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# Google Doodle

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# ireland is a land so green
This is what Google has chosen to be its 1916 Easter Commemoration Doodle
The winning design was drawn by 12-year-old Mia Buckley from Summercove National School.
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Mar 7th 2016, 5:45 PM
# Sheridan Le Fanu
The Irish author of Uncle Silas was honoured with a Google Doodle today
Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dominick Street in Dublin 200 years ago today.
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Aug 28th 2014, 9:26 PM
# john venn
Today's Google Doodle is a fun tribute to the creator of the Venn diagram
Urgh, maths. But fun maths.
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Aug 4th 2014, 11:00 AM
# mandela day
This Google Doodle tribute to Mandela will hit you right in the feels
This is the first Mandela Day since the death of the South African leader and would have been his 96th birthday.
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Jul 18th 2014, 10:42 AM
# Class
Today's Google doodle could be our favourite World Cup one yet
There is definitely a bit of this going on in offices around the country.
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Jun 23rd 2014, 8:17 PM
# timewaster
Today's Rubik's Cube Google Doodle is a productivity vacuum
We can’t stop playing.
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May 19th 2014, 7:54 AM
# Happy Birthday
On Audrey Hepburn's 85th birthday, here are 5 things you mightn't know about her
The iconic actress passed away in 1993, but remains one of Hollywood’s most celebrated personalities.
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May 4th 2014, 2:37 PM
# Kelly McCabe
And the eight-year-old Doodle 4 Google champion is...
Her work will appear on the Google Ireland homepage later this week.
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Mar 24th 2014, 5:38 PM
# Google Doodle
Even Google is getting in on the act today
Thanks, you guys.
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Mar 17th 2014, 10:30 AM
# Googley eyed
Today's Valentine's-themed Google Doodle is pretty special
Stuck for a last-minute gift? Just head on over to Google.
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Feb 14th 2014, 9:28 AM
# Rainbow Nation
Check out Google's not-so-subtle Winter Olympics doodle
The web giant is making a point with the Winter Olympics starting today.
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Feb 7th 2014, 7:10 AM
# Google
Google goes knitting as doodlers mark the winter solstice
Have you seen the homepage today?
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Dec 21st 2013, 12:07 PM
# Inkblots
Today's Google Doodle is pretty amazing
Those doodlers have really excelled with this one.
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Nov 8th 2013, 10:22 AM
# Take a...
Google's doodlers celebrate the 216th birthday of the parachute jump
This day in 1797 a French daredevil experimented with a hot-air balloon and an umbrella-like silk parachute.
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Oct 22nd 2013, 9:01 AM
# good guy google
10 ways Google changed our lives
We have so much to thank you for.
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Sep 27th 2013, 6:45 PM
# adolescence
Google's 'Happy Birthday' doodle to itself is quite addictive
Whack the piñata.
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Sep 27th 2013, 11:02 AM
# clair de lune
Google Doodle celebrates birthday of influential composer Debussy
Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer who died in 1918.
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Aug 22nd 2013, 11:38 AM
# Google Doodle
Who's that Irish person in today's Google Doodle?
Google wishes an Irish legend a happy birthday…
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Oct 5th 2012, 10:25 AM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
All the main news from today, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…
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Jun 23rd 2012, 7:52 PM
# Google Doodle
Who is Robert Moog, and what's this Google Doodle all about?
Robert Moog’s synthesiser was one of the world’s first widely-used electronic instruments; he also popularised the theremin.
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May 23rd 2012, 12:43 PM
# Doodle
Why does Google have a giant zip running down its homepage today?
Google’s latest doodle is to commemorate the birthday of the man who invented the zip and revolutionised the clothing industry.
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Apr 24th 2012, 11:04 AM
# Draw
Want to doodle for Google? They're hiring...
The web giant is looking for its first full-time doodler to illustrate its homepage.
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Apr 18th 2012, 11:48 AM
# Google Doodle
Irish teenager's doodle takes over Google homepage
Sixth-year student Patrick Horan’s design represents the mechanisms of a clock.
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Mar 16th 2012, 10:58 AM
# chart
BEST OF: 15 hits from the Google Doodle collection
Plus, the 14-year history of Google doodling.
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Mar 4th 2012, 10:00 AM
# Valentine's Day
WATCH: Google's unbearably sweet Valentine's Day video doodle
Google’s decided to mark February 14 with a Pixar-style video in its homepage…
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Feb 14th 2012, 9:01 AM
# Delightful
Google celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens
Those doodlers have come up with this very pretty homepage for the day. Plus, we’ve come up with five little-known facts about the author.
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Feb 7th 2012, 2:35 PM
# Google Doodle
Students compete to have doodle shown on Google Ireland homepage
75 students from primary and secondary schools across Ireland have had their drawings chosen from almost 2,000 entries to this year’s competition.
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Jan 23rd 2012, 12:34 PM
# Halloween
Google celebrates Halloween with special doodle
Watch Google’s doodler’s time lapse video and the final six-pumpkin product.
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Oct 31st 2011, 10:20 PM
# Freddie for a Day
Google marks Mercury's birthday with awesome musical Doodle
Queen’s Freddie Mercury would have been 65 years old today – so Google’s paid tribute to him in the way it knows best.
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Sep 5th 2011, 9:23 AM
# Google
Google marks Gay Pride month by adding a rainbow
We take a look at some of the best Google Doodles over the years….
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Jun 20th 2011, 3:45 PM
# Google Doodle
For those about to rock: how to play some songs on the Google Doodle
The Les Paul Doodle proved such a hit that Google left it there for another day. Here’s some basic tunes to practice.
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Jun 10th 2011, 1:25 PM