In Ireland 'Liam' is not a shortened form of the English name 'William'. It is a full name in its own right. When I was growing up in Northern Ireland, catholic people who wanted to call their son 'Liam' would often officially name him 'William' because giving a child an Irish ...
Back to top F Fawkes –Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic who, in 1605, tried to blow up the House of Parliament as an act of rebellion against the new Protestant government. In England, November 5 is now known as Guy Fawkes Day (or Bonfire Night), where Guy Fawkes is burned in effi...
Toirdealbhach Mac Ruaidhrí Ó Conchobhair (1088–1156), High King of Ireland (also known as Turlough O'Connor) Law and politics Arthur O'Connor (MP) (1844–1923), Member of Parliament for Queen's County Basil O'Connor (1892–1972), American lawyer, co-founded National Foundation for...
The State ofWestminster威斯敏斯特条例:(1)In 1931, the British Parliament passed a bill which laterhas been known as the Statute of Westminster, according to which, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Ireland, New Foundland and South Africa turned into “Dominions”.(2)These self-government...
Today’s statement on the Commission President Election at the European Parliament website at 1:19m said: The candidate of the largest Group Mr. Jean Claude Juncker will be the first to attempt to form the required majority. ___ From – British Influence, The Campaign to Keep Britain in ...
boroughnoun(n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or...
With the expansion of the British interest in Ireland and abroad, the Weir family members were some of the first to immigrate to different lands to make their fortune. Large number of Weir clansmen moved to Northern Ireland as part of the English/Protestant resettlement program enacted during th...
The very first recorded spelling of the family was shown to be that of Archebaldus de Doleys, dated 1262, in the of “ Acts of Parliament of Scotland.” It was during the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, dated 1249-1286. Surname all over the country became a necessity with th...
In my family, going back as much as 10 generations, Nancy was used as the pet name for women named Agnes. I've always read that it is a diminutive of Ann, but this is my experience. We, by the way, came from Northern Ireland and before that Scotland. ―frankwasmer 12/30/2006...
Early Bearers of the Leach Surname The Hundred Rolls of 1273 AD, a census of Wales and England, known in Latin asRotuli Hundredorumlists two bearers of this surname: Edmund le Leche and William le Leche, both in Oxfordshire. Robert le Leche was documented in the Writs of Parliament in ...