Extractions: St. Patrick's Day Please Take a Moment to Rank My Site :-) Although St. Patrick's Day is a holiday associated with the country of Ireland , St. Patrick's Day is welcomed by people from every background, not just the Irish. St. Patrick , the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish, but thought to have been born in Britain. No one knows for sure, but it is believed that March 17 was the date of St. Patrick's death rather than his birth. There are many legends about Saint Patrick. The most popular one is that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland and into the sea. How did Saint Patrick come to be associated with Ireland? Legend has it that, as a young man of 16, St. Patrick was captured by pirates from his father's farm in Britain and kept as a slave for six years, working as a shepherd in Ulster, Ireland. After escaping back to Britain, St. Patrick devoted his life to God. He was a deeply religious man and dreamed of returning to Ireland to bring Christianity to the Irish. He did-as a monk-and is said to have established over 300 churches and baptized over 120,000 people. The historical records from that era are incomplete, but the surviving writings of St. Patrick show that he was a devout man and tireless missionary.
Extractions: BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) British, Irish and American negotiators worked Wednesday to keep Northern Ireland's joint Protestant-Catholic administration from unraveling after monitors ruled the Irish Republican Army has not begun to disarm. The latest crisis comes after a key disarmament commission report found the IRA had taken no steps to surrender its weapons after two months of talks. The disarming of paramilitary groups is a key provision of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement that led to the creation of the self-rule government that has run Northern Ireland for eight weeks. ALSO MESSAGE BOARD Peace in Northern Ireland?
Extractions: New Internet Bible study Disciple Lessons from 2 Peter and Jude Who was St. Patrick? You scratch your head. He drove the snakes out of Ireland? Wrong! He won a shamrock-plucking contest? Come on! He wore green before it was fashionable? Give me a break! Would the real St. Patrick please stand up? Patrick was born on the west coast of Britain about 360 A.D. At the age of 16 he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and sold as a slave into the service of a local king. On a rainy hillside tending sheep, he met the Lord and his faith was nurtured over the next several months. He escaped, but God called him to return to the emerald isle as a missionary. At that time druid priests, deep into black magic and the occult, held the island's inhabitants in a lockgrip. Patrick challenged this demonic stronghold and won, but the victory was neither quick nor cheap. He was imprisoned for months at a time, his only respite from the stress of constant travel and hardship. Yet one after another, tiny kingdoms would finally allow Patrick to declare the good news of Jesus within their borders. He baptized tens of thousands. Hundreds of chapels were erected for the worship of Jesus all over Ireland. Who was Patrick? A saint of God who gave his life to help people know Jesus by starting mission churches. St. Patrick might feel more comfortable at newly-planted church than even St. Peter's Basilica. After all, he was partial to the challenge and excitement of new churches.
Bahai Community Belfast Information about the community's membership, contact details, and some of the basic principles from Bah¡'u'llah's teachings. http://www.bahai.org.uk/belfast/
Extractions: Come cycling in Ireland and treat yourself to some of the finest accommodation in select country Manors and Hotels in the premier cycling region of Ireland Your Guides on Your cycle Holiday in this most beautiful region are also the owners of the company and as such have an invaluable amount of knowledge and experience of biking in this region as well as a personal interest in ensuring that your cycling holiday will be a most memorable experience. We Look Forward To The Pleasure Of Your Presence on one of Our Bike Tours Ireland Biking Cycle West Cork and Kerry - from Blarney to Killarney. West Cork and Kerry in the South West corner of Ireland with its many miles of quite back roads is a cyclists paradise. The scenery as can be seen in the picture below (taken at "Ladies View", near Killarney) is unspoilt , full of variety and above all most beautiful. This area has been rated by many including many of our past guests as one of the finest regions in the world in which to spent a cycling holiday. Our bike tour route selected from years of personal travel in the region and months of research and debate is packaged for you our guests. We have blended a mixture of inland cycling (along river valleys and passes) with coastal and lake shore bike routes. We know you will find it most exciting confident that its memories will last you a lifetime. The bike route chosen leaves Blarney and takes you to Killarney after six days of biking this most enlightening region. The package we have painstakingly put together includes accommodation in some of Irelands premier Hotels, Manors and Country houses (see individual web pages). Included are the cost of all meals (except four lunches), admission
Extractions: After bicycling through four countries, alone on the road for over three months I arrived in Ireland for some "real" vacation before heading home. From London (Euston Station), I took a train to Holyhead, the port in Wales, and at 3:45AM sailed on Irish Ferries across the cold, dark sea of Ireland towards the dawn and Dublin. After a confusing ride through the empty streets I found the train station and hopped immediately onto a train bound for Cork, where I spent two days in empty college housing near the Beamish brewery. This is a small road near Ballydavid on the northeast tip of Dingle Penninsula in Smerwick Harbor. I was bicycling to a pub there because I'd heard there'd be a session with good craic and without the ever present, suffocating crowds that fill the pubs of Dingle town. In Ballydavid I got to experience a real Irish pub without the usual mob of tourists. When I got there the place was near empty, but slowly the Ballydavid locals trickled in for some dinner and pints. The four musicians I'd met at O'Flaherty's Pub the night before were jamming away on pipe, whistle, guitar, bodhrain, and mandolin. The evening sun was making framed boxes of light on the floor. Little kids chased a puppy under the tables, around the bar and out the door. A toddler swayed around the floor like a drunken fisherman. Glasses were being lifted and clinked together. You could hear the tap breathing nitrogen and Guinness into pint glasses. The aroma of home cooking swirled about the room. I had brown bread with some lamb stew, with my Guinness, of course.
