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Straffan (variously Teach Srafáin, Strafáin or An Cluanini in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. [1]

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Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy

The Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy (also known as the circular transactions controversy) began in Dublin in December 2008 when Seán FitzPatrick, the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank (the state's third-largest bank), admitted he had hidden a total of €87 million in loans from the bank, triggering a series of incidents which led to the eventual nationalisation of Anglo on 21 January 2009.

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Ardclough

Ardclough, officially Ardclogh, is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Arnold Palmer

Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history.

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Bell-cot

A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells.

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Bob's Return

Bob's Return (1990–2008), was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Bodenstown

Bodenstown is a townland on the outskirts of Sallins in County Kildare, Ireland, coordinates 53.262572, -6.665906.

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Butcher

A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks.

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Castledillon, County Kildare

Castledillon is a townland and former parish on the River Liffey near Straffan situated on the banks of the River Liffey 25 km upstream from the Irish capital Dublin.

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Catherine Amelia O'Brien

Catherine Amelia O'Brien or Kitty O'Brien (19 June 1881 – 18 July 1963) was an Irish stained glass artist, a member and director of An Túr Gloine.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Celbridge

Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Château Langoa-Barton

Château Langoa-Barton (archaically named Pontet Langlois) is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France.

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Château Léoville Barton

Château Léoville Barton is a vineyard in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France.

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Christopher Barton

Christopher "Chris" Bertram Ronald Barton (21 November 1927 – 18 August 2013) was an Irish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

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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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Cináed ua hArtacáin

Cináed ua hArtacáin (died 975) was an Irish Gaelic poet.

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Clane

Clane is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin.

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Clongowes Wood College

Clongowes Wood College is an independent boarding school for boys, located near Clane in County Kildare, Ireland.

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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 Kildare

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

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Curragh

The Curragh (An Currach) is a flat open plain of almost of common land in County Kildare, Ireland, between Newbridge and Kildare.

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Dindsenchas

Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas or Dinnṡeanċas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question.

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Donadea

Donadea (Domhnach Dheá) is a civil parish in the barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany in the north of County Kildare, Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Ecumenism

Ecumenism refers to efforts by Christians of different Church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings.

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Eoghan Corry

Eoghan Corry (Eoghan Ó Cómhraí; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author regarded as the most extensively travelled writer in Ireland, averaging over 30 countries a year.

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European Open (golf)

The European Open is a European Tour golf tournament.

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Fenian

Fenian was an umbrella term for the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Football team

A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football.

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Frederick Matthew Darley

Sir Frederick Matthew Darley (18 September 1830 – 4 January 1910) was the sixth Chief Justice of New South Wales, an eminent barrister, a member of the New South Wales Parliament, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, and a member of the British Privy Council.

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GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship

The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Eirgrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 17 and 20 in gaelic football played in Ireland.

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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 Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier and politician, and a key figure in the Restoration of the monarchy to King Charles II in 1660.

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Gerry Gannon

Gerry Gannon is an Irish builder and property developer since the 1980s.

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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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Grosvenor House Hotel

Grosvenor House is a luxury hotel that opened in 1929 in the Mayfair area of London, England.

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Irish grid reference system

The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used for paper mapping in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Islandbridge

Island Bridge (formerly Sarah or Sarah's Bridge) is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey, in Dublin, Ireland and joining the South Circular Road to Conyngham Road at the Phoenix Park.

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James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond

Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, 1st Marquess of Ormond, 12th Earl of Ormond, 5th Earl of Ossory, 4th Viscount Thurles, 1st Baron Butler of Llanthony, 1st Earl of Brecknock, KG, PC (19 October 1610 – 21 July 1688) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661.

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James Coigly

Father James Coigly (Rev. James Quigley) born in Kilmore, Co. Armagh (c.1761 – 7 June 1798) was a Roman Catholic priest and United Irishmen leader who was executed in Kent, England.

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K Club

The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (abbreviated The K Club) is a golf and leisure complex in the Republic of Ireland, located at Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin.

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Kevin McClory

Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924 – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, producer, and director.

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Kildare County Council

Kildare County Council (Comhairle Contae Chill Dara) is the authority responsible for local government in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Kildare GAA

The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kildare GAA, is one of 12 county boards governed by the Leinster provincial council of the GAA in Ireland.

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Kilkenny

Kilkenny.

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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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Liffey Descent Canoe Race

The Liffey Descent Canoe Race is an annual down river canoe and kayak race, of some 18 miles in length, that has been held on the River Liffey in Ireland since 1960.

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List of kings of Leinster

The following is a provisional list of the Kings of Leinster who ruled the Irish kingdom of Leinster (or Laigin) up to 1632 with the death of Domhnall Spainneach Mac Murrough Caomhanach, the last legitimately inaugurated head of the MacMurrough Kavanagh royal line.

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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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Lists of rail accidents

This is the list of rail accident lists.

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Louveciennes

Louveciennes is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Lumman Tige Srafain

Lumman Tige Srafáin is a poem in Dinnsenchas Erann explaining the place legend of Straffan, a town and parish in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland situated on the banks of the River Liffey 25km upstream from the Irish capital Dublin, a place about which the author of the poem declares “a happy omen: this spur of land is a prosperous choice.”.

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Lyons Hill

Lyons Hill is a restored village, and former parish with church, now part of the community of Ardclough in north County Kildare.

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Martyrology of Tallaght

The Martyrology of Tallaght, which is closely related to the Félire Oengusso or Martyrology of Óengus the Culdee, is an eighth- or ninth-century martyrology, a list of saints and their feast days assembled by Máel Ruain and/or Óengus the Culdee at Tallaght Monastery, near Dublin.

