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Drogheda is one of the oldest towns in Ireland. [1]

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Abbey Theatre

The Abbey Theatre (Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland (Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904.

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Abdulmejid I

Abdülmecid I (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجيد اول ‘Abdü’l-Mecīd-i evvel; 23/25 April 182325 June 1861), also known as Abdulmejid and similar spellings, was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839.

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Airgíalla

Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: Ergallia) was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it.

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Alison Comyn

Alison Comyn (born 28 October 1969, County Louth) is an Irish television journalist and broadcaster. She is best known as news anchor of UTV Ireland's weekday news and current affairs programmes Ireland Live news and Ireland Live news at 10 which aired between January 2015 and January 2017.

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Alison Kelly

Alison Kelly (born 1953) is an Irish diplomat, current serving as Ireland's Ambassador to Israel.

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Amergin Glúingel

Amergin Glúingel ("white knees") (also spelled Amhairghin Glúngheal) or Glúnmar ("big knee") is a bard, druid and judge for the Milesians in the Irish Mythological Cycle.

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Angela Greene

Angela Katherine Greene (Dublin, 24 February 1921 – Los Angeles, 9 February 1978) was an Irish actress.

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Aosdána

Aosdána (from aos dána "people of the arts") is an Irish association of artists.

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Ardee

Ardee is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Ashbourne, County Meath

Ashbourne, historically called Killeglan or Kildeglan, is a town in County Meath, Ireland.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa, The Villa, The Villans and The Lions) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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Athboy

Athboy,is a small agricultural town located in County Meath.The town is located on the Yellow Ford River, in wooded country near the County Westmeath border.

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Éamonn Ceannt

Éamonn Ceannt (21 September 1881 – 8 May 1916), born Edward Thomas Kent, was an Irish republican, mostly known for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.

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Balbriggan

Balbriggan is a town in the northern part of Fingal, Ireland.

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Baltray

Baltray (historically Ballytra, from) is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Barbican

A barbican is a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defense to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.

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Barry Conlon

Barry John Conlon (born 1 October 1978) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1996 to 2013.

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Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688.

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Beaulieu House and Gardens, Co. Louth

Beaulieu House and Gardens is an estate in Drogheda, Co. Louth, Republic of Ireland.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belfast Central railway station

Belfast Central is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Bellewstown

Bellewstown is a village located 11km south of Drogheda, on the Hill of Crockafotha in County Meath in Ireland.

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Bettystown

Bettystown, previously known as Betaghstown transliterated to Beattystown/Bettystown, is a small village in an area known as East Meath within County Meath, Ireland.

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Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

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Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian Football Club (Cumann Peile Bóithéamaigh), more commonly referred to as Bohs, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland.

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Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.

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Boyne RFC

Boyne RFC is a rugby team in Drogheda, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the Leinster League.

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Boyne Viaduct

The Boyne Viaduct (Tarbhealach na Bóinne), a 30-metre-high (98 ft) railway bridge, or viaduct, that crosses the River Boyne in Drogheda, carrying the main Dublin–Belfast railway line.

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Brú na Bóinne

Brú na Bóinne (Palace of the Boyne or Mansion of the Boyne) or Boyne valley tombs, is an area in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne.

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Bridges of Drogheda

There are seven bridges in and around Drogheda, Republic of Ireland.

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Bronte, Sicily

Bronte is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania, in Sicily, southern Italy.

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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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Busáras

Busáras (from bus + áras "building") is the central bus station in Dublin, Ireland for Intercity and regional bus services operated by Bus Éireann.

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Cable-stayed bridge

A cable-stayed bridge has one or more towers (or pylons), from which cables support the bridge deck.

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Cavalier

The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).

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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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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club in London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Clogherhead

Clogherhead (is a fishing village in County Louth, Ireland.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke (also Pemberton's Cola at certain Georgian vendors), is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company.

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Colin Lowth

Colin Lowth (born October 5, 1947 in Drogheda, County Louth) is a former Irish swimmer who represented Ireland at the 2000 Olympic Games.

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Colin O'Donoghue

Colin Arthur O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor and musician, best known for portraying Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the TV show ''Once Upon a Time''.

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work, or study, and in doing so exceed the boundary of their residential community.

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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 Louth

County Louth (Contae Lú) 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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Courtney Love

Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and visual artist.

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Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

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CRH plc

CRH is an international group of diversified building materials businesses which manufacture and supply of a wide range of products for the construction industry.

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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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Cullen number

In mathematics, a Cullen number is a natural number of the form n \cdot 2^n + 1 (written C_n).

