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Kenmare

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Kenmare is a small town (population 2175 – CSO 2011) in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. [1]

92 relations: Aber and Inver (placename elements), Andrew Carnegie, Anna McPartlin, Ardgroom, Assumption of Mary, Bantry, Beara Peninsula, Breaking the Ice (Star Trek: Enterprise), Caha Mountains, Carnegie library, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Church of Ireland, Clonakilty, Con Cremin, Cork (city), Cork Airport, Counties of Ireland, County Down, County Kerry, Down Survey, Earl of Kenmare, Earl of Shelburne, Ernest John Moeran, Fair, Francis Brennan (hotelier), Gaelic football, George Mayberry, Glengarriff, Great Famine (Ireland), Holy day of obligation, Housing estate, Insular Celtic languages, Irish Civil War, Irish mythology, Iveragh Peninsula, Jimmy MacCarthy, Kenmare, Kenmare incident, Kenmare lace, Kenmare Shamrocks GAA, Kerry Airport, Kerry District League, Kerry GAA, Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency), Kilgarvan, Killarney, Lace, Ladies View, Lebor Gabála Érenn, List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland, ..., List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Mangerton Mountain, Mark Daly (politician), Market town, Marketplace, Mary Black, Mickey O'Sullivan, Moll's Gap, Munster, N70 road (Ireland), N71 road (Ireland), National secondary road, Newry, Oliver Cromwell, Partholón, Pat Spillane, Paul O'Connor (Gaelic footballer), Plantations of Ireland, Poor Clares, Provinces of Ireland, Quidditch, Quidditch Through the Ages, Real estate development, Ring of Kerry, Shelbourne Road, Sir Valentine Browne, Slalom skiing, Sneem, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stephen O'Brien (Kerry footballer), Stone circle, Templenoe, Thos Foley, Tidy Towns (Ireland), Tuosist, Vacation rental, Vikings, Walking in the United Kingdom, William Petty, Wizarding World, 1908 Summer Olympics. Expand index (42 more) »

Aber and Inver (placename elements)

Aber and Inver are common elements in place-names of Celtic origin.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Anna McPartlin

Anna McPartlin is an Irish novelist.

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Ardgroom

Ardgroom is a village on the Beara peninsula in County Cork, Ireland.

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Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven (often shortened to the Assumption and also known as the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Dormition)) is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.

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Bantry

Bantry is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the coast of West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

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Beara Peninsula

Beara (Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south.

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Breaking the Ice (Star Trek: Enterprise)

"Breaking the Ice" is the eighth episode (production #108) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, and was written by Maria Jacquemetton and Andre Jacquemetton.

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Caha Mountains

The Caha Mountains (An Ceachach in Irish) are a range of low sandstone mountains situated on the Beara peninsula in south-west County Cork, in the Ireland.

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Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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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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Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.

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Clonakilty

Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Con Cremin

Cornelius Christopher Cremin (6 December 1908 – April 1987) was an Irish diplomat born in Kenmare, County Kerry.

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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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Cork Airport

Cork Airport (Aerfort Chorcaí) is the second-largest of the three principal international airports in the Republic of Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon.

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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 Down

County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland in the northeast of the island of Ireland.

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County Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland.

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Down Survey

The Down Survey was a cadastral survey of Ireland carried out by William Petty, English scientist in 1655 and 1656.

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Earl of Kenmare

The title of Earl of Kenmare was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1801.

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Earl of Shelburne

Earl of Shelburne is a title that has been created two times while the title of Baron Shelburne has been created three times.

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Ernest John Moeran

Ernest John Moeran (31 December 18941 December 1950) was an English composer who had strong associations with Ireland (his father was Irish, he spent much of his life there, and he died there).

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Fair

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre), also known as funfair, is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.

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Francis Brennan (hotelier)

Francis Brennan is an Irish hotelier and television personality.

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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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George Mayberry

George Mahoney Mayberry (24 July 1883 – 21 November 1961) was an Irish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Glengarriff

Glengarriff (meaning "Rough glen") is a village of approximately 800 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland.

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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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Holy day of obligation

In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation (also called holydays, holidays, or days of obligation) are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation, according to the Third Commandment.

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Housing estate

A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development.

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Insular Celtic languages

Insular Celtic languages are a group of Celtic languages that originated in Britain and Ireland, in contrast to the Continental Celtic languages of mainland Europe and Anatolia.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity.

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Iveragh Peninsula

The Iveragh Peninsula is located in County Kerry in Ireland.

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Jimmy MacCarthy

James MacCarthy (born 1953) is an Irish singer-songwriter.

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Kenmare

Kenmare is a small town (population 2175 – CSO 2011) in the south of County Kerry, Ireland.

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Kenmare incident

The Kenmare Incident, as it came to be known, was an attack in 1923 by senior Irish Army officers on two young women in their own home in Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Kenmare lace

Kenmare Lace is a handmade needlepoint lace originally made in Kenmare, Ireland.

