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Irish round tower

Index Irish round tower

Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural) – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man. [1]

171 relations: Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Aghadoe, Aghaviller, Antrim, County Antrim, Aran Islands, Ardfert, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ardpatrick, Ardrahan, Armagh, Armoy, County Antrim, Ashlar, Aughagower, Balla Round Tower, Ballyduff, County Kerry, Battlement, Bell tower, Belt course, Brechin, Broch, Carrigeen, Cashel, County Tipperary, Castledermot, Castledermot Round Tower, Castleton Lyons, Castletown-Kinneigh, Chaine Memorial, Clonard, County Meath, Clondalkin, Clones, County Monaghan, Clonmacnoise, Cloyne, Cloyne Round Tower, Condé Nast, Connacht, Cork (city), Cormac mac Cuilennáin, County Antrim, County Armagh, County Carlow, County Cavan, County Clare, County Cork, County Donegal, County Down, County Dublin, County Fermanagh, County Galway, County Kerry, County Kildare, ..., County Kilkenny, County Laois, County Limerick, County Londonderry, County Louth, County Mayo, County Meath, County Monaghan, County Offaly, County Roscommon, County Sligo, County Tipperary, County Tyrone, County Waterford, County Wexford, County Wicklow, Crimean War, Daniel O'Connell, Derry, Devenish Island, Downpatrick, Dromiskin Monastery, Drumbo round tower, Drumcliff, Drumcliff, County Clare, Drumlane, Dublin, Duleek, Dysert O'Dea Monastery, East Melbourne, Victoria, Emly, Ennis, Faughart, Gale, George Hampden Evans, George Petrie (artist), Glasnevin Cemetery, Glendalough, Grangefertagh, InfoTrac, Inis Cathaigh, Inis Cealtra, Inniskeen, Irish Civil War, Irish language, Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Irish round tower, Island of Ireland Peace Park, Isle of Man, James Chaine, John O'Donovan (scholar), John Windele, Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Kells Round Tower, Kentucky, Kilbennen, Kildare Cathedral, Killala, Killeshin, Kilmacduagh monastery, Kilmallock, Kilnaboy, Kilree, Knockmealdown Mountains, Larne, Leinster, Liam Lynch (Irish republican), Liathmore Churches, Lough Derg (Shannon), Lusk, Dublin, Maghera, County Down, Masonry, Maynooth, Meelick, County Mayo, Milford pink granite, Milford, Massachusetts, Mitchelstown, Monasterboice, Monastery, Munster, Nendrum Monastery, Old Kilcullen, Oughter Ard, Peel Castle, Peel tower, Portrane, Posthole, Putlog hole, Ram's Island, Northern Ireland, Raphoe, Rathmichael, Relic, Rock of Cashel, Roscam, Roscrea, Rosscarbery, Round tower (disambiguation), Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Saighir, Scotland, Sheela na gig, Slane, Sligo, St Canice's Cathedral, St Ita's Hospital, St Mullin's, St Patrick's Isle, Swords, Dublin, Taghadoe, Thurles, Timahoe, Tipperary (town), Tony Ryan, Tory Island, Trim, County Meath, Tullaherin, Turlough Abbey, Ulster, Vikings, War memorial, World War I. Expand index (121 more) »

Abernethy, Perth and Kinross

Abernethy (Obar Neithich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated south-east of Perth.

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Aghadoe

Aghadoe (Irish: Achadh an Da Eo) is a large townland overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland.

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Aghaviller

Aghaviller National Monument, is a church and round tower in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Antrim, County Antrim

Antrim is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six Mile Water, half a mile northeast of Lough Neagh.

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Aran Islands

The Aran Islands (Oileáin Árann—pronunciation) or The Arans (na hÁrainneacha—) are a group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay, on the west coast of Ireland, with a total area of about.

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Ardfert

Ardfert is a village in County Kerry, Ireland.

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Ardmore, County Waterford

Ardmore is a seaside resort and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland, not far from Youghal on the south coast of Ireland, with a population of around 330, although this varies with the tourist season.

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Ardpatrick

Ardpatrick is a small village in Limerick, Ireland.

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Ardrahan

Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Ireland.

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Armagh

Armagh is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.

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Armoy, County Antrim

Armoy is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is finely dressed (cut, worked) stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the structure built of it.

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Aughagower

Aughagower or Aghagower is a tiny village in rural County Mayo in western Ireland.

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Balla Round Tower

Balla Round Tower is an Irish round tower and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Ballyduff, County Kerry

Ballyduff is a village near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland.

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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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Bell tower

A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none.

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Belt course

A belt course, also called a string course or sill course, is a continuous row or layer of stones or brick set in a wall.

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Brechin

Brechin (Breichinn) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.

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Broch

A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland.