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David McAllister (footballer)

David James McAllister (born 29 December 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shamrock Rovers.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Dún Laoghaire railway station

Dún Laoghaire Mallin railway station (Stáisiún Dhún Laoghaire/Í Mhealláin) is a station in Dún Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

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Death of Jill Meagher

Gillian "Jill" Meagher (née McKeon) was a 29-year-old Irish woman living in Australia who was raped and murdered while walking home from a pub in Brunswick, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in the early hours of 22 September 2012.

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Decimation (Roman army)

Decimation (decimatio; decem.

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Deirdre Gogarty

Deirdre Gogarty (born November 10, 1969) is a retired Irish female boxer and current coach of the Ragin' Cajun Boxing Club who hails from Drogheda, Ireland.

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Deirdre O'Kane

Deirdre O'Kane (born 25 March 1968) is an Irish stand-up comedian and actress.

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Derry City F.C.

Derry City Football Club (Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire) is a professional football club based in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Des Smyth

Desmond John Smyth (born 12 February 1953) is an Irish professional golfer.

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Doncaster Rovers F.C.

Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

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Donore, County Meath

Donore (meaning "Fort of pride"), historically Dunower, is a small village near Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland.

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Drogheda Independent

The Drogheda Independent is a newspaper that serves the Drogheda area, including Drogheda, Mid-Louth and East Meath.

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Drogheda railway station

Drogheda MacBride railway station (Stáisiún Droichead Átha Mac Giolla Bhríde) serves Drogheda, Ireland.

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Drogheda Steam Packet Company

The Drogheda Steam Packet Company was founded in 1826 as the Drogheda Paddle Steamship Co.

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Drogheda United F.C.

Drogheda United Football Club (Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is an Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport (Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) is an international airport serving Dublin, the capital city of Ireland.

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Dublin City F.C.

Dublin City Football Club is a former Irish association football club based in Northside, Dublin.

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Dublin Connolly railway station

Dublin Connolly (Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) is the busiest railway station in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network.

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Dublin Pearse railway station

Dublin Pearse (Stáisiún na bPiarsach) is a railway station on Westland Row on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland.

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Duleek

Duleek is a Village in County Meath, Ireland.

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Dundalk

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth, Ireland.

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Dundalk F.C.

Dundalk Football Club (Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan) is an Irish professional association football club based in Dundalk, County Louth.

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Dundalk railway station

Dundalk Clarke railway station (Stáisiún Dún Dealgan Uí Cleirigh) serves Dundalk in County Louth, Ireland.

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Dunleer

Dunleer is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Eamonn Campbell

Eamonn Campbell (29 November 1946 – 18 October 2017) was an Irish musician who was a member of The Dubliners from 1987 until his death.

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Earl of Drogheda

Earl of Drogheda is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Elizabeth O'Neill (actress)

Elizabeth O'Neill (1791 – 29 October 1872), also Eliza, was an Irish actress, later baronetess.

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Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville (also spelled Wydville, Wydeville, or WidvileAlthough spelling of the family name is usually modernised to "Woodville", it was spelled "Wydeville" in contemporary publications by Caxton and her tomb at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle is inscribed thus; "Edward IV and his Queen Elizabeth Widvile".) (c. 1437Karen Lindsey, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, xviii, Perseus Books, 1995 – 8 June 1492) was Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Edward IV from 1464 until his death in 1483.

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Enterprise (train service)

| Enterprise is the cross-border inter-city train service between in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland, jointly operated by Iarnród Éireann (IE) and NI Railways (NIR).

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry City from Northern Ireland).

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Fairytale of New York

"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals.

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Fiachra Trench

Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is a musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland.

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Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil (meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.

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Fine Gael

Fine Gael (English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a liberal-conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ireland.

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Flags of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire used a variety of flags, especially as naval ensigns, during its history.

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Football

Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with a foot to score a goal.

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Formula One

Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.

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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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Garda Síochána

An Garda Síochána (meaning "the Guardian of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí ("Guardians") or "the Guards", is the police force of the Republic of Ireland.

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Garristown

Garristown is a village in County Dublin, 7 kilometres from Ashbourne, and a civil parish in Fingal, Ireland.

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Gary Kelly (footballer, born 1974)

Gary Oliver Kelly (born 9 July 1974) is an Irish former footballer who played his entire professional career with Leeds United.

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Gary Tallon

Gerrit Thomas "Gary" Tallon (born 5 September 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in midfield, principally for Mansfield Town.

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Gavin Brennan

Gavin Brennan, (born 23 January 1988), is a footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Warrenpoint Town.

