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1 day ago · Early life Connolly was born in the Cowgate or "Little Ireland" district of Edinburgh in 1868, the third son of Mary McGinn and John Connolly, a labourer, : 28 Irish immigrants from County Monaghan. Throughout his life he was to speak with a Scottish accent. : 636 He left the local Catholic primary school at age 10 to seek work. : 14 At age 14, following his eldest brother John, he enlisted in ...
1 day ago · Geography of Ireland. Ireland is an island in Northern Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean. The island, of up to around 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, lies near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the Eurasian Plate. Its main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by ...
3 hours ago · Map of Swedish diplomatic missions. The Kingdom of Sweden has a moderately sized diplomatic network of 78 embassies and 7 consulates general, supplemented by honorary consulates, cultural centres and trade missions. In countries without Swedish representation, Swedish citizens can seek assistance from public officials in the foreign services of ...
1 day ago · The Valencia City Council bought the lake from the Crown of Spain for 1,072,980 pesetas in 1911, and today it forms the main portion of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera (Albufera Nature Reserve), with a surface area of 21,120 hectares (52,200 acres). Because of its cultural, historical, and ecological value, it was declared a natural park in 1976.
1 day ago · 3 seats ( UPCE) [b] The 2024 European Parliament election in Spain will be held on Sunday, 9 June 2024, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 10th European Parliament. All 61 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon and the 2023 Council Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament will be up for election.
1 day ago · August: Oskar Arke, deutscher Pionier der elektrotechnischen Porzellanindustrie (* 1854) 21. August: Ugyen Wangchuck, erster König von Bhutan (* 1861) 22. August: Charles William Eliot, US-amerikanischer Chemiker (* 1834) 23. August: Rudolph Valentino, italienischer Schauspieler (* 1895) 26.
