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County Offaly

Index County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. [1]

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A Championship

The A Championship, also known as the Newstalk A Championship, was an association football league featuring League of Ireland reserve teams and emerging senior teams.

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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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Arderin

Arderin is a mountain on the border between counties Laois and Offaly in Ireland.

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Athlone

Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland.

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Éile

Éile (Éle, Éli, commonly anglicised as Ely), was a medieval petty kingdom in northern Munster, Ireland.

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Ballinagar

Ballinagar (historically Bellanagar, from) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Ballyboy

Ballyboy or Ballaboy is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Ballycumber

Ballycumber is a village located where the R436 regional road crosses the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Banagher

Banagher (Beannchar na Sionna in Irish) is a town in Republic of Ireland, located in the midlands, on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony (barúntacht, plural barúntachtaí) is a historical subdivision of a county, analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided.

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Barry Glendenning

Barry Glendenning (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian.

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Bindon Blood Stoney

Bindon Blood Stoney FRS (13 June 1828, Oakley Park, County Offaly – 5 May 1909, Dublin) was an Irish engineer.

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Birr Castle

Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Birr GAA

Birr GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Birr, County Offaly

Birr (Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Boating

Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing.

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Bog of Allen

The Bog of Allen (Móin Alúine in Irish) is a large raised bog in the centre of Ireland between the rivers Liffey and Shannon.

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Boora Bog

Boora Bog (Irish Portach na Buaraí) is a cutaway peat bog situated in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Bord na Móna

Bord na Móna (Irish pronunciation: bˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ nə mˠoːn̪ˠə — English: Peat Board), is a semi-state company in Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development Act 1946.

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Bracknagh

Bracknagh or Bracnagh is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Brian Cowen

Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 2008 to 2011, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Foreign Affairs from January 2011 to March 2011 and 2000 to 2004, Minister for Defence from February 2011 to March 2011, Tánaiste from 2007 to 2008, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2002 to 2008, Minister for Finance from 2004 to 2008, Minister for Health and Children from 1997 to 2000, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications from 1993 to 1994, Minister for Energy in January 1993 and Minister for Labour from 1992 to 1993.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Bus Éireann

Bus Éireann (Irish Bus) is a bus and coach operator providing services throughout the Republic of Ireland with the exception of Dublin Region bus services, which are provided by sister company Dublin Bus.

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Cadamstown

Cadamstown, historically called Ballymacadam, is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Carlow

Carlow is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin.

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Celtic Tiger

"Celtic Tiger" (An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.

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Central Statistics Office (Ireland)

The Central Statistics Office (CSO; An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years.

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Charleville Castle

Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh.

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Christianization

Christianization (or Christianisation) is the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire groups at once.

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Clara Bog

Clara Bog is one of the largest relatively intact raised bogs remaining in Ireland.

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Clara railway station

Clara railway station serves the town of Clara in County Offaly.

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Clara, County Offaly

Clara (Clóirtheach or An Clárach in Irish) is a town on the River Brosna in County Offaly and is the 10th largest town in the midlands of Ireland.

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Clareen

Clareen is a village in the Parish of Seir Kieran in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Cloghan, County Offaly

Cloghan is a town in County Offaly, Ireland, located at the intersection of the N62 National secondary road and the R356 and R357 regional roads.

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Clonbollogue

Clonbulloge is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Clonmacnoise

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós", or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis "Meadow of the Pigs of Nós") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.

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Clonygowan

Clonygowan is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, on the R420 regional road between Tullamore to Portarlington road.

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Cloughjordan railway station

Cloughjordan railway station serves the town of Cloughjordan, County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Coolderry

Coolderry is a small roadside village in southern County Offaly, Ireland.

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Cooling tower

A cooling tower is a heat rejection device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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County Kildare

County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland.

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County Laois

County Laois (Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland.

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County Meath

County Meath (Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Roscommon

County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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County Westmeath

County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí) is a county in Ireland.

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Crinkill

Crinkill, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr.

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Croghan Hill

Croghan Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano of the Carboniferous period and rises from the Bog of Allen in the midlands of Ireland in County Offaly.

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Croghan, County Offaly

Croghan is a village in County Offaly in Ireland.

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Daingean

Daingean (or Daingean Ua bhFáilghe), formerly Philipstown, is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland.

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Dowris Hoard

The Dowris Hoard is the name of an important Bronze Age hoard of over 200 objects found in Dowris, County Offaly, Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin–Cork railway line

The Dublin–Cork main line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent.

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Dublin–Westport/Galway railway line

The Dublin-Westport/Galway line is a major railway route from Dublin to the towns of Westport in County Mayo and Galway in County Galway.

