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18 hours ago · Early years and family Best grew up on the Cregagh estate, east Belfast. The playing fields in the estate where he played football as a boy, Cregagh Green, is protected for community recreation in perpetuity as a Fields in Trust Active Space. George Best was the first child of Richard "Dickie" Best (1919–2008) and Anne Withers (1922–1978). He was born on 22 May 1946 and grew up in Cregagh ...
4 days ago · William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) [7] was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. [8] He was the professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, where he undertook significant research and mathematical analysis of ...
2 days ago · Website. oxford .gov .uk. Oxford ( / ˈɒksfərd /) [5] [6] is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell.
1 day ago · In 1982, another Northern Ireland Assembly was established, initially as a body to scrutinise the actions of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Secretary of State, the UK Government minister with responsibility for Northern Ireland. It was not supported by Irish nationalists and was officially dissolved in 1986.
1 day ago · Tony Blair. Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and held various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was Member of Parliament (MP ...
4 days ago · Belfast (County Antrim) BT BT18 Holywood: County Down: BT BT19, BT20 BANGOR: County Down: BT BT21 Donaghadee: County Down: BT BT22, BT23 Newtownards: County Down: BT BT24 BALLYNAHINCH: County Down: BT BT25 DROMORE: County Down: BT BT26 HILLSBOROUGH: County Down: BT BT27, BT28 Lisburn: County Antrim: BT BT29 shared: CRUMLIN: County Antrim: BT ...
1 day ago · Population: (2011) 1,810,863. Official Language: English. National Religion: none. In proximity to Scotland and to sea channels leading to England and Wales, Northern Ireland has long witnessed generations of newcomers and emigrants, including Celts from continental Europe and Vikings, Normans, and Anglo-Saxons.
