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  2. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    Telephone directory. A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a ...

  3. Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Saint Colmcille. Ireland ( / ˈaɪərlənd / ⓘ IRE-lənd; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of ...

  4. Yellow pages - Wikipedia

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    The yellow pages are telephone directories of businesses, organized by category rather than alphabetically by business name, in which advertising is sold. The directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term "yellow pages" is now also applied to online directories ...

  5. Whiteboys - Wikipedia

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    Whiteboys. The Whiteboys ( Irish: na Buachaillí Bána) were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which defended tenant-farmer land-rights for subsistence farming. Their name derives from the white smocks that members wore in their nighttime raids. Because they levelled fences at night, they were usually called ...

  6. Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166 code. IE. Internet TLD. .ie [d] Ireland ( Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ ), also known as the Republic of Ireland ( Poblacht na hÉireann ), [a] is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island.

  7. Whitepages (company) - Wikipedia

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    Whitepages was founded in 1997 as a hobby for then- Stanford student Alex Algard. It was incorporated in 2000 and received $45 million in funding in 2005. Investors were later bought-out by Algard in 2013. From 2008 to 2013, Whitepages released several mobile apps, a re-design in 2009, the ability for consumers to control their contact ...

  8. Flag of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    A vertical tricolour of green, white and orange. The national flag of Ireland ( Irish: bratach na hÉireann ), frequently referred to in Ireland as 'the tricolour' ( an trídhathach) and elsewhere as the Irish tricolour is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist ), white and orange. [1] [2] The proportions of the flag are 1:2 (that is to ...

  9. Whitegate, County Clare - Wikipedia

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    Whitegate ( Irish: An Geata Bán, meaning 'the white gate') [2] is a village on the R352 regional road in northeastern County Clare, Ireland. New houses have been built along the main street. [citation needed] Local pub 'The Half Barrel'. Former church in Whitegate. A smaller church was built across the road.