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Clontarf Castle

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Clontarf Castle (Caisleán Chluain Tarbh) is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. [1]

34 relations: Battle of Clontarf, Castle, Clontarf parish (Church of Ireland), Clontarf parish (Roman Catholic), Clontarf, Dublin, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cyril Connolly, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dollymount, Elizabeth I of England, Enemies of Promise, Eurovision Song Contest 1970, Forbes George Vernon, Geoffrey Fenton, George Frideric Handel, Hanover, Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, Irish Rebellion of 1641, J. M. W. Turner, John D'Alton (historian), John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf, John Vernon (of Clontarf), Knights Hospitaller, Knights Templar, List of Dublin postal districts, Maureen Potter, Messiah (Handel), Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy, Thin Lizzy (album), Tom O'Connor (comedian), Walter Fawkes, William Vitruvius Morrison.

Battle of Clontarf

The Battle of Clontarf (Cath Chluain Tarbh) was a battle that took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Clontarf parish (Church of Ireland)

The Parish of St.

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Clontarf parish (Roman Catholic)

Founded in the early days of Irish Christian parish structures, the Parish of Clontarf assumed in 1829 the mantle of Union Parish for a large area of north Dublin, Ireland, a role previously filled by the Parish of Coolock, into which Clontarf had been subsumed in 1614 - refer to that article for history from 1618 to 1879.

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Clontarf, Dublin

Clontarf is an affluent coastal suburb on the northside of Dublin, in Ireland.

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–53) refers to the conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Cyril Connolly

Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer.

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Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951), known in her singing career as Dana, is a British-born Irish singer and former politician who served as Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dollymount

Dollymount, often known as "Dollyer" to Dubliners, is a coastal suburban area on the north coast of Dublin Bay, within Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, just East of Saint Anne's Park.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Enemies of Promise

Enemies of Promise is a critical and autobiographical work written by Cyril Connolly first published in 1938.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1970

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Forbes George Vernon

Forbes George Vernon (21 August 1843 – 20 January 1911), Lieutenant (ret.) British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale.

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Geoffrey Fenton

Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 19 October 1608) was an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born italic; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos.

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Hanover

Hanover or Hannover (Hannover), on the River Leine, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).

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Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath

Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (born before 1135, died 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder.

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Irish Rebellion of 1641

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 (Éirí Amach 1641) began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for Catholics.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known as J. M. W. Turner and contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, known for his expressive colourisation, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.

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John D'Alton (historian)

John D'Alton (1792–1867) was an Irish lawyer, historian, biographer and genealogist.

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John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf

John Rawson, 1st and only Viscount Clontarf (–1547) was an English-born statesman in sixteenth-century Ireland, and was regarded as one of the mainstays of English rule in the colony.

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John Vernon (of Clontarf)

John Vernon (c. 1618 – March 13, 1670) was Quartermaster-General of Oliver Cromwell’s army and third son of Sir Edward Vernon, of Houndshill, Staffordshire, England.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), also known as the Order of Saint John, Order of Hospitallers, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Hospitalier or Hospitallers, was a medieval Catholic military order.

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Knights Templar

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also known as the Order of Solomon's Temple, the Knights Templar or simply as Templars, were a Catholic military order recognised in 1139 by papal bull Omne Datum Optimum of the Holy See.

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List of Dublin postal districts

Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as An Post, to sort mail in Dublin.

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Maureen Potter

Maria Philomena Potter (3 January 1925 – 7 April 2004), known as Maureen Potter, was an Irish singer, actor, comedian and performer.

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Messiah (Handel)

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer.

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Phil Lynott

Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish musician and songwriter.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969.

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Thin Lizzy (album)

Thin Lizzy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released on 30 April 1971.

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Tom O'Connor (comedian)

Thomas Patrick O'Connor (born 31 October 1939 in Bootle, Lancashire) is an English comedian, TV presenter and actor.

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Walter Fawkes

Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes (2 March 1769 – 24 October 1825) was a Yorkshire landowner, writer and Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire from 1806 to 1807.

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William Vitruvius Morrison

William Vitruvius Morrison (1794 – 16 October 1838) was an Irish architect, son and collaborator of Sir Richard Morrison.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clontarf_Castle

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