The park was finally opened to the public in 1745 by the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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In 1591, the Lord of Leitrim in Ireland, Sir Brian O'Rourke, was executed for sheltering Spaniards from the defeated Armada.

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He was succeeded by the current Lord Mayor David Alderdice, the brother of the former Alliance Party leader and current presiding officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Lord Alderdice.

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The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland, will succeed Lord Jonathan Sacks in September.

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The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland, will succeed Lord Jonathan Sacks when he steps down next year.

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Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson and the Lord Lieutenant of County Down, William J Hall, were among the guests who welcomed the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to the province.

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In the first of Monday's two matches at Lord's, Ireland could only score six runs from their one-over eliminator - in which both teams are permitted to lose just two wickets.

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However, after considering the submissions Northern Ireland's Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan said a retrial was in the interest of justice.

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Lord Alderdice has argued that such a deal contains all the necessary compromises to ensure the majority of people in Ireland, north and south, can support the deal.

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The first police ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Nuala (now Baroness) O'Loan adopted the definitions, in 2007, of Lord Stevens and Peter Cory to examine whether there had been collusion in the murder of Raymond McCord jnr.

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