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The Glorious Twelfth is the twelfth day of August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica), and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The grouse-shooting season begins on 12 August except in the Isle of Man where (were it not for a voluntary ban) it would start on 25 August. It ends on 10 December, except in Northern Ireland (30 November) and the Isle of Man (31 October). 12 August is sometimes called by adherents of the sport the "Glorious Twelfth".
August 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM The royal family is currently in Balmoral, the casual Scottish castle they visit every summer, and apparently today—August 12—is something called “The Glorious ...
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)
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The Twelfth (also called Orangemens' Day) [1] is a primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster.It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Whig political party and Anglican Ascendancy in Ireland and the passing ...
Raymond Storey (born in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright and television writer. [1] He is best known for his plays The Saints and Apostles, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1993 Governor General's Awards, [2] and The Glorious 12th, which won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1996.
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury KG PC (15 July 1660 – 1 February 1718) was an English peer and Whig politician who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited William of Orange to depose King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution. He was appointed to several minor roles before the revolution, but came to prominence ...