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Carrigeen

Carrigeen is a village to the south-east of Mooncoin in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Cashel, County Tipperary

Cashel is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Castledermot

Castledermot (meaning "Dermot's Hermitage") is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow.

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Castledermot Round Tower

Castledermot Round Tower is a 10th-century round tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Castleton Lyons

Castleton Lyons near Lexington, Kentucky, is an American horse racing stable and breeding business best known by the name Castleton Farm.

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Castletown-Kinneigh

Castletown-Kinneigh is a small rural village near Ballineen in County Cork, Ireland.

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Chaine Memorial

The Chaine Memorial Tower in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is a memorial to James Chaine, a former Member of Parliament for Antrim, who died in 1885.

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Clonard, County Meath

Clonard is a small village in County Meath, Ireland.

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Clondalkin

Clondalkin is a suburban town situated 10 km west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin.

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Clones, County Monaghan

Clones is a small town in western County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Clonmacnoise

The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning "Meadow of the Sons of Nós", or perhaps, albeit less likely, Cluain Muccu Nóis "Meadow of the Pigs of Nós") is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone.

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Cloyne

Cloyne is a small town to the southeast of Midleton in eastern County Cork.

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Cloyne Round Tower

Cloyne Round Tower is a round tower in the historically monastic town of Cloyne, County Cork in Ireland.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast Inc. is an American mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast, based at One World Trade Center and owned by Advance Publications.

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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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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin (died 13 September 908) was an Irish bishop and was king of Munster from 902 until his death at the Battle of Bellaghmoon.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim)) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Down to the south.

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County Armagh

County Armagh (named after its county town, Armagh) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland.

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County Carlow

County Carlow (Contae Cheatharlach) is a county in Ireland, part of the South-East Region and the province of Leinster.

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County Cavan

County Cavan (Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland.

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County Clare

County Clare (Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Mid-West Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the West by the Atlantic Ocean.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland.

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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 Down

County Down is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland in the northeast of the island of Ireland.

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County Dublin

County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland.

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County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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County Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Kildare

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

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County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny (Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County Laois

County Laois (Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland.

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County Limerick

County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County Londonderry

County Londonderry (Contae Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry, is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

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County Louth

County Louth (Contae Lú) is a county in Ireland.

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County Mayo

County Mayo (Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") 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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County Monaghan

County Monaghan (Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland.

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County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Roscommon

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

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County Sligo

County Sligo (Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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County Tyrone

County Tyrone is one of the six historic counties of Northern Ireland.

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County Waterford

County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge; the English name comes from Old Norse Vedrafjörður) is a county in Ireland.

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County Wexford

County Wexford (Contae Loch Garman, Yola: Weiseforthe) is a county in Ireland.

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County Wicklow

County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin) is a county in Ireland.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell (Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland.

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Devenish Island

Devenish or Devinish is an island in Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Downpatrick

Downpatrick is a small-sized town about south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Dromiskin Monastery

Dromiskin Monastery is a medieval monastery and National Monument located in Dromiskin, Ireland.

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Drumbo round tower

The Drumbo round tower (Cloigtheach Druim Bó) is a truncated Irish round tower in Drumbo, County Down.

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Drumcliff

Drumcliff or Drumcliffe is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.

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Drumcliff, County Clare

Drumcliff, or Drumcliffe, Dromcliffe (Drom Cléibh) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.

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Drumlane

Drumlane is a monastery located in Milltown, County Cavan, Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Duleek

Duleek is a Village in County Meath, Ireland.

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Dysert O'Dea Monastery

Dysert O'Dea Church near Corofin in County Clare, Ireland stands on the site of an early Christian monastery which was reportedly founded by St. Tola in the 8th century.

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East Melbourne, Victoria

East Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Emly

Emly or Emlybeg or The Marsh is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Ennis

Ennis is the county town of County Clare, Ireland.

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Faughart

Faughart (also written 'Fochart') is an early Christian ruins and shrine site just north of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

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Gale

A gale is a strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts.

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George Hampden Evans

The Rt.Hon.

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George Petrie (artist)

George Petrie (1 January 1790 – 17 January 1866), was an Irish painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist of the Victorian era.

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Glasnevin Cemetery

Glasnevin Cemetery (Reilig Ghlas Naíon) is a large cemetery in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland which opened in 1832.

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Glendalough

Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.

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Grangefertagh

Grangefertagh is a former abbey located in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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InfoTrac

InfoTrac is a family of full text databases of content from academic journals and general magazines, of which the majority are targeted to the English-speaking North American market.

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Inis Cathaigh

Inis Cathaigh or Scattery Island is an island in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, off the coast of Kilrush, County Clare.

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Inis Cealtra

Inis Cealtra, or Holy Island, is an island off the western shore of Lough Derg in Ireland.

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Inniskeen

Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen, is a small village and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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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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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921.

