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Word: fermanagh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Four of the six counties in Northern Ireland (Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry and Down) have Protestant majorities, but in the two west-border counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone, Catholics form about 55% of the population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Gunmen | 8/29/1955 | See Source »

...Washington last week, he went right on acting as if he were happy to be a King's man. Beaming with good humor, Sir Basil told the National Press Club that one of his ancestors, a Sir Arthur Brooke of Fermanagh, was none other than the man who set fire to the White House during the War of 1812. He added: "When I passed the White House today, and saw the scaffolding, I thought to myself that he did a pretty good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: King's Man | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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