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Eyrarbakki
Eyrarbakki is a fishing-town on the south-coast of Iceland with a population of about 577 people, not including inhabitants of the prison located there. History For centuries, the harbour at Eyrarbakki was the main port in the south of the country, and Eyrarbakki was the trading centre for the who..

Eyrbyggja saga
The Eyrbyggja saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. The name means the [[wikt:saga|saga]] of the inhabitants of Eyrr, which is a farm on Snæfellsnes on Iceland. The name is slightly misleading as it deals also with the clans of Þórsnes and Alptafjörðr. The central character who should have give..

Eyre
Eyre may mean: a circuit traveled by an itinerant justice in medieval England, or the circuit court he presided over [link] Places named Eyre include: Eyre HighwayEyre Bird ObservatoryEyre PeninsulaLake Eyre; also Lake Eyre Basin and Lake Eyre National ParkEyre, Isle of Skyevariant of Éi..

Eyre's 1839 expeditions
Edward John Eyre's two expeditions of 1839 to the interior of South Australia were his first expeditions as an explorer, if one discounts the two earlier trips he made down the Murray River to Adelaide, herding cattle and then sheep. North Having made a tidy profit of several thousand pounds from ..

Eyrecourt
Eyrecourt (Dún an Uchta in Irish) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. See also List of towns in the Republic of Ireland ..

Eyrecourt Castle
Eyrecourt Castle was a medieval structure in what is today the town of Eyrecourt, Ireland. Contents 1 Early history2 Transfer of Possession2.1 Changes2.2 Decline3 Sources Early history The castle, in its original form, was built by the O'Madden family in the early 15th ..

Eyre Coote
For his nephew, also a general, see Eyre Coote (the Younger) thumb Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB (1726 – April 28, 1783), was a British soldier. The son of a clergyman, he was born near Limerick, Ireland, and entered the 27th regiment. He first saw active service in the Jacobit..

Eyre Coote (the Younger)
General Sir Eyre Coote (1762-1823) was a British soldier. Coote was the second son of the Very Rev. Charles Coote, dean of Kilfenora, brother of Charles Henry Coote, who succeeded the last Earl of Mountrath as second Lord Castle Coote in 1802, and nephew of Sir Eyre Coote, K.B., the celebrated Indi..

Eyre Crowe
Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe GCB, GCMG, KCB, KCMG (30 July, 1864 - 28 April, 1925) was a British diplomat, born in Leipzig, educated at Düsseldorf and Berlin, with a German mother and a German wife, his father had been a British consul-general. Crowe first visited England in 1882 when he..

Eyre Evans Crowe
Eyre Evans Crowe (1799 - February 25, 1868), English journalist and historian, was born about the year 1799. He commenced his work as a writer for the London newspaper press in connection with the Morning Chronicle, and he afterwards became a leading contributor to the Examiner and the Daily News. ..

Eyre Highway
Named for Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. It forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. Its route number is National Highway 1 in Western Australia and National Highway A1 in Sou..

Eyre legend
The legend of the founder of the Eyre and Ayre families, known as Truelove (or True Love) appears in genealogies. However, there is no definitive historical evidence confirming his existence. The family legend states that he accompanied William the Conqueror to Britain during the Norman Invasion,..

Eyre Massey Shaw
Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1830–1908) was the Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now renamed the London Fire Brigade), and its predecessor, the London Fire Engine Establishment, from 1861 to 1891. He introduced modern firefighting methods to the Brigade, and increased the numb..

Eyre Peninsula
Satellite photo of the Eyre Peninsula bushfires, taken on January 11 2005 Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded on the east by Spencer Gulf, the west by the Great Australian Bight, and the north by the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John E..

Eyrie Vineyards
Eyrie Vineyards consists of 49 acres in several different vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, The vineyards and winery were established by owner and winemaker David Lett (1939- ), who produced the first Pinot Gris in the United States. Against the advice of viticultural professors at the ..

Eyring equation
The Eyring equation in chemical kinetics relates the reaction rate to temperature. It was developed by Henry Eyring. This equation follows from his transition state theory and contrary to the empirical Arrhenius equation this model is theoretical. The linear form of the Eyring equation is: [..

Ey Reqîb
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Þeyr
Þeyr (also known as Theyr) was a renowned Icelandic New Wave band from the early eighties. Shrouded under a veil of mystery, their three-year existence was characterized by a deep interest in ancient wisdom. Þeyr helped bring about the New Wave movement in Iceland and became into one of the fir..

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