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George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard

George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard PC (21 October 1685 – 1765) was an Anglo-Irish naval commander and diplomat.

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Geraldine Byrne Nason

Geraldine Byrne Nason (born 1959) is an Irish diplomat who has been the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since August 2017.

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Gerard Boate

Gerard Boate (also Gérard de Boot, Bootius or Botius) (1604, Gorinchem – 1650, Dublin) was a Dutch physician, known for his Natural History of Ireland.

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Glanbia

Glanbia plc is a global nutrition group with operations in 32 countries.

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Grace Kelly

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929September 14, 1982) was an American film actress who became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III, in April 1956.

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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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Guinness

Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland.

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Henry Singleton (judge)

Henry Singleton (1682–1759) was an Irish judge, who is remembered now mainly for his friendship with Jonathan Swift, and for his notable acts of charity during the Great Irish Famine of 1740-1.

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Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club, commonly known as Hibs, is a Scottish professional football club based in Leith in the north of Edinburgh.

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HMS Africa (1781)

HMS Africa was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched by Barnard at Deptford on 11 April 1781.

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HMS Minotaur (1793)

HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 November 1793 at Woolwich.

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HMS Newcastle (C76)

The seventh HMS Newcastle was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy.

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Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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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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Ian Harte

Ian Patrick Harte (born 31 August 1977) is a football agent and a retired Irish footballer who played as a defender and was best known for his ability to score goals from long range, including being a free kick specialist.

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Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann, also known as Irish Rail in English, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland.

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Irish Confederate Wars

The Irish Confederate Wars, also called the Eleven Years' War (derived from the Irish language name Cogadh na hAon Bhliana Déag), took place in Ireland between 1641 and 1653.

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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 Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper, published by Independent News & Media (INM).

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Irish local elections, 2014

The 2014 Irish local elections were held in all local government areas of the Republic of Ireland on Friday, 23 May 2014, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin West and Longford–Westmeath).

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Irish Republican Brotherhood

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Jack Daniel's

Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey and the top-selling American whiskey in the world.

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James Cullen (mathematician)

Father James Cullen, S.J. (19 April 1867 – 7 December 1933) was born at Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

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James Hand

James Francis Hand (born 22 October 1986) is an Irish footballer.

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Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson is a blended Irish whiskey produced by the Irish Distillers subsidiary of Pernod Ricard.

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Jerome Clarke

Jerome Clarke (born 15 July 1951 in Drogheda) is an Irish former football player.

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John Barrett (Royal Navy officer)

John Barrett (died 1810) was an Irish captain in the Royal Navy.

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John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844 – 10 August 1890) was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist.

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John Lumsden

Sir John Lumsden KBE (14 November 1869 – 3 September 1944) was an Irish physician and the founder of the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland.

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John Neary

Edward John Neary is American electronic engineer, specializing in audio processing equipment for motion pictures and broadcasting, as well as an Academy Award and Emmy Award winner.

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John Philip Holland

John Philip Holland (Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann) (24 February 184112 August 1914) was an Irish-American engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.

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John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester

John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester KG (8 May 1427 – 18 October 1470) was an English nobleman and scholar, Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable and Deputy Governor of Ireland.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Jonathan Kelly

Jonathan Kelly (born Jonathan Ledingham, 8 July 1947, Drogheda, County Louth) is an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter, who has enjoyed a varied career in music, playing with many musicians and groups, including Eric Clapton and Tim Staffell.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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Julianstown

Julianstown is a village in County Meath, Ireland.

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Kevin Thornton (footballer)

Kevin Anthony Thornton (born 9 July 1986, in Drogheda) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Hinckley AFC, where he plays as a midfielder.

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Killian Brennan

Killian Brennan (born 31 January 1984 in Drogheda) is an Irish professional footballer for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

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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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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Lakeland Dairies

Lakeland Dairies Group is an Irish dairy co-operative based in Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland.

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Laytown

Laytown is a village in County Meath, Ireland, located on the R150 regional road and overlooking the Irish Sea.

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League of Ireland

The League of Ireland (Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland.

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League of Ireland Cup

The League of Ireland Cup (Corn Sraithe na hÉireann) is a football competition open to all League of Ireland clubs and sometimes invited clubs from the lower levels of the Republic of Ireland football league system.

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League of Ireland Premier Division

The League of Ireland Premier Division (Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, is the top level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system.

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Leeds United F.C.

Leeds United Football Club is a professional association football club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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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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Levante UD

Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (Llevant Unió Esportiva) is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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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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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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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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LMFM

LMFM is an independent Local Radio station based in Drogheda, Ireland.

