Kildare Essays

  • Formation of the Turf Club

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    Bibliography Primary Sources Dublin Gazette 2nd September 1732 Universal Advertiser April 14th 1759 Published articles for a race meeting at Parsonstown 10 June 1718 Secondary Sources D’Arcy, Fergus. Horses, Lords & Racing Men- The Turf Club 1790-1990, Kildare, 1991 Galtery, Sidney. Memoirs of a racing journalist, London, 1934 Kelly, James and Martyn J. Powell , Clubs and Societies in Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Dublin, 2010 MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Life in the Seventeenth Century, Dublin ,1979 Sharkey

  • Saint Bridit and African American Women Saints

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    One of my class mates traveles to Ireland every year. My class mate stated each time she visits Ireland that she gets a greater understanding of women in the early days. We both come from a baptist, penecostal and apstolic background, I would like to compare the roles of Saint Bridit and women in the church, the only black women preachers preached about in the baptist church was harriet tuckman. The other women talked about in church was Mary the mother of Jesus Christ. However Mary the mother

  • The Contributions of St. Augustine and Brigid of Kildare to Christianity

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    The Contributions of St. Augustine and Brigid of Kildare to Christianity St. Augustine and Bridgid of Kildare were two very influential people in the church during the fourth and fifth centuries. St. Augustine and Bridgid of Kildare were most famous for the monasteries that they founded. Both St. Augustine and Bridgid were devout Christians who contributed greatly to the growth of Christianity. Both of these people encouraged the spread of Christianity, the belief in a life of solitude, and

  • Shatterer of Worlds

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    effective at creating a strong atmosphere that supports his theme. The author, Kildare Dobbs uses character and language to establish a powerful atmosphere and support his theme. Dobbs states that war is one of the worst actions a country can engage in, and therefore a nation must be careful about entering war. By using character and language the author is able to create a horrific atmosphere throughout the short story. Kildare Dobbs uses both Emiko, an innocent Japanese girl who survived the atomic bomb

  • The Protestant Reformation In Ireland

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    day. This essay will discuss when the Protestant Reformation occurred in Ireland and the reasons why it failed. Even in the Pale, the Crown‘s authority was being challenged by one of the most powerful of the Anglo-Irish barons, the FitzGerald’s of Kildare. Henry wanted to assert himself throughout Ireland and he attempted to do this in many different ways. He first sent an army of 2.300 to Ireland and also confiscated land off of the Fitzgerald’s. However his most promising idea was attempting to introduce

  • Lev Vygotsky's Theory Of Culture And Body Image

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    States to look cross-cultural differences within body image; in other words, to see the association between culture and gender on body image (Eklund, Zayac, Kildare, Dowd & Paulk, 2014). The study included 1,485 participants from two undergraduate universities in the Southeast and the Pacific Northwest regions of America (Eklund, Zayac, Kildare, Dowd & Paulk, 2014). The undergraduate students we’re given the survey that measured their gender, geographic region, body mass and body image. The survey’s

  • Lambert Simnel's Failure Essay

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    Sir John de la Pole conspired to dethrone Henry VII. Duchess of Burgundy who was the daughter of Edward IV who paid to have Lambert as a boy trained . Lambert was taken to Ireland which was the heart of the Yorkist family. In Ireland the Earl of Kildare proclaimed Simnel as King Edward VI . These actions as previously stated all took place outside of England which is distancing from the English people and has little or no contact with

  • How was Ireland modernised in the period 1534-1750

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    To undertake a full thematic investigation of this period would be very much beyond the scope of this paper. Thus, the essay will embark on a high level chronological interpretation of some of the defining events and protagonists, which influenced the early modernization of Ireland during the period 1534-1750. The main focus of the paper will concentrating on the impact and supervision of the Tudor dynasty. Firstly, the essay will endeavour to gain an understanding as to what contemporary historians

  • Portrayal Of Doctor In The 1950s

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    When you picture a doctor who do you see? Do you see a charismatic young man with rugged good looks? Or do you see a man who is drug-addicted with a god complex? As it turns out the way you answer that question may have more to do with media portrayal than our society cares to admit. The history of the portrayal of doctors reflects our society and our faith in medicine, a portrayal that is far from positive. Prior to 1954, there were not any notable TV medical dramas. The arrival of 1954 brought

  • The Great Famine in Ireland

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    County Kildare did not suffer the extremes of death that occurred in the west and north west of Ireland. However, all things considered for those men and women in Kildare who lived before the Famine poverty and want were part of everyday life. For the Poor Irish, life on the eve of the Great Famine was very grim, many modern writers compare the situation in pre-famine to that of the Third world today. A series of official inquires and numerous travellers' reports and letters highlighted the poverty

