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Behind the Name: Etymology and History of First Names

Gives the history behind first names from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iran, Turkey, India, some parts of Africa, and a number of other countries. Also covers Arabic names, biblical names, and mythological names.

01-12-2007 : african, albanian, arabic, arabic names, armenian, azerbaijani, basque, biblical names, breton, bulgarian, catalan, chinese, cornish, corsican, czech and slovak, danish, dutch, england, english, esperanto, estonian, etymologies, finnish, first names, france, french, frisian, galician, german, germany, great britain, greek, hawaiian, hungarian, icelandic, igbo, india, indian, iran, iranian, ireland, irish, italian, italy, japanese, jewish, kazakh, khmer, korean, kurdish, latvian, lithuanian, macedonian, manx, maori, modern english, mythological names, names, native american, north korea, norwegian, polish, portuguese, provencal, romanian, russian, scottish, serbian and croatian, slovene, south korea, spain, spanish, swedish, thai, traditional english, turkey, turkish, ukrainian, united kingdom, vietnamese, welsh, yoruba

WWW Virtual Library: Women's History

Organized by countries, plus other information.

01-11-2007 : africa, argentina, asia, australia, austria, belarus, belgium, canada, central america, croatia, czechia, denmark, england, estonia, europe, france, germany, great britain, iceland, ireland, italy, japan, latin america, middle east, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, romania, russia, south america, spain, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom, united states, virtual libraries, women's history, women's studies

WWW Virtual Library: Regional Studies

High quality directory maintained by an expert in the field.

01-11-2007 : aboriginal languages, aboriginal peoples, africa, american indians, asian studies, circumpolar peoples, ethnic groups, german subject catalogue, gypsies, indigenous peoples, ireland, islamic and middle eastern law, native americans, pacific studies, regional studies, roma, russian and eastern european studies, tribes, western european studies

One World - Nations Online

'Made to improve cross-cultural understanding and global awareness through information.... a portal of gateways to the countries, cultures and nations in this world, a reference directory ...' and more.

01-11-2007 : afghanistan, akrotiri, albania, algeria, american samoa, andorra angola, anguilla, antarctica, antigua and barbuda, arctic ocean, argentina, armenia, aruba, ash and cartier islands, atlantic ocean, australia, austria, azerbaijan, bahamas, baker island, bangladesh, barbados, bassas da india, belarus, belgium, belize, benin, bermuda, bhutan, bolivia, bosnia and herzegovina, botswana, bouvet island, brazil, british indian ocean territory, british virgin islands, brunei, bulgaria, burkina faso, burma, burundi, cambodia, cameroon, canada, cape verde, cayman islands, central african republic, chad, chile, china, christmas island, clipperton island, cocos islands, colombia, comoros, congo, congo (brazzaville), congo (kinshasa), cook islands, coral sea islands, costa rica, cote d'ivoire, country studies, croatia, cuba, cyprus, czech republic, denmark, dhekelia, djibouti, dominica, dominican republic, east timor, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, england, equatorial guinea, eritrea, estonia, ethiopia, europa island, european union, falkland islands, faroe islands, federated states of, fiji, finland, france, french guiana, french metropolitan, french polynesia, french southern and antarctic territories lands, gabon, gambia, gaza strip, georgia, germany, ghana, gibraltar, great britain, greece, greenland, grenada, guadeloupe, guam, guatemala, guernsey, guinea, guinea-bissau, guyana, haiti, heard and mcdonald islands, holy see, honduras, hong kong, howland island, hungary, iceland, india, indian ocean, indonesia, iran, iraq, ireland, islas malvinas, isle of, israel, italy, ivory coast, ivory coast - cote d'ivoire, jamaica, jan mayen, japan, jarvis island, jersey, johnston atoll, jordan, juan de nova island, kazakhstan, keeling islands, kenya, kingman reef, kiribati, kuwait, kyrgyzstan, laos, latvia, lebanon, lesotho, liberia, libya, liechtenstein, lithuania, luxembourg, macau, macedonia, madagascar, malawi, malaysia, maldives, mali, malta, man, marshall islands, martinique, mauritania, mauritius, mayotte, mexico, micronesia, midway islands, moldova, monaco, mongolia, montserrat, morocco, mozambique, myanmar, namibia, nauru, navassa island, nepal, netherlands, netherlands antilles, new caledonia, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, nigeria, niue, norfolk island, north korea, northern mariana islands, norway, oman, pacific ocean, pakistan, palau, palmyra atoll, panama, papua new guinea, paracel islands, paraguay, peru, philippines, pitcairn islands, poland, portugal, puerto rico, qatar, reunion, romania, russian federation, rwanda, samoa, san marino, sao tome and principe, saudi arabia, senegal, serbia and montenegro, seychelles, sierra leone, singapore, slovakia, slovenia, solomon islands, somalia, south africa, south georgia and south sandwich islands, south korea, southern ocean, spain, spratly islands, sri lanka, st. helena, st. kitts and nevis, st. lucia, st. pierre and miquelon, st. vincent and the grenadines, sudan, suriname, svalbard and jan mayen islands, swaziland, sweden, switzerland, syria, taiwan, tajikistan, tanzania, thailand, timor-leste, togo, tokelau, tonga, trinidad and tobago, tromelin island, tunisia, turkey, turkmenistan, turks and caicos islands, tuvalu, uganda, ukraine, united arab emirates, united kingdom, united states of america, united states pacific island wildlife refuges, uruguay, uzbekistan, vanuatu, vatican city, vatican city state, venezuela, viet nam, virgin islands (british), virgin islands (u.s.), wake island, wallis and futuna, west bank, western sahara, yemen, yugoslavia, zambia, zimbabwe,

