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36 relations: American Civil War, Balmoral Castle, Battlement, Blackhouse, Churchill, County Donegal, Cornelia Adair, County Donegal, County Laois, Garden, Glenveagh, Great Famine (Ireland), Gweedore, Henry Plumer McIlhenny, Highland Clearances, James S. Wadsworth, John George Adair, Keep, Landed gentry, Mansion, Oral tradition, Philadelphia, Poor relief, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Red deer, Republic of Ireland, Resident magistrate, Scottish baronial architecture, Speculation, United States, 1823 in Ireland, 1869 in Ireland, 1870 in Ireland, 1873 in Ireland, 1885 in Ireland, 1937 in Ireland.
American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar.
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Battlement
A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.
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Blackhouse
A blackhouse (t(a)igh-dubh,; teach dubh) is a traditional type of house which used to be common in the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, and Ireland.
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Churchill, County Donegal
Church Hill, historically known as Minalaban, is a small village located 8 miles from County Donegal's largest town of Letterkenny, Ireland.
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Cornelia Adair
Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (April 6, 1837 – September 22, 1921) was the matriarch of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland, now an Irish national park, and the large JA Ranch southeast of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle, a still-active cattle ranch.
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County Donegal
County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.
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County Laois
County Laois (Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland.
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Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
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Glenveagh
Glenveagh is the second largest national park in Ireland.
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Great Famine (Ireland)
The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.
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Gweedore
Gweedore (officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair) is an Irish-speaking parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
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Henry Plumer McIlhenny
Henry Plumer McIlhenny (October 7, 1910 – May 11, 1986) was an American connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist, curator and chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances (Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal, the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands mostly during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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James S. Wadsworth
James Samuel Wadsworth (October 30, 1807 – May 8, 1864) was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
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John George Adair
John George Adair (March 3, 1823 – May 4, 1885), sometimes known as Jack Adair, was an Irish businessman and landowner, who provided the seed capital for the large JA Ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon of the Texas Panhandle, a region of Texas.
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Keep
A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.
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Landed gentry
Landed gentry or gentry is a largely historical British social class consisting in theory of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate.
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Mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house.
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Oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication where in knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Poor relief
In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.
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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation.
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Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; 25 July 1860 – 14 March 1917) was a German princess, and later a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.
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Red deer
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.
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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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Resident magistrate
A resident magistrate is a title for magistrates used in certain parts of the world, that were, or are, governed by the British.
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Scottish baronial architecture
Scottish Baronial architecture (often Scots Baronial and sometimes Baronial style) is a style of architecture with its origins in the sixteenth century.
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Speculation
Speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable at a future date.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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1823 in Ireland
Events from the year 1823 in Ireland.
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1869 in Ireland
Events from the year 1869 in Ireland.
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1870 in Ireland
Events from the year 1870 in Ireland.
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1873 in Ireland
Events from the year 1873 in Ireland.
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1885 in Ireland
Events from the year 1885 in Ireland.
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1937 in Ireland
Events from the year 1937 in Ireland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenveagh_Castle
