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Brewer's: Patrick's Purgatory

(St.), Ireland, described in the Italian romance called Guerino Meschino. Here gourmands are tantalised with delicious banquets which elude their grasp, and are at the same time troubled…

Patrick Stewart Biography

Patrick Stewartactor, directorBorn: 7/13/1940Birthplace: Mirfield, England Before joining the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–94) as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Stewart worked for…

Patrick Swayze Biography

Patrick SwayzeactorBorn: 8/18/1952Birthplace: Houston, TexasDied: 9/14/2009 The son of a choreographer, Swayze is trained in ballet and performed as a dancer for Disney on Parade. He acted in the…

Patrick Muldoon Biography

Patrick Muldoon(William Patrick Muldoon, III)actor, modelBorn: 9/27/1969Birthplace: San Pedro, California Posing for the “Men of USC” calendar during the late 1980s prompted Patrick Muldoon to begin…

Patrick Kavanagh Biography

Patrick KavanaghpoetBorn: 10/21/1904Birthplace: Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland What Joyce did for Dublin, Patrick Kavanagh's poetry did for the “stony grey soil of Monaghan,” revealing the…

Kingsport

(Encyclopedia) Kingsport, city (1990 pop. 36,365), Hawkins and Sullivan counties, NE Tenn., on the Holston River near the Va. line; inc. 1917. Industries include one of the largest printing and…

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Moynihan, Daniel PatrickMoynihan, Daniel Patrickmoiˈnĭhănˌ [key], 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961).…

Clogher

(Encyclopedia) Clogher Clogher klŏkhˈər [key], town, Co. Tyrone, central Northern Ireland, on the Blackwater…

Ferguson, Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, Patrick, 1744–80, British army officer in the American Revolution. He invented an early breech-loading rifle in 1776. Ferguson fought at Brandywine and Charleston before he…