World Factbook: Ireland

Covers geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

12-15-2006 : ireland

BBC Country Profile: Ireland

An overview of the country's political history, statistics, leader profiles, and more. Click on the Timeline link on the right side of the page for a chronology of events.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

11-09-2006 : chronologies, ireland, leader profiles, political history, statistics, timeline

The History of St. Patrick's Day [March 17th]

Information about items associated with the holiday (such as parades, the shamrock, leprechauns, and corned beef). Also links to Irish travel destinations and literary Ireland. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

11-09-2006 : corned beef, ireland, irish holidays, irish travel destinations, leprechauns, literary ireland, parades, saints, shamrocks, st. patrick's day

An Gorta M�r: The Great Hunger Archive

Collection of material about the Irish potato famine that began in the 1840s. The site features transcriptions of workhouse minute books, a multimedia presentation about the Killarney workhouse minute books, digitized documents and papers, photographs, a bibliography, and links to related sites.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)

11-09-2006 : 1845-1852, history, hunger, ireland, ireland: history: famine, poverty

Amnesty International Library: Ireland

Gives background information and any other types of violations or concerns. Documents in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

11-09-2006 : amnesty international, human rights, ireland

Creative Minds Unlimited: Myths, Legends and Folklore

Monthly discussions of myths and legends from around the world.

Stone Pages

11-08-2006 : barrows, cairns, dolmens, england, france, great britain, hillforts, ireland, italy, megalithic sites, scotland, standing stones, stone circles, united kingdom, wales

Glass Steel and Stone

Includes 654 great, aesthetically-pleasing structures in 125 cities and 36 countries.

11-08-2006 : albania, algeria, architecture-general, australia, austria, belgium, belize, bhutan, british isles, brunei, buildings, canada, chile, china, croatia, czech republic, egypt, england, finland, france, germany, gibraltar, great britain, greece, holland, holy see, hungary, india, iran, ireland, israel, italy, japan, jordan, kuwait, laos, lithuania, malaysia, malta, mexico, monuments, myanmar, netherlands, new zealand, peru, russia, sealand, serbia and montenegro, south africa, south korea, spain, taiwan, tunisia, turkey, united arab emirates, united kingdom, united states, venezuela, vietnam

Ireland, Back Home Again

11-08-2006 : ', area studies, countries, ireland, regions, western europe

Footnotes to History

11-07-2006 : abaco, abalonia, abkhaz, abkhazia, aceh, acla, acre, addu, afar, afrikaner, agni, agricultural, aires, airrecu, ajaristan, akhzibland, alamut, aland, alandoerna, alans, alashan, alawites, albazin, alcatraz, alitao, aloquituche, altai, altos, amaro, ambon, amelia, american, amuntai, ancash, anglo-corsican, angoche, anguilla, anjouan, antarctique, antioquia, anyidi, apalachicola, arab, arakan, ararat, araucania, ariari, armenia, arotirene, artists', artsakh, aryan-pacific, assam, assassins, association, asturias, athos, atlantis, atoll, auca, ausonia, australia, austriens, autonomous, awdal, azawad, azerbaijan, babbio, bactria, badakhshan, bahia, baja, baku, balubas, baluchistan, bantustans, barataria, barga, bashkiria, basilio, basters, bat, bavaria, bayano, beaver, beggars, belem, belussian, bendery, bene, benin, berbers, bessarabia, biafra, biaknabato, bihac, blas, bluefields, bobbio, bodoland, bolivar, bom, bophuthatswana, border, bosnia-hercegovina, bosnia-herzegovina, 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