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Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, Wales and Scotland by legislation in 1888 and 1889.

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Local Government Act 2001

The Local Government Act, 2001 (No. 37 of 2001) was enacted by the Oireachtas of Ireland on 21 July 2001.

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Lord Deputy of Ireland

The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Lordship of Meath

The Lordship of Meath was an extensive seigniorial liberty in medieval Ireland that was awarded to Hugh de Lacy by King Henry II of England by the service of fifty knights and with almost royal authority.

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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Louth (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Louth County Council

Louth County Council (Comhairle Contae Lú) is the authority responsible for local government in County Louth, Ireland.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England.

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Mansfield Town F.C.

Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge

The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland.

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Megan Campbell

Megan Campbell (born 28 June 1993) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer who plays for Manchester City.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Mellifont Abbey

Mellifont Abbey (An Mhainistir Mhór, literally "the big abbey"), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.

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Michael Holohan

Michael Holohan (born 27 March 1956) is an Irish composer.

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Michael Scott (architect)

Michael Scott (24 June 1905 – 24 January 1989) was an Irish architect whose buildings included the Busáras building in Dublin, Cork Opera House, the Abbey Theatre and both Tullamore and Portlaoise Hospitals.

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Mick Fairclough

Michael Joseph "Mick" Fairclough (born October 22, 1952 in Drogheda) was a former Irish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Drogheda United, Dundalk and Huddersfield Town.

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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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Millmount Fort

Millmount is a large fortified complex situated on a great mound on the South bank of the River Boyne located in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

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Monaghan

Monaghan (pronounced) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Monasterboice

Monasterboice (Mainistir Bhuithe) are the remains of an early Christian monastic settlement in County Louth in Ireland, north of Drogheda.

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Mornington, County Meath

Mornington is a coastal village on the banks of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland approximately 5 km downriver from the centre of Drogheda.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Mullaghmore, County Sligo

Mullaghmore is a village on the Mullaghmore peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Municipal district (Ireland)

A municipal district is a second-level local government area in Ireland which came into being on 1 June 2014, ten days after the local elections.

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Nano Reid

Nano Reid (1 March 1900 – 17 November 1981) was an Irish painter who specialised in landscape, figure painting and portraits.

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Navan

Navan (trans. "the Cave") is the county town of County Meath in Ireland.

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Newgrange

Newgrange (Sí an Bhrú or Brú na Bóinne) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located west of Drogheda on the north side of the River Boyne.

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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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Nick Colgan

Nicholas Vincent "Nick" Colgan (born 19 September 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of Wigan Athletic.

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Night service (public transport)

A night service or an owl service is a public transport service which operates through overnight hours, while most people are asleep.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Oliver Cromwell

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

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Oliver Plunkett

Oliver Plunkett (also spelt Oliver Plunket) (Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot.

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Once Upon a Time (TV series)

Once Upon a Time is an American fantasy drama television series on ABC which debuted on October 23, 2011, and concluded on May 18, 2018.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (OLLH or OLOL) is a public hospital located in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, part of the Louth Meath Hospital Group.

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Paddy Gavin

Patrick "Paddy" Joseph Gavin (6 June 1929 – 8 April 2006) was a footballer who played for Dundalk and Doncaster Rovers, mainly as a left back.

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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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Passage grave

A simple passage tomb in Carrowmore near Sligo in Ireland A passage grave (sometimes hyphenated) or passage tomb consists of a narrow passage made of large stones and one or multiple burial chambers covered in earth or stone.

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Patrick Curtis

Patrick Curtis (1740 – 26 July 1832) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan Hon (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer, and activist.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.

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Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland

Pope John Paul II visited Ireland from Saturday, 29 September to Monday, 1 October 1979, the first trip to Ireland by a pope.

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Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, rural addresses are specified by the county, nearest post town, and the townland.

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Poynings' Law

Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda (10 Hen.7 c.4 or 10 Hen.7 c.9; later titled "An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England") was a 1494 Act of the Parliament of Ireland which provided that the parliament could not meet until its proposed legislation had been approved both by Ireland's Lord Deputy and Privy Council and by England's monarch and Privy Council.

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Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His (or Her) Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England.

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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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Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is a professional association football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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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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Republic of Ireland national football B team

Republic of Ireland B is the reserve team of the Republic of Ireland national football team.

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Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team (Foireann peile náisiúnta Phoblacht na hÉireann) represents Ireland in association football.

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Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team

The Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland and competes in the biennial European Under-21 Football Championship and has competed since 1978.

