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Curlew Mountains

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Situated between Boyle and Castlebaldwin, the Curlew Mountains (An Corrshliabh) are in northeastern Connacht. [1]

12 relations: Battle of Curlew Pass, Boyle, County Roscommon, Carboniferous, Castlebaldwin, Conglomerate (geology), Connacht, County Roscommon, Devonian, Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Limestone, Republic of Ireland, Sandstone.

Battle of Curlew Pass

The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought on 15 August 1599, during the campaign of the Earl of Essex in the Nine Years' War, between an English force under Sir Conyers Clifford and a rebel Irish force led by Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (Red Hugh O'Donnell).

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Boyle, County Roscommon

Boyle is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, Mya.

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Castlebaldwin

Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny is a townland and a very small village in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts, e.g., granules, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders, larger than in diameter.

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Connacht

ConnachtPage five of An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contaetha agus Cúigí) 2003 clearly lists the official spellings of the names of the four provinces of the country with Connacht listed for both languages; when used without the term 'The province of' / 'Cúige'.

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County Roscommon

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

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.

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Hugh Roe O'Donnell

Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell (30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), was "The O'Donnell" and king of Tyrconnell.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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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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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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References

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

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