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Dunkerrin

Dunkerrin is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border.

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Durrow Abbey

Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland.

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Earl of Rosse

Earl of Rosse (not to be confused with the Scottish Earl of Ross) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland; both times for the Parsons family.

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Edenderry

Edenderry is a town in east County Offaly, Ireland.

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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 (No. 7/2013) is a law of Ireland that defines parliamentary constituencies.

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Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or, whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.

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ESB Group

The Electricity Supply Board (ESB; Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais) is a state owned (95%) electricity company operating in the Republic of Ireland.

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Esker

An esker, eskar, eschar, or os, sometimes called an asar, osar, or serpent kame, is a long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America.

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Esker Riada

The Esker Riada (Eiscir Riada) is a system of eskers that stretch across the middle of Ireland, between Dublin and Galway.

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Ferbane

Ferbane is a town on the north bank of the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland, between Birr and Athlone at the junction of the N62 National secondary road and the R436 regional road.

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Firceall

Firceall was an ancient Gaelic Irish territory which formed the most south - westerly part of the ancient Kingdom of Meath.

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Gaelic football

Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil or Caid), commonly referred to as football or Gaelic, is an Irish team sport.

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Gaelic games

Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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Gaelic Ireland

Gaelic Ireland (Éire Ghaidhealach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the prehistoric era until the early 17th century.

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Geashill

Geashill is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Ged Corcoran

Ged Corcoran (born) is an Irish former professional rugby league footballer.

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George Brent

George Brent (born George Patrick Nolan, 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.

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George Johnstone Stoney

George Johnstone Stoney FRS (15 February 1826 – 5 July 1911) was an Irish physicist.

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Grand Canal (Ireland)

The Grand Canal (An Chanáil Mhór) is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Greater Dublin Area

The Greater Dublin Area (GDA; Irish: Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath), or simply Greater Dublin, is the city of Dublin and its hinterland, with varying definitions as to its extent.

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Grey partridge

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

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Halifax R.L.F.C.

Halifax R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in Halifax, West Yorkshire, which formed in 1873.

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Heuston railway station

Heuston Station (Stáisiún Heuston; formerly Kingsbridge Station) also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Ireland's main railway stations, linking the capital with the south, southwest and west.

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High cross

A high cross or standing cross (cros ard / ardchros, crois àrd / àrd-chrois, croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.

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High Sheriff of King's County

The High Sheriff of King's County was the British Crown's judicial representative in King's County (now County Offaly), Ireland from 1556, when King's County was created, until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Offaly County Sheriff.

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High Street

High Street (or the High Street, also High Road) is a metonym for the concept (and frequently the street name) of the primary business street of towns or cities, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations.

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Horseleap

Horseleap is a town situated upon the Offaly, Westmeath county border in Ireland, along the R446, formerly the main Dublin to Galway road.

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Hurling

Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin.

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Irish general election, 2011

The Irish general election of 2011 took place on Friday 25 February to elect 166 Teachtaí Dála across 43 constituencies to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Ireland's parliament, the Oireachtas.

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Irish general election, 2016

The Irish general election of 2016 took place on Friday 26 February to elect 157 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) across 40 constituencies to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament.

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Irish round tower

Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural) – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.

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John Joly

John Joly FRS (1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) was an Irish physicist,and professor of geology at the University of Dublin famous for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer.

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Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry.

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Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan is the main town in Barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath, Ireland.

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Kilcormac

Kilcormac is a small town in County Offaly, Ireland, located on the N52 at its junction with the R437 regional road, between the towns of Tullamore and Birr.

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Killarney

Killarney is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.

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Killeigh

Killeigh (meaning "church of the field") is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Killoughey

Killoughey, officially Killoughy and historically "Killaghy" or "Killahy", is the name of a townland and civil parish south-west of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Kingdom of Meath

Meath (Old Irish: Mide; spelt Mí in Modern Irish) was a kingdom in Ireland for over 1000 years.

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Kingdom of Munster

The Kingdom of Munster (Ríocht Mhumhain) was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland which existed in the south-west of the island from at least the 1st century BC until 1118.

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Kingdom of Uí Failghe

The Kingdom of Uí Failghe or Uí Failge was a Gaelic-Irish kingdom which existed to 1550, the name of which (though not the territory) is preserved in the name of County Offaly, Ireland.

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Kinnitty

Kinnitty is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Kinnitty Castle

Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle in Kinnitty (Cionn Eitigh), County Offaly, Ireland.