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River Boyne

The River Boyne (An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath

The Diocese of Meath (Deoise na Mí) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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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 Laurence Gate

Saint Laurence's Gate is a barbican which was built in the 13th century as part of the walled fortification's of the medieval town of Drogheda in Ireland.

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Salinas, California

Salinas is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County, California.

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Samba

Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style, with its roots in Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions, particularly of Angola and the Congo, through the samba de roda genre of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, from which it derived.

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Sean Thornton

Sean Thornton (born 18 May 1983) is a professional footballer currently playing for Drogheda United in SSE Airtricity League.

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Setanta Sports Cup

The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland.

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Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin.

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Shane Monahan (rugby union)

Shane Monahan (born 28 April 1987) is an Irish professional rugby union player.

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Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Sherlock (TV series)

Sherlock is a crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

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Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional football club in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, which plays in League One, the third tier of English football.

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Siege of Drogheda

The Siege of Drogheda took place on 3–11 September 1649, at the outset of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

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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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Slane

Slane (meaning 'Town of Sláine mac Dela') is a village in County Meath, in Ireland.

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Slane Castle

Slane Castle is located in the town of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland.

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St John Ambulance Ireland

St John Ambulance Ireland (SJAI), previously known as the St John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland, is a charitable voluntary organisation in Ireland.

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St Patrick's Athletic F.C.

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. (Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is an Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division.

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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda

St.

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Star and crescent

The star and crescent is an iconographic symbol used in various historical contexts but most well known today as a symbol of the former Ottoman Empire and, by popular extension, the Islamic world.

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State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation is a financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Lincoln Street in Boston with operations worldwide.

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Steve Staunton

Stephen Staunton (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Stevenage F.C.

Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.

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Sultan

Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.

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Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

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Swords, Dublin

Swords is the county town of Fingal and a key satellite of Greater Dublin, Ireland.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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T. K. Whitaker

Thomas Kenneth Whitaker (8 December 1916 – 9 January 2017) was an Irish economist, politician, diplomat and civil servant who served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1969 to 1976 and a Senator from 1977 to 1982, upon being Nominated by the Taoiseach.

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Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland

Numbers on the Irish Telephone Numbering Plan are regulated and assigned to operators by ComReg.

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Termonfeckin

Termonfeckin or Termonfechin is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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The Drogheda Leader

The Drogheda Leader is a regional newspaper published in Drogheda, County Louth,which serves Drogheda, East Meath and Mid-Louth currently reaching 70,000 readers each week.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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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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The Thorn Birds

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by the Australian author Colleen McCullough.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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Thomas Charles Wright

Thomas Charles Wright was an Irish-born naval admiral that was a founding-father of the Ecuadorian Navy, and a general in Simón Bolívar's army.

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Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond

Thomas FitzJames FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond (died 1467/68), called 'Thomas of Drogheda', known as the Great Earl, was the son of James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond and Mary de Burgh.

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Thomas Lancaster

Thomas Lancaster (died 1583) was an English Protestant clergyman, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh from 1568.

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Thomas McLaughlin (engineer)

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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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Tommy Breen

Tommy Breen (27 April 1912 – 1 March 1988) was an Irish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for, among others, Belfast Celtic, Manchester United, Linfield and Shamrock Rovers.

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Tommy Byrne (racing driver)

Thomas Byrne (born 6 May 1958 in Drogheda, but grew up outside Dundalk County Louth) is a former racing driver from Ireland.

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Tony Byrne (boxer)

he was only born in 1975 Anthony Byrne, more commonly common known as Tony Byrne or Socks Byrne (6 July 1930 – 27 April 2013) was an amateur boxer.

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Tony Martin (politician)

Anthony A. Martin (born August 31, 1948) is a Canadian politician.

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Townley Hall

Townley Hall is a Georgian country house which stands in parkland at Tullyallen some 5 km west of Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland.

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Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey.

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Trim, County Meath

Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland.

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Tullyallen, County Louth

Tullyallen is a village, civil parish and townland (of 224 acres) 6 km north-west of the town of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, associated with a red rose, and the House of York, whose symbol was a white rose.

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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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William Hughes (U.S. Senator)

William Hughes (April 3, 1872January 30, 1918) was an American politician of Irish origin.

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William Kenny (VC)

William Kenny VC (24 August 1880 – 10 January 1936) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Women's International Boxing Federation

The Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) is one of the more recognized world championship fight sanctioning organizations in women's boxing.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Yasmine Akram

Yasmine Akram (born 11 March 1982) is an Irish actress, writer and comedian, best known for playing Janine Hawkins in the third series of Sherlock.

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1412 in Ireland

Events from the year 1412 in Ireland.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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References

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

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