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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Why_England_SleptWhy England Slept - Wikipedia

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   Why England Slept. Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title alludes to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book Arms and the Covenant, published in the United States as While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [1]

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2. www.bbc.com › future › articleThe forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' - BBC

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   Nine-year-old Jane Rowth blinked her eyes open and squinted out into the moody evening shadows. She and her mother had just awoken from a short sleep. Mrs Rowth got up and went over to the ...

3. www.irishtimes.com › culture › heritageA brief history of (Irish) time – The Irish Times

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   Oct 31, 2013 · As she explains: “In Irish we have only one word, tráthnóna, for the time after midday. In English there are two words, “afternoon” and “evening”. Thus Irish people sometimes confuse ...

4. www.rte.ie › centuryireland › indexDaylight Saving - the troubled history of Irish time ... - RTÉ

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   Daylight Saving, or Summer Time, was introduced in Great Britain and Ireland on 21 May 1916. The Irish daily newspapers published articles on the eve of the change explaining the measure: ‘Just ...

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5. www.rte.ie › centuryireland › indexHere comes the summer: how Daylight Saving Time came to Ireland

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   1916. longread. Daylight Saving, or Summer Time, was introduced in Great Britain and Ireland on 21 May 1916. The Irish daily newspapers published articles on the eve of the change explaining the ...

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6. archive.org › details › whyenglandslept0000kennWhy England slept : Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917 ...

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   Mar 5, 2020 · The Christian Science Monitor called it a 'sober, reliable, straightforward analysis of Great Britain's slowness in rearming to meet the Nazi menace.' Long out of print, Why England Slept has been re-published by popular demand."--Dust jacket of 1961 reprint Reprint. Originally published: 1940 Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252)

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   Why England Slept?

   • Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title is an allusion to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [ 1]

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   Why did Irish people set their body clocks 17 minutes later?

   • In Ireland’s rebel southwest, locals were entitled – vis-a-vis the sun – to set their body clocks up to 17 minutes later than the city. After all, as farmers had pointed out, in opposition to the 1916 Bill, Irish cows would not consent to be milked before daylight, no matter what time parliament said it was.

   A brief history of (Irish) time – The Irish Times

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   How did time spread across the UK and Ireland?

   • Other railway companies followed suit and in this way, London time was spread to railway towns throughout the UK and similarly, Dublin time was spread to other towns in Ireland. The line of longitude at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich (left) was chosen as the prime meridian for time in 1884.

   Daylight Saving - the troubled history of Irish time

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   What was the difference between Old Irish time and new time?

   • Summer time was kept by cities, some towns and the railway; new time was an increase of 25 minutes on old Irish time to synchronise with English time; as yet punctual time had not come.” The “old Irish time” to which O’Malley is referring was Dublin Mean Time, also known as Dunsink Time, after the astronomical observatory where it was calculated.

   A brief history of (Irish) time – The Irish Times

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   Will Ireland's time change after Brexit?

   • For now any further change in Irish time seems unlikely due to Ireland’s close relationship with the UK, specifically Northern Ireland. But with all the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, who knows? Here comes the summer: how Daylight Saving Time came to Ireland | How the 1916 Daylight Saving Time Act came to Ireland and the opposition it received.

   Here comes the summer: how Daylight Saving Time came to Ireland - RTÉ

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   How did time change between Ireland and Britain?

   • The issue of uniform time between Ireland and Britain was a separate, albeit overlapping issue. By the end of the 18th century, clocks and watches had become commonplace, replacing the sundial as the primary means of public timekeeping. Local communities kept solar mean time, i.e. the time according to the position of the sun.

   Daylight Saving - the troubled history of Irish time

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8. www.newstalk.com › hidden-histories-irish-timeHidden Histories: Irish Time - Newstalk

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   Oct 31, 2021 · There is an interesting history of time in Ireland as many may not realise that until relatively recently we had our own time zone; indeed, there were several different time zones across the island.