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Kenmare Shamrocks GAA

Kenmare GAA (Irish: Craobh Chumann Iomána & Peile na Seamróige An Neidín) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kenmare in County Kerry.

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Kerry Airport

Kerry Airport (Aerfort Chiarraí), often called Farranfore Airport, is a regional airport in Farranfore, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.

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Kerry District League

The Kerry District League (known as the Denny Kerry District League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from County Kerry.

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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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Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kerry South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1937 to 2016.

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Kilgarvan

Kilgarvan (meaning "church of St. Garbhan" is a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. By car, the village is a ten-minute trip from Kenmare, and thirty minutes from Killarney.

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Killarney

Killarney is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.

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Lace

Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand.

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Ladies View

Ladies View is a scenic panorama on the Ring of Kerry about from Killarney along the N71 towards Kenmare, in the Killarney National Park in Ireland.

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Lebor Gabála Érenn

Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is a collection of poems and prose narratives that purports to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages.

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List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland

Market houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape.

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List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland

This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin and other major urban areas.

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Macgillycuddy's Reeks

MacGillycuddy's Reeks is a mountain range in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Mangerton Mountain

Mangerton or Mangerton Mountain is a mountain in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.

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Mark Daly (politician)

Mark Daly (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel since July 2007.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Marketplace

A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Mary Black

Mary Black (born 23 May 1955) is an Irish folk singer.

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Mickey O'Sullivan

Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan (born 14 April 1952) is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager, selector and former player.

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Moll's Gap

Moll's Gap is a pass on the N71 road from Kenmare to Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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N70 road (Ireland)

The N70 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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N71 road (Ireland)

The N71 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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National secondary road

A national secondary road (Bóthar Náisiúnta den Dara Grád) is a category of road in Ireland.

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Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.

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Partholón

Partholón (Modern spelling: 'Parthalán') is a character in medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history.

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Pat Spillane

Patrick Gerard Spillane (born 1 December 1955), better known as Pat Spillane, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer and current sports broadcaster.

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Paul O'Connor (Gaelic footballer)

Paul O'Connor is an Irish Gaelic footballer with the Kenmare GAA club and Kerry county team.

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Plantations of Ireland

Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland involved the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from the island of Great Britain.

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Poor Clares

The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Ordo sanctae Clarae) – originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and later the Clarisses, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis – are members of a contemplative Order of nuns in the Catholic Church.

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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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Quidditch

Quidditch is a fictional sport played at Hogwarts devised by author J. K. Rowling for her fantasy fiction series ''Harry Potter.'' The story of Harry Potter centres around wizards and witches studying their magical craft at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Quidditch Through the Ages

Quidditch Through the Ages is a 2001 book written by British author J. K. Rowling using the pseudonym of Kennilworthy Whisp about Quidditch in the ''Harry Potter'' universe.

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Real estate development

Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

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Ring of Kerry

The Ring of Kerry (Mórchuaird Chiarraí) is a circular tourist route in County Kerry, south-western Ireland.

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Shelbourne Road

Shelbourne is not a formally recognised district of Dublin, Ireland, but the name is sometimes informally as a moniker for the area around Shelbourne Road within Ballsbridge, in the south east part of Dublin city.

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Sir Valentine Browne

Sir Valentine Browne, of Croft, Lincolnshire, later of Ross Castle, Killarney, was an English pay official, victualler and treasurer of Berwick, and politician.

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Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates.

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Sneem

Sneem is a village situated on the Iveragh Peninsula (part of the Ring of Kerry), in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland.

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Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT) (titled simply Enterprise until the third episode of season three) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series.

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Stephen O'Brien (Kerry footballer)

Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish sportsperson.

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Stone circle

A stone circle is an alignment of standing stones arranged in a circle.

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Templenoe

Templenoe is a settlement in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Thos Foley

Thos Foley (born 9 November 1979) from Kenmare in County Kerry, Ireland, is a men's slalom skier.

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Tidy Towns (Ireland)

Tidy Towns (Irish: Bailte Slachtmhara) is an annual competition, first held in 1958, organised by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in order to honour the tidiest and most attractive cities, towns and villages in Ireland.

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Tuosist

Tuosist (Tuath Ó Siosta) is a parish in the far south of County Kerry, Ireland.

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Vacation rental

A vacation rental is the renting out of a furnished apartment, house, or professionally managed resort-condominium complex on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Walking in the United Kingdom

Walking is one of the most popular outdoor recreational activities in the United Kingdom, and within England and Wales there is a comprehensive network of rights of way that permits easy access to the countryside.

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William Petty

Sir William Petty FRS (Romsey, 26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher.

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Wizarding World

The Wizarding World (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) is a British-American fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centered on a series of films, based on the Harry Potter novels by British author J. K. Rowling.

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1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, United Kingdom from 27 April to 31 October 1908.

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References

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

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