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Retracing the Footsteps of the Last Gaelic King of Ireland in Rome

By Cahir O'Doherty, Contributor
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by </a> By Cahir O'Doherty, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/november-december-2018/">November / December 2018</a> 5 Comments

Why it's time to reclaim the last days and figureheads of the old Gaelic world. ℘℘℘ Stories matter, so here’s a good one. Four hundred and ten years ago this November the last two living Gaelic lords of Ulster arrived in Rome, uncertain of their welcome and feeling physically spent. They were Rory O’Donnell former King of Tír Conaill, now the Earl of Tyrconnell, (with his … [Read more...] about Retracing the Footsteps of the Last Gaelic King of Ireland in Rome

November 26, 1885

Thomas Andrews, Northern Irish chemist and physicist, died on this day in 1885 in Belfast. Andrews spent extensive time in school. He first attended the Belfast Academy and then the Royal Belfast Academical Institute, where he studied mathematics. In 1828, he went on to University of Glasgow to study chemistry, then Trinity College Dublin for classics with a distinction in science, and finally University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded a doctorate of medicine. He did his most important work as a professor of Chemistry at Queen’s University of Belfast, where he demonstrated the phase transitions between gases and liquids, and carried out a complete inquiry into the gas laws.

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