What's the difference between hibernian and ireland?

Hibernian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
  • (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (2) The Knowledge inbox overflowed with various further Sportings and Football Clubs from around this wide footballing world of ours and a few examples that highlight the difficulty of classifying exactly what constitutes 'non-native' (should Hibernian, derived from the Roman name for Ireland, count for example, or 'Rovers, which is apparently derived from Norse?).
  • (2) Degree in business organisation at Heriot-Watt University Career Had trials for Hibernian FC 1984 Graduate trainee, Mars Pedigree Petfood 1986 Media sales, Daily Telegraph 1988 Media executive, Saatchi & Saatchi, made media director in 1990 1995 Joint chief executive, Saatchi & Saatchi 2000 Chief executive, Football Association 2003 Chief executive, Royal Mail He is on the boards of Camelot and Debenhams Family Married to Annette; two daughters
  • (3) Looking further back, Adam Purdue recalls that "Ken Barnes scored three penalties for Manchester City in the 6-2 home win over Everton in December 1957," while, according to the Evening Telegraph , a host of Scottish players have matched the feat: Bobby Collins, Celtic v Aberdeen (1950); Eddie Turnbull, Hibernian v Celtic (1951); Billy Price, Falkirk v Hamilton (1959); Gordon Wallace, Montrose v Hamilton (1963); Willie Johnston, Rangers v St Johnstone (1971); Donald Ford, Hearts v Morton (1973); Bobby McKean, St Mirren v Brechin (1974); Gerry Colgan, Queen's Park v Brechin (1976).
  • (4) The epic scale of Rangers’ celebrations as they progressed to a Scottish Cup final with Hibernian reflected how much this triumph meant.
  • (5) The Morocco international Merouane Zemmama has signed for Middlesbrough from Hibernian for an undisclosed fee.
  • (6) Out Fernando Torres (Chelsea, £50m), Nathan Eccleston (Charlton, loan), Ryan Babel (Hoffenheim, £6m) , Victor Palsson (Hibernian, undisc), Stephen Darby (Notts County, loan), David Amoo (MK Dons, loan), Paul Konchesky (Nottm Forest, loan).
  • (7) Fernando Torres Liverpool to Chelsea, £50m Andy Carroll Newcastle to Liverpool, £35m David Luiz Benfica to Chelsea, £26.5m Luis Suárez Ajax to Liverpool, £22.8m Tuncay Stoke to Wolfsburg, £4.5m Andy Reid Sunderland to Blackpool, undisc Maximilian Haas Bayern Munich II to Boro, undisc Merouane Zemmama Hibernian to Boro, undisc Rubén Rochina Barcelona to Blackburn, undisc Adriano Basso free agent to Wolves Daniel Sturridge Chelsea to Bolton, loan Paul Konchesky Liverpool to Nottm Forest, loan Stephen Ireland Aston Villa to Newcastle, loan James Beattie Rangers to Blackpool, loan Eidur Gudjohnsen Stoke to Fulham, loan Paulo da Silva Sunderland to Real Zaragoza, undisc El Hadji Diouf Blackburn to Rangers, loan Major Premier League January transfer window deals Arsenal In Ryo Miyaichi (unattached, undisc).
  • (8) He went on to live in Malta, where he played for the Hibernians team at 55, and to coach widely abroad, especially in South Africa, where he had first worked in 1954, and in Canada.
  • (9) WHEN THE OLD FIRM DIDN'T RULE THE SCOTTISH CUP "With Rangers losing against Hibernian and Celtic already eliminated, when was the last time Scottish football saw a Cup quarter-final without the Old Firm?"
  • (10) In the third patient with a Familial Hibernian Fever-like syndrome, an irregular fever pattern and no periodicity were found.
  • (11) At Wembley Celtic's popular "Big Frank" had been fourth choice anyway, an eleventh-hour international summons following injuries to Bill Brown (Tottenham Hotspur), Lawrie Leslie (Airdrieonians) and Ronnie Simpson (Hibernian).
  • (12) Turkey 5 (Galatasaray, Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor, Bursaspor) Portugal 5 (Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Belenenses, Boavista) Greece 6 (Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, Aris Salonika, PAOK Salonika, Larissa) Iceland 9 (KR, Valur, IA, Fram, Vikingur, FH, Keflavik, IBV, KA)* Malta 10 (Sliema Wanderers, Floriana, Valletta, Hibernians, Hamrun Spartans, Birkirkara, Rabat Ajax, King's Own Malta Regiment, Marsaxlokk, St George's) Scotland 11 (Celtic, Hearts, Rangers, Hibs, Third Lanark, Motherwell, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, Dundee United, Dundee, Dumbarton) * UBK added their name to the list later in the 2010 For thousands more questions and answers take a trip through the Knowledge archive Can you help?
  • (13) And, albeit moving slightly out of the classical genre, Finley Quaye's 'Maverick A Strike' album is apparently dedicated to his beloved Hibernian, while Austrian band Fanclub Erdberg made 'Anton Polster Du Bist Leiwand', a rough translation of which is 'Tony Polster: You Are A Legend'.
  • (14) 2.21pm GMT On Sky Sports News: Hayley McQueen has just read out an email from a viewer who wrote in to say that he took the day off work so that he could stand outside Hibernian's training ground to keep tabs on any comings or goings.
  • (15) Kuciak made a decent diving save from Anthony Stokes and Deila went for broke by removing the makeshift central defender Mikael Lustig and replacing him with the striker Leigh Griffiths, a habitual scorer in Edinburgh with Hibernian.
  • (16) While playing for Rangers in the 7-0 rout of Hibernian in December, 1995, Gazza was jogging back towards the halfway line at a goal-kick.
  • (17) One such occasion came in the late 80s, when Rowland participated in an attempt to take over Hibernian, one of Scotland's top football clubs.