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Laois–Offaly (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County,By virtue of to the Government of Ireland Act 1920 Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly) is a parliamentary constituency which will be represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the next Irish general election due in 2021.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leap Castle

Leap Castle (pronounced “Lep”) is a castle in Coolderry, County Offaly, Ireland, about four miles north of the town of Roscrea and 6 miles south of Kinnitty on the R421.

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Leinster

Leinster (— Laighin / Cúige Laighean — /) is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland.

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Leviathan of Parsonstown

Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 in (1.8 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the Hooker Telescope in 1917.

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Liam MacCarthy Cup

The MacCarthy Perpetual Challenge Cup (commonly referred to – and incorrectly spelled – as the McCarthy Cup) is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the hurling team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

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Limerick

Limerick (Luimneach) is a city in County Limerick, Ireland.

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Limerick–Ballybrophy railway line

The Limerick-Ballybrophy line is a short (c. 91.5 km) railway line connecting Limerick with Ballybrophy Railway Station in County Laois.

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List of English monarchs

This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.

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List of Irish counties by area

This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area.

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List of Irish counties by highest point

This is a list of Irish counties by highest point.

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List of Irish counties by population

This is a list of counties of Ireland ordered by population.

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List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population

This is a list of urban areas in Ireland by population.

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Local government in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.

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Local Government Reform Act 2014

The Local Government Reform Act 2014 is an act of the Oireachtas providing for a major restructuring of local government in the Republic of Ireland with effect from the 2014 local elections.

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Lord Lieutenant of King's County

This is a list of those who have served as Lord Lieutenant of King's County.

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Lough Owel

Lough Owel is a mesotrophic lough in the Midlands of Ireland, situated north of Mullingar, the county town of Westmeath.

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M6 motorway (Ireland)

The M6 motorway (Mótarbhealach M6) is a motorway in Ireland, which runs (together with the M4) from Dublin to Galway.

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M7 motorway (Ireland)

The M7 motorway (Mótarbhealach M7) is a motorway in Ireland.

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Mesolithic

In Old World archaeology, Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos "middle"; λίθος, lithos "stone") is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.

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Midlands 103

Midlands 103 (previously known as Midlands Radio 3) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting to counties Laois, Offaly, and Westmeath.

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Midlands Region, Ireland

The Midlands Region (coded IE012) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland.

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Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)

Midlands–North-West is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland.

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Moneygall

Moneygall is a small village on the border of counties Offaly and Tipperary, in Ireland.

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Mountbolus

Mountbolus is a small village in the parish of Killoughey situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Mucklagh

Mucklagh is a townland in the Parish of Tomregan, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland.

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Mundy

Mundy (born Edmond Enright, 19 May 1975) is an Irish singer-songwriter.

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N52 road (Ireland)

The N52 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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N62 road (Ireland)

The N62 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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N80 road (Ireland)

The N80 road is a national secondary road in Ireland that runs southeastwards from its junction with the N52 and R443 in the town of Tullamore in County Offaly, to the N11 at Ballynahallin, just north of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, a distance of 114.683 km.

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National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland (Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann) is Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history.

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Neil Delamere

Neil Delamere (born 1979) is an Irish comedian.

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Nenagh

Nenagh or simply An tAonach, meaning “The Fair of Ormond” is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Norman invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland took place in stages during the late 12th century, at a time when Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over all.

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Offaly (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Offaly is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election.

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Offaly County Council

Offaly County Council (Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Offaly Express

The Offaly Express is an online newspaper and former print newspaper in Ireland that serves County Offaly.

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Offaly GAA

The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí) or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly.

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Offaly Independent

The Offaly Independent is a newspaper that covers Tullamore, Ireland and the surrounding area.

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Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800.

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Petty kingdom

A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century).

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (Felipe II; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), called "the Prudent" (el Prudente), was King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples and Sicily (both from 1554), and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I from 1554–58).

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Port Laoise

Port Laoise, or Portlaoise (Irish, anglicised) is the county town of County Laois, Ireland.

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Portarlington railway station

Portarlington station is a railway station on the Dublin-Cork Main Line.

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Portarlington, County Laois

Portarlington, historically called Cooletoodera (from), is a town on the border of County Laois and County Offaly, Ireland.

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Portumna

Portumna (- meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a bridge to County Tipperary.

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Prehistoric Ireland

The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological and genetic evidence; it begins with the first evidence of humans in Ireland around 12,500 years ago and finishes with the start of the historical record around 400 AD.

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Provinces of Ireland

Since the early 17th-century there have been four Provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Rahan, County Offaly

Rahan is a parish and village associated with Mochuda (also known as St. Carthage).

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Raheenmore Bog

Raheenmore Bog is a raised bog north-west of Daingean, County Offaly, in Ireland.

