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Michael Daniel Higgins (Irish: Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster, and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011. [2] Entering national politics through the Labour Party, he served as a senator from 1973 to 1977 having been nominated by the Taoiseach. [3]
Herbert Hoover got a "Belgian Police Dog" (Belgian Malinois), [5] King Tut, during his campaign and pictures of him with his new dog were sent all across the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was known for having many pets in the White House. He had six children who owned pets including snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, and guinea pigs. [6]
In June 1976 they co-founded the Irish Guide Dogs Association (IGDA), later the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB). [1] [3] The inaugural meeting at which Dunlop was elected president, took place in the Mansion House, Dublin and was chaired by broadcaster Jim Sherwin. [2]
The office of president was established in 1937, in part as a replacement for the office of governor-general that existed during the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. The seven-year term of office of the president was inspired by that of the presidents of Weimar Germany. At the time the office was established critics warned that the post might lead ...
Irish setters are "famously good family dogs," which was appropriate for the massive Kennedy family. Ethel and RFK had 11 children, 34 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
An adult Bouvier des Flandres. The monks at the Ter Duinen monastery were among the earliest known dog breeders in Flanders. The bouviers bred by them are recorded as having been bred from imports such as Irish wolfhounds and Scottish deerhounds with local farm dogs, until a breed considered to be the predecessor of the modern Bouvier des Flandres was obtained.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins, also a poet, described MacGowan on Thursday as one of music's greatest lyricists. "So many of his songs would be perfectly crafted poems, if that would not have ...
President Harding's Airedale, Laddie Boy, was the "first celebrity White House pet". [17] President Harding had a special chair hand carved for him to sit on at very important Cabinet meetings. In the 1920s, the Airedale became the most popular breed in the USA.