Ireland


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
  • (2) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (3) "The Republic genuinely wishes Northern Ireland well and that includes the 12.5% corporate tax rate," he said.
  • (4) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
  • (5) Earlier this week the supreme court in London ruled against a mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who had wanted to establish the right to have a free abortion in an English NHS hospital.
  • (6) Theresa May has shown a complete and utter lack of interest in Northern Ireland since taking office.
  • (7) Remember, if he did seize group power and dispose of the Independent , he'd still be boss of the rest of INM: 200 or so papers and magazines around the world, dominant voices in Australasia, South Africa, India and Ireland itself, 100 million readers a week.
  • (8) She followed that with a job at Bibendum – she still talks of Simon Hopkinson, "such an elegant cook, so particular and clean and efficient", with deep reverence – and another at Roscoff in Northern Ireland.
  • (9) A comparison between SA 11 virus and the Northern Ireland cell culture adapted bovine virus showed that the electrophoretic mobilities of each of the 11 corresponding segments differed.
  • (10) The last time Republic of Ireland played here in Dublin they produced a performance and result to stir the senses.
  • (11) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
  • (12) As a result, more and more people are beginning to look towards Irish reunification as being a real possibility.” The overriding issue, however, in this most marginal constituency in Northern Ireland is the old binary, sectarian one: the zero-sum game of orange versus green.
  • (13) It offers us a new start, and a far more hopeful future.” The first minister, Peter Robinson , described the deal as a “monumental step forward” for Northern Ireland.
  • (14) "The performance of Italy and France kind of puts Ireland's heroic non-qualification in context," suggests Sean DeLoughry, giving everyone pause for thought.
  • (15) Recent polls confirmed that Martin read the public mood right as a big majority put improved health and social services well above tax cuts.” Some of the counts across the 40 constituencies of the republic are expected to continue until Monday due to Ireland’s single transferrable vote system.
  • (16) So, for example, Cork City's first-leg victory over Apollon Limassol in the first qualifying round of this season's Champions League means one point will be added to the League of Ireland's coefficient next season - but not to Cork's.
  • (17) The strain of E. granulosus infecting equines in Spain and Ireland is genetically identical to that infecting horses in the United Kingdom.
  • (18) Investors and analysts are concerned that while the European emergency fund had enough cash to rescue Greece, Ireland and potentially Portugal, if needed, it may not be large enough to fund Spain's borrowing needs.
  • (19) It means that Ireland will make a clean exit from its €85bn financial assistance programme, which ends on 15th Decembe r. It has hit the targets set by its troika of lenders, and Kenny's government must be confident that it can walk alone.
  • (20) From about 1891 to 1905 home rule seemed to go off the boil in Ireland; people agitated instead over land reform and Irish universities.

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