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International Year of Astronomy: Science and Religion

02/12/2009

International year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009 has been initiated as a global effort by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the universe through day and night time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery. Preparatory and cornerstone events were held in many countries during 2008. Local, national, regional and international activities will take place as a unifying activity for humanity throughout IYA 2009. Over…

Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600-1800

02/12/2009

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People left Ireland for a bewildering number of reasons. Like migrants through time and the world over, they had to call on all their resources to survive and prosper in alien environments. Their achievement was considerable, permitting an ‘outsider’ people to achieve ‘insider’ status on the Continent and in the Spanish, French and Dutch colonies by the mid-eighteenth century. Their example indicates that migration, far from being an exceptional, temporary phenomenon is actually a permanent part of the human…