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Maurice Davin

Maurice Davin (29 June 1842 – 27 January 1927) was an Irish farmer who became co-founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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Michael Smurfit

Sir Michael Smurfit, KBE (born 7 August 1936), is an Irish-British businessman.

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Modern pentathlon

The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five different events; fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming (200m), equestrian show jumping (15 jumps), and a final combined event of pistol shooting and cross country running (3200m).

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Nathaniel Clements

Nathaniel Clements (1705 – May 1777) was an Irish politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century.

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National Asset Management Agency

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA; Gníomhaireacht Náisiúnta um Bhainistíocht Sócmhainní) is a body created by the government of Ireland in late 2009, in response to the Irish financial crisis and the deflation of the Irish property bubble.

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National Gallery of Ireland

The National Gallery of Ireland (Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) houses the national collection of Irish and European art.

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National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest current professional team sports league.

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National school (Ireland)

In the Republic of Ireland, a National school is a type of primary school that is financed directly by the State, but administered jointly by the State, a patron body, and local representatives.

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National Volunteers

The National Volunteers was the name taken by the majority of the Irish Volunteers that sided with Irish Parliamentary Party leader John Redmond after the movement split over the question of the Volunteers' role in World War I.

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New Midleton Distillery

The Midleton distilleries complex is situated in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Oughter Ard

Oughterard (“a high place”) is an ecclesiastical hilltop site, graveyard, townland, and formerly a parish, borough and royal manor in County Kildare, nowadays part of the community of Ardclough, close to the Dublin border.

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Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (ca. 1660 – 21 August 1693), was an Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonging to an Anglo-Norman family long settled in Ireland.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.

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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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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Rathcoffey

Rathcoffey or Rathcoffy is a village in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, The family name ‘de Clare’ was also rendered ‘of Clare’ in contemporary sources.

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Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell

Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell PC (1630 – 14 August 1691) was an Irish royalist and Jacobite soldier.

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River Liffey

The River Liffey (Irish: An Life) is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin.

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Robert Emmet

Robert Emmet (4 March 1778 – 20 September 1803) was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader.

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Rory O'More

Rory O'More, also known as Rory Oge O'More (Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha) (died 1578), was the Irish lord of Laois.

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Royal Dublin Society

The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) is the name given in 1820 to a philanthropic organisation which was founded as the 'Dublin Society' on 25 June 1731 to see Ireland thrive culturally and economically. The RDS is synonymous with its campus in Ballsbridge in Dublin, Ireland. This campus includes the "RDS Arena", "RDS Simmonscourt", "RDS Main Hall" and other venues which are used regularly for exhibitions, concerts and sporting events, including regular use by the Leinster Rugby team.

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Russborough House

Russborough House is a stately house situated near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore Eustace and is reputed to be the longest house in Ireland, with a frontage measuring 210 m/700 ft.

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Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Saint-Julien-Beychevelle

Saint-Julien-Beychevelle is a commune on the left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Sallins

Sallins is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway.

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Sallins Train robbery

The Sallins Train robbery occurred on 31 March 1976 when the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed near Sallins in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Samuel Lewis (publisher)

Samuel Lewis (c.1782 – 1865) was the editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Seosamh Laoide

Seosamh Laoide (Joseph H. Lloyd, 1865–1939), known as "Mac Tíre na Páirce" ("Wolf of the Park"), was an Irish language scholar and activist during the period 1893 – 1915.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Smurfit Kappa

The Smurfit Kappa Group plc is Europe's leading corrugated packaging company and one of the leading paper-based packaging companies in the world.

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th-century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform.

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St Leger Stakes

| The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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St. Patrick's Church, Straffan

Saint Patrick's Church is a ruined medieval church in Straffan, Ireland.

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Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works created from it.

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Stephen O'Flaherty

Stephen O'Flaherty (born April 4, 1970) is an Irish slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s.

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Straffan GFC

Straffan Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football club in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland, which played a leading role in establishing the games in the county.

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Straffan railway station

Straffan was a station located 2½ miles (3.5 km) from Straffan in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Taghadoe

Taghadoe in County Kildare is the site of an ancient monastic settlement and Round Tower, there is a graveyard and the ruins of a 19th-century church.

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The Steam Museum, Straffan

The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a museum located in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.

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The Tetrarch

The Tetrarch (1911–1935) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Time in Ireland

Ireland uses Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+01:00; Am Caighdeánach Éireannach) in the summer months and Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0; Meán-Am Greenwich) in the winter period.

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Tom Clarke (Irish republican)

Thomas James "Tom" Clarke (Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh; 11 March 1858 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish republican revolutionary leader from Dungannon, County Tyrone.

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Townland

A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland.

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Turnings, County Kildare

Turnings is a townland and historic site in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the Morell River, a tributary of the River Liffey 25 km upstream from the Irish capital Dublin.

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Uí Dúnlainge

The Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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University College Dublin

University College, Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD; An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a research university in Dublin, Ireland.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry

Valentine Brown Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry (19 August 1773 – 28 October 1853), was an Irish peer, politician and landowner.

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Walton Heath Golf Club

Walton Heath Golf Club is a golf club near Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, England, that was founded in 1903.

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Western European Summer Time

Western European Summer Time (WEST) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Western European Time

Western European Time (WET, UTC±00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe.

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Whitechurch, County Kildare

Whitechurch (Irish: An Teampall Geal) is a townland, monastic site, and former parish situated between Straffan and Kill county Kildare near the M7 motorway in Ireland.

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William Allingham

William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet, diarist and editor.

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William Hogarth

William Hogarth FRSA (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.

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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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World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship (sometimes abbreviated as WCC) is played to determine the World Champion in chess.

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Straffan, County Kildare, Straffan, Ireland.

References

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

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