inclusion of the epithet Irish is a late addition. John Pentland Mahaffy, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, observed, "an Irish bull is always pregnant"...
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"Trade in 'Irish' pit bulls flouts dog law", telegraph.co.uk, published 2 June 2002. (Archived 3 August 2018). "Native Breeds of Ireland". The Irish Kennel...
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Bull Terrier is a breed of dog in the terrier family. There is also a miniature version of this breed which is officially known as the Miniature Bull...
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any bull, bear, dog, or other animals. Bull-baiting (Irish: tarbh-ghríosú) was widespread in Ireland in the 17th–19th centuries. In Dublin, bull-baiting...
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Bull Island is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland. Bull Island or Bulls Island or Bull's Island may also refer to the following: Bull Island (Antarctica)...
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Look up bull in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bull usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine. Bull may also refer to: The adult male of many...
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The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a dog breed recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA), but not...
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and Irish Republican Dominic Behan criticized the British government via the proxy of John Bull in his popular ballad, The Patriot Game: This Ireland of...
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The Bull may refer to: "The Bull", a short story by Saki The Young Bull or The Bull, a 1647 painting by Paulus Potter The Bull of Navan or The Bull, a...
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Bull Island (Irish: Oileán an Tairbh), more properly North Bull Island (Oileán an Tairbh Thuaidh), is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about...
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The Bull Rock Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located 4 km off Dursey Island, Ireland. The lighthouse is the second one constructed in this...
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Donn Cuailnge (redirect from Brown Bull of Cuailnge/Cooley)
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology Donn Cúailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley, was an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle...
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Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers. In the United States, the term is usually considered...
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Laudabiliter (category 12th-century papal bulls)
cited as a Bull. In 1331 the Justiciar and Council of Ireland wrote to Pope John XXII asking him to proclaim a crusade against some Irish clans, basing...
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honored bulls as sacred. In the Sumerian religion, Marduk is the "bull of Utu". In Hinduism, Shiva's steed is Nandi, the Bull. The sacred bull survives...
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The shilling (1s) (Irish: scilling) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄20 of a pound. Worth 12d or half of a Florin. The original...
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language, taruos means "bull," found in Old Irish as tarb (/tarβ/), in Modern Irish/Gaelic as tarbh and in Welsh as tarw (compare "bull" in other Indo-European...
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Medb (category Pages with Old Irish IPA)
Medb (Old Irish: [mʲeðv]), later spelled Meadhbh (Middle Irish: [mʲɛɣv]), Méabh(a) (Irish: [ˈmʲeːw(ə)]) and Méibh (Irish: [mʲeːvʲ]), and often anglicised...
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American Pit Bull Terrier breed, through specimens such as the dog Lloyd's Pilot and the Colby bloodline, strongly combined with Irish strains. The anatomy...
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half-nonsensical statements that contradicted themselves. A type of Irish joke, an "Irish bull" is styled after these. The term first occurs in a periodical...
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Joe Egan (boxer) (category Irish male boxers)
Egan is an Irish retired professional boxer. Egan was a participant in Dublin's Phoenix Club as an amateur boxer. Egan has won the Irish Heavyweight...
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Old English Bulldog (redirect from Bull Baiter)
weighed about 45 pounds (20 kg).[citation needed] The English blood sport of bull-baiting allowed for a specialized breed in the form of the Old English Bulldog...
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horse racing, golf, and boxing. The names Ireland and Éire derive from Old Irish Ériu, a goddess in Irish mythology first recorded in the ninth century...
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bull is illustrated in Celtic style in the Book of Kells, as well as on various Irish stamps. The Irish wolfhound is generally considered Ireland's national...
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The Bull Wall (Irish: Balla an Bhulla), or North Bull Wall (Irish: Balla an Bhulla Thuaidh), at the Port of Dublin, extending from the estuary of the...
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typically Red Bull. Sometimes, this drink is incorrectly identified as a traditional "shot". A Jägerbomb is typically served with a can of Red Bull or a similar...
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Red Bull Arena is a soccer-specific stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, that is home to the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer and NJ/NY Gotham FC...
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Táin Bó Cúailnge (redirect from Brown Bull of Cooley)
Raid of Cooley, is an epic from Irish mythology. It is often called "the Irish Iliad", although like most other early Irish literature, the Táin is written...
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cast of seven Irish comedians and impressionists, the show, which aired for half an hour weekly, satirised many aspects of Irish life. Bull Island was created...
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Look up bulls in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bulls may refer to: The plural of bull, an adult male bovine Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the...
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