  • 10 Good Reasons to Visit Ireland

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    1. The clean freeh air of Ireland! Ireland doesn’t have the warmest climate of Europe – with temperatures in the summer months rarely averaging above 22°C. Getting off the beaten track in Ireland, to the rural areas of the country is the best way to enjoy the fresh air and enjoy beautiful scenec drives and walking routes. West Cork and Kerry, the Connemara region of Galway and North West Clare (around Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher) are some of the best places you can go to enjoy the open air

  • Marketing: The Importotance And Importance Of Marketing Mix

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    Importance of Marketing Mix SECTION: FINANCE; Pg 4 LENGTH: The marketing mix, also known as the 4 Ps of marketing, refers to the set of actions that a company uses to promote its brand or product in the market. It consists of product, price, place and promotion. All elements of the marketing mix influence each other. They make up the business plan for a company and can give it great success. The first thing you need if you want to start a business is a product. A product is anything that can be

  • Northern Ireland Catholics Vs. The Protestants

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    on Ireland and its people. In addition to imposing Poynings Law on Ireland, they ousted the Catholic Church and replaced it with a Protestant Church, thereby sowing the seeds for centuries of religious conflict in Ireland. They extinguished the "Kildare Supremacy" and established the principle that the King of England automatically became King of Ireland. They partially destroyed Irish culture through an "anglicization" program that imposed England's language, laws, culture and religion on Ireland;

  • Stephen Dedalus Journey

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    adventure. As a young student, Stephen writes his name in his notebook, placing himself in the context not just in his school, town, or country, but also in the universe, “Stephen Dedalus, Class of Elements, Clongowes Wood College, Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland, Europe, The World, The Universe”(8). Stephen’s sense of his place in a bigger universe demonstrates his understanding that there is a bigger world than just what Ireland can offer. Unlike many of the boys at his prep school, Stephen is not

  • blerghhh

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    Modern American culture thrives on the ancient religions of the Greeks and Romans. The Hellenistic myths are kept alive today in the popular culture of the western world. Yet little is commonly known of the religions and myths of the ancient people just to the north of the Romans; the Celts (7). The Celtic region spanned the British Isles, and the north western portion of the European continent from prehistoric times until the Roman invasion in the first century where the region shrunk to Ireland

  • Essay on Stephen’s Heroic Quest in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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    Stephen’s Heroic Quest in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ...His mother said: -O, Stephen will apologise. Dante said: -O, if not, the eagles will come and pull out his eyes. This utterance, which comes at the climax of the short first passage that Joyce presents to us, defines the heroic quest that Stephen (and/or his latent identity as mythic Daedalus) must undertake. He is, in this instance, bound by a strict commandment from "above" (from the towering grown-ups above

  • Essay on Kinship in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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    Frequently, Stephen appears to mentally separate from himself and observe himself from outside Earth’s confines; he writes a progression of "himself and where he was" that reads "Stephen Dedalus…Class of Elements…Clongowes Wood College…Sallins…County Kildare…Ireland…Europe…The World…The Universe". (Joyce, 255) Though Stephen demonstrates by this list that he is all too aware of his own self and his technical place in the universe, his need to solidify this awareness to himself reveals his uncertainties

  • Malone Family And Ciara's Allegation

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    Case Study: Malone family and Ciara’s allegation I am a qualified Social Worker, working in a family resource centre. This case is in relation to the Malone Family, who live nearby and have attended the centre, on and off for the past 2 years. Ms Malone uses the service to meet her friends, at the centre café. During one of her visits, she has arrived with bruising covering her face. It has also come to my attention, that Ms Malone goes to the domestic violence centre refuge and after a period of

  • Lambert Simnel as a Greater Threat to the Security of Henry VII than Perkin Warbec

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    Lambert Simnel as a Greater Threat to the Security of Henry VII than Perkin Warbec 'After Bosworth, Henry's most immediate and perhaps greatest problem was ensuring that he kept the crown.' from Henry VII by R. Turvey and C. Steinsberg. This was very true, as throughout Henry's reign he faced many threats because as King he wasn't established and therefore vulnerable to challenge. Also there were still Yorkists in power who wanted to claim the throne back from the usurper King and there was

  • Michael Collins

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    Michael Collins 1.     On the16th October 1890 Michael Collins was born in West Cork near Sam's Cross, named after Sam Wallace, a local highwayman. Michael was born to father Michael Senior and mother Marianne O’Brien. Even though there was a 52-year age difference it did not stop them from making Michael the youngest of 8 children. Collins' father, Michael Senior, said on his deathbed "Mind that child", pointing to his six-year-old son. "He'll be a great man yet, he'll do great things for Ireland