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Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Shrewsbury, John Talbot, 1st earl of shrōzˈbərē, shro͞ozˈ– [key], 1388?–1453, English soldier. As lieutenant of Ireland (1414–19, 1445–47) he quelled unrest in that country, but he achie...Southerne, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Southerne, Thomas sŭᵺˈərn [key], 1660–1746, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he moved to London where he pursued a career as a writer. He was a friend of Dryd...Stokes, Sir George Gabriel
(Encyclopedia)Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 1819–1903, British mathematician and physicist, b. Ireland, studied at Cambridge. From 1849 he was a professor of mathematics at Cambridge; he served as secretary (1854...Navan
(Encyclopedia)Navan än o͞oˈəv [key], town (1991 pop. 11,606), seat of Co. Meath, E Republic of Ireland, at the confluence of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers. It produces woolens and has sawmills. Clothing, furn...Bangor, town, Northern Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Bangor băngˈgər [key], town, North Down dist., E Northern Ireland, on Belfast Lough. It is ...Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, and of ...Spenser, Edmund
(Encyclopedia)Spenser, Edmund, 1552?–1599, English poet, b. London. He was the friend of men eminent in literature and at court, including Gabriel Harvey, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Robert Sidney,...Croker, John Wilson
(Encyclopedia)Croker, John Wilson krōˈkər [key], 1780–1857, British Tory politician and author, b. Ireland. He was a member of Parliament from 1807 to 1832 and secretary of the admiralty from 1810 to 1830. The...Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2d Earl
(Encyclopedia)Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2d Earl lo͞oˈsən-gôrˈ [key], 1815–91, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Whig in 1836 and held various cabinet positions under Lord John Ru...Lismore, town, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Lismore lĭsmôrˈ, lĭz– [key], town (1991 pop. 715), Co. Waterford, S Republic of Ireland, on the Blackwater River. It is a market town with a salmon fishing industry. In the 7th cent., St. Cartha...Browse by Subject
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