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Belleek ware

(Encyclopedia)Belleek ware bəlēkˈ [key], pottery with a highly lustrous and often iridescent glaze. It is made at Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. ...

Reynolds, Albert

(Encyclopedia)Reynolds, Albert, 1935–2014, Irish political leader. A successful business executive, Reynolds won (1977) a seat in the Irish parliament as a member of the Fianna Fáil party. He was minister of pos...

Newry

(Encyclopedia)Newry, town (1991 pop. 19,246), Newry and Mourne dist., SE Northern Ireland, on the Clanrye River and the Newry Canal. It has canal connections with Carlingford Lough, the Bann River, and Lough Neagh....

Home Rule

(Encyclopedia)Home Rule, in Irish and English history, political slogan adopted by Irish nationalists in the 19th cent. to describe their objective of self-government for Ireland. Escalating violence between Prot...

Portadown

(Encyclopedia)Portadown pôrtədounˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 21,333), Craigavon dist., central Northern Ireland, on the Bann River. It is an important railroad and industrial center. Roses from Portadown nurseries ...

Eger, city, Hungary

(Encyclopedia)Eger ĕˈgĕr [key], Ger. Erlau, city (1991 est. pop. 62,474), NE Hungary, on the Eger River. It is the commercial center of a wine-producing region and has food- and tobacco-processing plants. Eger i...

Durango, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Durango vēktôrˈyä ᵺā [key], city, capital of Durango state, N central Mexico, along the highway ...

Derby, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Derby därˈbē, dûrˈ– [key], city and unitary authority, central England, on the Derwent River. ...

Dnipro, city, Ukraine

(Encyclopedia)Dnipro dənyĭpˌrōpĕtrôfskˈ [key], Rus. Dnepropetrovsk, city, capital of Dnipropetrovsk ...

Dunedin, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Dunedin, Scotland: see Edinburgh. ...