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Koningsdam Guests Enjoy an Exclusive Event at World-Renowned Rijksmuseum (Holland America Line Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
(Source. Holland America Line Inc). Holland America Line guests on Koningsdam's Christening cruise were treated to once-in-a-lifetime events and surprises - from the Dedication Ceremony featuring the ship's royal Godmother Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands to extravagant dinners and special keepsakes ... (PC ... Left ... The famous portrait features the civic guard and is regarded by many as the turning point of the artist's career....

Making 1916: The stuff of history

Edit The Irish Times 16 Jan 2016
... on The Ford of the Hurdles, a pageant devised by Micheál Mac Liammóir and Hilton Edwards for Dublin Civic Week in 1929 ... Many regular Gate actors were in the cast, with “fifty oversized civic guards, who were to be Gaels, Vikings, Normans and Volunteers.” History ends in 1916; no mention of the Civil War, still no doubt fresh in people’s minds....

10 of the best ways to enjoy Amsterdam … on a budget

Edit The Guardian 09 Nov 2015
Follow our savvy guide and enjoy free gigs, art galleries and walking tours, stay in a cool hostel and refuel on cheap eats. Free walking tours ... Sandemans New Amsterdam offers three-hour ambles twice a day, covering staples such as the gentrification of the Red Light District and the Begijnhof Convent, an inner courtyard leading to the Civic Guards Gallery, where a collection of paintings by old masters is on permanent display ... Twitter....

Portraits of Artists and Friends

Edit Huffington Post 14 Sep 2015
"Sargent. Portraits of Artists and Friends," currently showing at the Met, is a virtual vade mecum of l9th European culture, as seen from the perspective of the great and often quirky transatlantic portraitist. There is Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889) and a sketch of Yeats (1908) ... George Civic Guard," (1616) in Sargent's painting of the artists Francois Flameng and Paul Helleu, with Flameng staring straight out and Helleu in profile....

Eggs thrown at finance minister: From the Archives: March 28th, 1927

Edit The Irish Times 29 Mar 2015
The Free State Minister for Finance (Mr. E ... At one period, three or four eggs were thrown at the Minister but none hit him. Civic Guards then intervened and there was a rather amusing sequel. As the Guards went towards the interrupters, so did a portion of the crowd, and the pressure became so great that the eggs with which their pockets were filled were squashed. Mr ... de Valera tried to upset the will of the people. Mr ... At this stage, Mr ... Mr....

Celebrate November With The 15 Best Mustaches In History

Edit Huffington Post 05 Nov 2014
In case you haven't noticed the abundance of upper-lip hair this month, we're here to tell you that we're in the thick of No Shave November, or the equally popular phenomenon, Movember ... It has since become a global phenomenon, celebrated everywhere from Australia to Africa ... 1. The Mustache Master, Salvador Dali ... (Wiki). 2 ... (Wiki). 3 ... 4 ... Cornelis van Haarlem, Banquet of the officers and sub-alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599 ....

Facebook cuffs on civic guard - Youth abuses CM on social network, Trinamul leader files ...

Edit The Telegraph India 16 Oct 2014
A civic police guard was arrested last night for allegedly making indecent remarks against the chief minister on Facebook following a police complaint against him by a Trinamul leader ... Administrative sources in Calcutta said the majority of civic police guards were yet to be paid for the past three months because of the financial crunch the government faced ... A civic police guard is paid Rs 141.80 a day by the home department....

Top 10 free things to do in Amsterdam

Edit The Guardian 20 May 2014
From galleries, boat trips and concerts to the city's famous condom shop, there's plenty of great things to do in Amsterdam that won't cost you a guilder. • Add your suggestions in the comments below. Galleries ... The Condomerie ... Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, closed Mon ... From the Begijnhof you can also reach the Civic Guards Gallery (also free) – a covered street lined with 15 huge 17th-century paintings and managed by the Amsterdam Historical Museum....

Vinny left bereft of bottle for rerun of Brian Boru’s finest battle moments

Edit The Irish Times 27 Mar 2014
Since Vinny Fitzpatrick first wore short trousers, a thanksgiving Mass was held in St John’s Church, Clontarf on Good Friday to mark the anniversary of Brian Boru running the Vikings into the Irish Sea ... There was also the Tony Grealish connection ... Phibsboro command post ... on the field of play ... There was a cluster of councillors, the civic guard chief, chair of Clontarf commerce, and a knot of Bull Islanders, a local conservation crew ... ....

Replacing a garda commissioner won’t resolve ‘embedded dysfunctionality’ in the force

Edit The Irish Times 26 Mar 2014
Martin Callinan has been the 19th person to hold the position of Garda Commissioner. One may exclude the former Co Clare IRA commander, Patrick Brennan, who was briefly “elected” to the post by the members of the Civic Guard who mutinied at the Kildare Depot in 1922. Of the 19 incumbents, a little more than half have made it safely to retirement at full term and without controversy ... More recently, Edmund Garvey was sacked in 1983 ... ....

The Spirit of the Blitz

Edit The Irish Times 26 Mar 2014
In the old cemetery at Broomfield, Co Monaghan, near where I grew up, is the grave of a man named Thomas Hughes. He died in 1942, and what I know of his life is limited to two dramatic episodes, both of which made national headlines. One concerned his bravery in war. The other involved his use of poitín ... Members of the Civic Guard had given evidence of finding a jar with “nine pints of poteen”, at the defendant’s home ... @frankmcnallyIT ....
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