to have esteemed When Erin First Rose (1795)--source for the image of Ireland as the "Emerald Isle"—as the most perfect of modern songs. [72] Anticipating the struggle to come, Drennan wrote: In the shift of a moment a darkness--a dream.
Emerald Isle (Ontario), Canada; a village in Selwyn township, Peterborough county; Emerald Isle, North Carolina, USA; Emerald Island (phantom), a phantom island reported by some early explorers to lie between Australia and Antarctica; St. John's Island, Egypt, also known as Zabargad or Emerald Island because of ancient peridot mines
Ireland has nine universities, seven in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland, including Trinity College Dublin and the University College Dublin, as well as numerous third-level colleges and institutes and a branch of the Open University, the Open University in Ireland. Ireland was ranked 19th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024.
In honor of the best holiday this side of June (even in the Irish in me can't trump Christmas), Tourism Ireland has launched its very own social game, Ireland Town. According to Tnooz, players can ...
Ireland eased COVID travel restrictions on March 6, no longer requiring any sort of testing or vaccination to visit. St. Patrick's Day inspiring you to visit the Emerald Isle? Ireland made it ...
The Emerald Isle; or, The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, is a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German, and a libretto by Basil Hood. The plot concerns the efforts of an Irish patriot to resist the oppressive "re-education" programme of the English, which has robbed the Irish of their cultural heritage.
From the Cliffs of Moher to Ireland's Eye, Ireland has no shortage of impressive natural wonders that are worth a visit. 14 photos of natural wonders in Ireland show the beauty of the Emerald Isle ...
Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. [2] Often, "Erin's Isle" was used. In this context, along with Hibernia , Erin is the name given to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used as a given name, probably because no saints , queens, or literary figures ...