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Memorial Lecture: Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation

10/21/2009

On 17 March 2008 Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, delivered the first Memorial Lecture of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation at the International Conference Centre (CCIG) in Geneva. In partnership with The Graduate Institute of International Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, an Annual Memorial Lecture will be delivered on or around 15 March each year. It coincides with the birthday of Sergio Vieira de Mello who would have been sixty in 2008. Kofi Annan is Patron of the Foundation…

Ashtown Castle: Phoenix Park, Dublin

09/26/2009

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In the late 12th century the lands of Ashtown were granted to the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Dublin by Hugh Tyrrell, first Baron of Castleknock. The hospital belonging to the order known as the “Crutched” Friars (Brothers of the Cross), was one of the earliest city charities. Walter Foster was leasing the lands for ?4 a year when the monastery was dissolved in 1540. The early 17th century saw plans to develop a deer park on lands…