national anthem of Canada. It was proclaimed the official national anthem on July 1, 1980. God Save the Queen (q.v.) remains the royal anthem of Canada.
Irish novelist, short-story writer, and screenwriter whose work has been noted for its portrayal of women, evocative description, and sexual candour. Like the works of her predecessors James Joyce and Frank O'Connor, some of her books have been banned in ...
Irish-born American journalist, playwright, and author whose psychologically penetrating tales of pseudoscience and the uncanny made him one of the forerunners of modern science fiction.
American shot-putter who developed a style that revolutionized the event. He held the world record from 1953 to 1959, increasing the distance from 18 m (59 feet 34 inches) to 19.30 m (63 feet 4 inches) in that period.
Irish journalist and politician who was for several years second only to Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) among Irish Nationalist leaders. He was perhaps most important for his "plan of campaign" (1886), by which Irish tenant farmers would withhold all rent ...
Irish playwright renowned for realistic dramas of the Dublin slums in war and revolution, in which tragedy and comedy are juxtaposed in a way new to the theatre of his time.
Irish chronicler who directed the compilation of the Annala Rioghachta Eireann (Annals of the Four Masters, 1636), a chronicle of Irish history from antiquity to 1616, a work of incalculable importance to Irish scholarship.
American novelist and short-story writer whose works, usually set in the rural South and often treating of human alienation, are concerned with the relationship between the individual and God.
Irish playwright, novelist, and short-story writer who, as a critic and as a translator of Gaelic works from the 9th to the 20th century, served as an interpreter of Irish life and literature to the English-speaking world.
American Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the archbishop of New York (1984-2000) and was regarded as the Vatican's leading spokesman in the United States.
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions.
Irish scholar and industrious copyist and translator of Old Irish manuscripts whose works had an important influence on the revival of the Gaelic language and literature and contributed to the late 19th-century Irish literary renaissance.
Spanish soldier-politician who played a prominent role in the successful Spanish military insurrections of 1843 and 1854 and headed the Spanish government three times between 1856 and 1866. Though he lacked a coherent political program, he was a staunch supporter ...
Irish writer whose meticulously researched, often darkly comic novels, short stories, and nonfiction are international in scope. Her work deals with the historical and contemporary status of women and with political and emotional issues of the Irish.
Irish writer best known for his short stories about Ireland's lower and middle classes. He often examined the decline of the nationalist struggle or the failings of Irish Roman Catholicism. His work reflects the reawakening of interest in Irish culture ...
Irish novelist and short-story writer whose works combine brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry, and biting satire with an abiding respect for the courage and persistence of the Irish people. He was considered to be a leading figure of the Irish ...
historical novelist and literary historian whose popular English versions of the Irish heroic sagas earned him the title of "father of the Irish literary revival."
region, central Chile, bordered by Argentina to the east and facing the Pacific Ocean on the west. Since 1974 it has comprised the provinces of Cachapoal, Cardenal Caro, and Colchagua. It has an area of 6,327 sq mi (16,393 sq ...
South American revolutionary leader and first Chilean head of state ("supreme director," 1817-23), who commanded the military forces that won independence from Spain.
Irish statesman who attempted severe repression of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the years of the Irish "Troubles" following the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. A man of intellectual power, he was described as "a soul incapable of remorse or ...
one of the early leaders of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein ("We Ourselves") Party. He served two terms as president of Ireland, from June 1945 to June 1959.
founder of the American branch of the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish nationalist secret society active in Britain and the United States during the mid-19th century (see Fenian).
American lawyer who was the principal owner of the National League Brooklyn Dodgers professional baseball team (from 1958 the Los Angeles Dodgers). As owner of the Dodgers, he played a role in two of the key events in the history ...
foremost American dramatist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. His masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night (produced posthumously 1956), is at the apex of a long string of great plays, including Beyond the Horizon (1920), Anna ...
