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Bog-wood. Bog-wood (also spelled bogwood or bog wood ), also known as abonos and, especially amongst pipe smokers, as morta, [1] is a material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years. The wood is usually stained brown by ...
Slavery became more prevalent throughout Ireland the 11th century as port cities built up by Vikings flourished, with Dublin becoming the biggest slave market in Western Europe. [12] [8] Its main sources of supply were the Irish hinterland, Wales and Scotland. [12] The Irish slave trade began to decline after William the Conqueror consolidated ...
Sean's Bar is a pub in Athlone, Ireland, notable for its reputed establishment in AD 900, and claim to being the oldest extant bar in both Ireland and Europe. Other architectural and archaeological records, including the Record of Monuments and Places and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, date the building to the 17th or 18th century.
Saw pit. A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which timber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw, usually a whipsaw, by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. [1] It was used for producing sawn planks from tree trunks, which could then be cut down into boards, pales, posts, etc.
The German magazine Automobil Industrie publishes a yearly list of the largest automotive suppliers in the world by revenue. For companies that are not pure automotive suppliers, only the automotive supplier divisions are taken into account.
Hurley (stick) Hurley, with sliotar. A hurley or hurl or hurling stick ( Irish: camán) is a wooden stick used in the Irish sports of hurling and camogie. [1] It typically measures between 45 and 96 cm (18 to 38 inches) long with a flattened, curved bas ( [bˠasˠ] BOSS, "palm of hand") at the end. The bas is used to strike a leather sliotar ball.
History of Ireland. The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 33,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of homo sapiens to around 10,500 to 7,000 BCE. [1] The receding of the ice after the Younger Dryas cold phase of the Quaternary around 9700 BCE, heralds the beginning of Prehistoric Ireland, which ...
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland: Died: 4 June 1849 (aged 59) Paris, France: Occupation: Novelist, miscellaneous writer: Notable works: Conversations with Lord Byron (1834) Spouse: Cpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer (m. 1804–1817; his death) Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington (m. 1818–1829; his death)