Socialist Workers Party Ireland Irish revolutionary socialist party standing for a workers' republic and international socialism and linked with Socialist Workers Party in Britain. http://www.clubi.ie/swp/
Churches Together In Britain And Ireland Ecumenical group set up by faith communities with the goal of thinking, praying and working together. Includes interfaith news and resources. Participating churches include the Church of England, Orthodox, Lutheran, Catholic, Presbyterian and Free Churches among others. http://www.ctbi.org.uk/
Law Society Of Northern Ireland Home Page Organisation that regulates the solicitors' profession in Northern ireland. Includes news, publications, events, services and contact details. http://www.lawsoc-ni.org/
Extractions: SUPREME COURT TAXING OFFICE The Taxing Master has issued Practice Direction 2004 No 1 in relation to increased new fees allowable to counsel on taxation in respect of pleadings and interlocutory matters. These apply to instructions and briefs delivered on or after 1 st March 2004. Full details of the revised fees may be downloaded from www.courtsni.gov.uk/en-GB/Judicial+Decisions/ Members Only Link to the Legal Services Commission - an Executive Non Departmental Public Body which is now responsible for the administration of publicly funded legal services in Northern Ireland. The Law Society of Northern Ireland no longer undertakes this duty. About the Law Society of Northern Ireland In Northern Ireland a solicitor is a member of that branch of the legal profession whose services consist of advising clients, representing them before the lower courts and preparing cases for barristers to try in the higher courts.
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Extractions: 10 June translation of relics Daughter of Dubtach, pagan Scottish king of Leinster , and Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave who had been baptized by Saint Patrick . Just before Brigid's birth, her mother was sold to a Druid landowner. Brigid remained with her mother till she was old enough to serve her legal owner Dubtach, her father She grew up marked by her high spirits and tender heart, and as a child , she heard Saint Patrick preach , which she never forgot. She could not bear to see anyone hungry or cold, and to help them, often gave away things that were Dubtach's. When Dubtach protested, she replied that "Christ dwelt in every creature" . Dubtach tried to sell her to the King of Leinster , and while they bargained, she gave a treasured sword of her father's to a leper . Dubtach was about to strike her when Brigid explained she had given the sword to God through the leper , because of its great value. The
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HEAT Contact details for a Belfast home heating installation and maintenance company. http://www.heat.co.uk/
Extractions: Based in Belfast, HEAT (Heat Energy and Associated Technology) is the largest heating installation and maintenance company in Northern Ireland. As well as carrying out domestic and commercial heating work HEAT also specialises in building and electrical planned and response maintenance and commercial deep cleaning. The Company also has significant design and project management capability. HEAT carries out work for such public sector bodies as the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Health Estates, DOE Water Service, the Ministry of Defence and the Police Service of Northern Ireland as well as a number of large private sector clients. We also carry out private sector installations and servicing for domestic oil and gas applications
The Methodist Church In Ireland Official website. Detailed information about the Connexion, congregations (including links and contact information), chaplains, various departments, jobs, diary dates and resources. NS3 users should disable Javascript. http://www.irishmethodist.org/
Extractions: WEB SERVICES: Eleven-year-old Charlene Daly in intensive care after being shot in the back BELFAST (Reuters) Police in Northern Ireland said four men were due in court on Friday accused of attempting to murder an 11-year-old girl wounded in an attack linked to a feud by rival Protestant paramilitary groups.
Extractions: University of Ulster Graduate Magazine Volleyball coverage in Northern Irelands print media continued to grow with another front cover dedicated to volleyball. This time round it was the turn of the Northern Ireland Senior Men's Team Captain and BUSA Gold Medalist, Nick Wright, who appeared on the cover of the University of Ulster Graduate Magazine which is distributed to over 80,000 households worldwide. Nick also recently won the Carson Clarke award for sports administration at the annual University of Ulster Colours Awards Ceremony World Championships Deadline Nears Lausanne, Switzerland, May 19, 2004 - With 10 days remaining until the May 28, 2004 deadline for entries to the 2006 World Championship in Japan expires, the total of entries has already surpassed the number of participants at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina, announced the FIVB on Wednesday. Pic: The new logo for the 2006 World Championships SELB clean up at the Golden Cow Youth Games 2004 THE representative squads from the Southern Education and Library Board won both the boys and girls competitions on Saturday 7th May 2004. The SELB defeated the North Eastern Education and Library Board squad in the girls competition. The SELB also defeated the Western Education and Library Board to make it a clean sweep in the boys event.
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Reid said the plan represented the only viable way forward. BELFAST, Northern Ireland A car bomb has been defused by army experts at Belfast airport on the day new peace proposals for Northern Ireland were unveiled. A police spokesman said the 20 kg (44lb) bomb was found in a silver Volvo estate car in a car park after a telephone warning, Reuters reported. A controlled explosion was carried out, with thousands of people told to stay in the airport terminal during the operation. The bomb warning came hours after the new blueprint aimed at rescuing the stalled peace process in Northern Ireland was unveiled. The 10-page document states that decommissioning of paramilitary arms is "indispensable" to the future of the peace process. In return it offers more commitments on military cutbacks and police reform as incentives to get the handover of weapons under way. RESOURCES Full text of the peace proposals IN-DEPTH Conflict and Hope in Northern Ireland
