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The National Lottery ( Irish: An Crannchur Náisiúnta) is the state-licensed lottery of the Republic of Ireland. Established in 1986 to raise funds for good causes, it began operations on 23 March 1987 when it sold its first scratchcards. It launched the weekly drawing game Lotto the following year, holding the first draw on 16 April 1988.
In 1986, the Irish government created a new public lottery, and the company failed to secure the new contract to manage it. The final sweepstake was held in January 1986 and the company was unsuccessful in a licence bid for the Irish National Lottery, which was won by An Post later that year. The company went into voluntary liquidation in March ...
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing their own national (state) lottery.
c. 16,000 BC. During the Last Glacial Maximum, Ireland is covered in ice sheets. c. 12,000 BC. A narrow channel forms between Prehistoric Ireland and southwest Scotland [1] c. 10,000 BC. Carbon-dating on bear bones indicate the presence of Paleolithic people in County Clare. [2] c. 8000 BC.
The Irish Grand National is a National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Fairyhouse over a distance of about 3 miles and 5 furlongs (5,834 metres), and during its running there are twenty-four fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year on ...
Diagram comparing the Celtic, astronomical and meteorological calendars. The Irish calendar is the Gregorian calendar as it is in use in Ireland, but also incorporating Irish cultural festivals and views of the division of the seasons, presumably inherited from earlier Celtic calendar traditions.
The calendar uses a mathematical arrangement to keep a normal 12 month calendar in sync with the moon and keeps the whole system in sync by adding an intercalary month every 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years. The Coligny calendar registers a five-year cycle of 62 lunar months , divided into a "bright" and a "dark" fortnight (or half a moon cycle) each.
Winner of Mr World, Irish National Lottery Presenter and Owner of Giant Studios. Television. National Lottery, Mr World. Title. Mr World 2010. Children. 1 child, Kamal Ibrahim (born 10 November 1985) is an Irish TV host, producer, public speaker and beauty pageant titleholder. He was also the winner of Mister World 2010, having won the ...