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Rath, County Offaly

Rath is a hamlet in the south west area of County Offaly, Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Rex Ingram (director)

Rex Ingram (15 January 1892 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer and actor.

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Rhode, County Offaly

Rhode (historically spelt Road, from) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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River Brosna

The River Brosna (An Bhrosnach) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, flowing through County Westmeath and County Offaly.

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River Camcor

The River Camcor is a tributary of the Little Brosna River in central Ireland.

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River Shannon

The River Shannon (Abha na Sionainne, an tSionainn, an tSionna) is the longest river in Ireland at.

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Roscrea

Roscrea (meaning "Wood of Cré") is an historical market town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Roscrea railway station

Roscrea railway station serves the town of Roscrea, County Tipperary, in Ireland.

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RTÉ Radio 1

RTÉ Radio 1 (RTÉ Raidió 1) is the principal radio channel of Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926.

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Rugby football

Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

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Rugby league

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.

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Sam Maguire Cup

The Sam Maguire Cup, often referred to as Sam or The Sam (Corn Sam Mhic Uidhir), is the cup awarded to winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland.

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Séamus Darby

Séamus Darby (born 1950 in Rhode, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic football player.

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Sculpture in the Parklands

The Sculpture in the Parklands is a land and environmental sculpture park located in Lough Boora, County Offaly, Ireland.

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Shane Lowry (golfer)

Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour.

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Shannon Harbour

Shannon Harbour has the older/regional name Cluain Uaine Bheag meaning 'Clononey Beg' or 'little Clononey' after the distance and population and low laying land of the area in comparison to the other side of a stream off the River Brosna, this townsland is called Cluain Uaine Mhor/ Clononey Mor/ 'Big Clononey'). It is a small village on the banks of the Grand Canal of Ireland. There are facilities for boats to park up on the edge of the canal. There are two pubs in the village, McIntyre's and the Canal Bar. The Canal Bar opens annually for the Shannon Harbour boat rally which is an event organised by the Shannon Harbour branch of the IWAI each year and has been run each year since 1971. In recent years the village has seen a turnover- it has gotten a new road, footpaths, a children's playground, showering facilities for boaters and a community hall. The Shannon Harbour area lies between Griffith Bridge, a sharp hump-back twist over the Grand Canal and the Railway Bridge, a loop - around bridge over a hidden, derelict, railway. The village is known as the place where the Shannon, Brosna and Grand Canal meet; a great fishing destination for salmon, perch and pike.

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Shannonbridge

Shannonbridge is a village located on the River Shannon, at the junction of the R444 and R357 regional roads in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Shinrone

Shinrone is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Silver River (Ireland)

The Silver River flows from the Slieve Bloom Mountains in the south of County Offaly in central Ireland.

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Slieve Bloom Mountains

The Slieve Bloom Mountains (Sliabh Bladhma) are a mountain range in Ireland.

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Sovereign state

A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralized government that has sovereignty over a geographic area.

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Stillbrook Hill

Stillbrook Hill is a mountain in Offaly, Ireland.

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Super League

Super League (currently known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern hemisphere.

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Taoiseach

The Taoiseach (pl. Taoisigh) is the prime minister, chief executive and head of government of Ireland.

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The Pale

The Pale (An Pháil in Irish) or the English Pale (An Pháil Shasanach or An Ghalltacht) was the part of Ireland that was directly under the control of the English government in the late Middle Ages.

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Thurles

Thurles (or Durlas Éile) is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Tipperary North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1948 to 2016.

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Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique are a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France.

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Tralee

Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland.

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Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications, a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna.

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Tubber, County Offaly

Tubber is a Roman Catholic parish in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Tullamore

Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland, and is located in the centre of the county.

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Tullamore Dew

Tullamore Dew is a brand of Irish whiskey produced by William Grant & Sons.

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Tullamore railway station

Tullamore railway station serves the town of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Tullamore Town F.C.

Tullamore Town F.C. (Cumann Peile Tulach Mhór) is an Irish association football club based in Tullamore, County Offaly, playing their home games at Leah Victoria Park.

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Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland, vehicle registration plates (commonly known as "number plates") are the visual indications of motor vehicle registration – officially termed "index marks" – which it has been mandatory since 1903 to display on most motor vehicles used on public roads in Ireland.

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Walsh Island

Walsh Island is a small village in county Offaly, Ireland.

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Waterford

Waterford (from Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr, meaning "ram (wether) fjord") is a city in Ireland.

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse HFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who had several telescopes built.

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Wolftrap Mountain

Wolftrap Mountain is a mountain in Offaly, Ireland.

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1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 95th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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References

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

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