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40 relations: Antiquarian, Ballingeary, Bantry, Boston, British Museum, Burnt mound, Cairn, Castle, Coolcoulaghta Standing Stones, Coomkeen, Counties of Ireland, County Cork, Fulacht fiadh, Grantham, Irish grid reference system, Irish language, J. G. Farrell, Kolkata, List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, Mass rock, Menhir, Mizen Head, Munster, Promontory fort, Provinces of Ireland, Ringfort, Rochester, New York, Sean Hurley, Sheep's Head, Sinology, Souterrain, Stone circle, Stone row, Time in Ireland, Townland, University College Cork, West Cork, Western European Summer Time, Western European Time, Wild Atlantic Way.
Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary (from the Latin: antiquarius, meaning pertaining to ancient times) is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.
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Ballingeary
Ballingeary (pronounced) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.
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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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Boston
Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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British Museum
The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.
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Burnt mound
A burnt mound is an archaeological feature consisting of a mound of shattered stones and charcoal, normally with an adjacent hearth and trough.
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Cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones.
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Castle
A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
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Coolcoulaghta Standing Stones
Coolcoulaghta Standing Stones is a pair of standing stones forming a stone row and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
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Coomkeen
Coomkeen is a townland located near Durrus in West Cork, Province of Munster, 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 Cork
County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland.
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Fulacht fiadh
A fulacht fiadh (fulacht fiadh or fulacht fian; plural: fulachtaí fia or, in older texts, fulachta fiadh) are burned mounds, dating from the Bronze Age, found in Ireland.
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Grantham
Grantham is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, 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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J. G. Farrell
James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979) was an English-born novelist of Irish descent who spent much of his adult life in Ireland.
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Kolkata
Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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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Mass rock
A Mass rock (Carraig an Aifrinn in Irish) was a rock used as an altar in mid-17th century Ireland as a location for Roman Catholic Mass.
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Menhir
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva is a large manmade upright stone.
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Mizen Head
Mizen Head (Carn Uí Néid), is located at the extremity of the Kilmore Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork, in southwest Ireland.
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Munster
Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.
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Promontory fort
A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed.
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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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Ringfort
Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze age up to about the year 1000.
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.
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Sean Hurley
Sean Hurley (1897-1961) was an Irish Sinologist who spent the years 1905 to 1915 in China.
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Sheep's Head
Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula - a European Destination of Excellence - situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.
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Sinology
Sinology or Chinese studies is the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, Chinese culture and history, and often refers to Western scholarship.
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Souterrain
Souterrain (from French sous terrain, meaning "under ground") is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age.
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Stone circle
A stone circle is an alignment of standing stones arranged in a circle.
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Stone row
A stone row (or stone alignment), is a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes, usually dating from the later Neolithic or Bronze Age.
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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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Townland
A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland.
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University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.
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West Cork
West Cork (Iarthar Chorcaí) is a region in County Cork, Ireland.
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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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Wild Atlantic Way
The Wild Atlantic Way (Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of the Republic of Ireland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrus