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Irish round tower

Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural) – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.

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Island of Ireland Peace Park

The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na hÉireann), also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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James Chaine

James Chaine (1841 – 4 May 1885) was an Irish shipping businessman and a Conservative PartyWalker, p. 249.

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John O'Donovan (scholar)

John O'Donovan (Seán Ó Donnabháin; 25 July 1806 – 10 December 1861), from Atateemore, in the parish of Kilcolumb, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt's Academy, Waterford, was an Irish language scholar from Ireland.

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John Windele

John Windele (1801 – 28 August 1865) was an Irish antiquarian, particularly interested in early Irish literature and Ogham inscriptions.

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Johnstown, County Kilkenny

Johnstown, historically known as Coorthafooka (Cúirt an Phúca), is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Kells Round Tower

Kells Round Tower is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in Ireland.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kilbennen

Kilbennen or Kilbannon is a medieval ecclesiastical site and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.

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Kildare Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St.

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Killala

Killala is a village in County Mayo in Ireland, north of Ballina.

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Killeshin

Killeshin is a village in County Laois, Ireland on the R430 regional road.

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Kilmacduagh monastery

Kilmacduagh Monastery is a ruined abbey near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland.

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Kilmallock

Kilmallock is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork.

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Kilnaboy

Kilnaboy or Killinaboy is a village, townland and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.

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Kilree

Kilree is a former Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Knockmealdown Mountains

The Knockmealdown Mountains (Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh) is a mountain range located on the border of counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties.

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Larne

Larne (the name of a Gaelic territory) is a seaport and industrial market town, as well as a civil parish, on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,323 people in the 2008 Estimate.

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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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Liam Lynch (Irish republican)

Liam Lynch (Liam Ó Loingsigh; 9 November 1893 – 10 April 1923) was an officer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the commanding general of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil War.

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Liathmore Churches

Liathmore Churches are two medieval churches forming a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Lough Derg (Shannon)

Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart (Loch Deirgeirt), is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland.

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Lusk, Dublin

Lusk is a small town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Maghera, County Down

Maghera is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Masonry

Masonry is the building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves.

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Maynooth

Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland.

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Meelick, County Mayo

Meelick is a small village situated some 5 km westsouthwest of Swinford in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Milford pink granite

Milford pink granite, also known as Milford granite or Milford pink is a Proterozoic igneous rock located in and around the town of Milford, Massachusetts, covering an area of approximately 100 km2, as mapped by the USGS.

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Milford, Massachusetts

Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Mitchelstown

Mitchelstown is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 3300.

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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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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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Nendrum Monastery

Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Old Kilcullen

Old Kilcullen, formerly Kilcullen (Cill Chuilinn, "the Church of the Holly" in Irish), is a townland in County Kildare, Ireland, which includes a noted religious archaeological site within its boundary.

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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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Peel Castle

Peel Castle (Cashtal Purt ny h-Inshey in Manx Gaelic) is a castle in Peel on the Isle of Man, originally constructed by Vikings.

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Peel tower

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger.

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Portrane

Portrane or Portraine ((the nearby offshore island)) is a small seaside town one kilometre from, and merging into the larger town of Donabate in Fingal, north County Dublin, Ireland.

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Posthole

In archaeology a posthole or post-hole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone.

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Putlog hole

Putlog holes or putlock holes are small holes made in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles (small round logs) or beams, called putlogs or putlocks, to support a scaffolding.

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Ram's Island, Northern Ireland

Ram’s Island is located approximately one mile offshore from Lennymore Bay and Sandy Bay on the eastern shore of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.

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Raphoe

Raphoe is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland.

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Rathmichael

Rathmichael is a suburb in the south-east of Dublin in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

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Relic

In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.

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Rock of Cashel

The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St.

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Roscam

Roscam is a medieval ecclesiastical site and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.

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Roscrea

Roscrea (meaning "Wood of Cré") is an historical market town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Rosscarbery

Rosscarbery or Roscarbery is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Round tower (disambiguation)

Round tower may refer to.

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Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are "to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland".

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Saighir

Saighir (Seir Kieran; also named Seirkieran, in Irish Saighir Chiaráin), is a monastic site in Clareen, County Offaly, founded by St. Ciaran the Elder.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sheela na gig

Sheela na gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva.

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Slane

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

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Sligo

Sligo (—) is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht.

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St Canice's Cathedral

St Canice's Cathedral, also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Kilkenny city, Ireland.

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St Ita's Hospital

St Ita's Hospital, Portrane, formerly Portrane Asylum is a long stay facility for those with intellectual disabilities and those with long term mental illnesses.

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St Mullin's

St.

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St Patrick's Isle

St Patrick's Isle (Ynnys Pherick) is a small tidal island off the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, largely occupied by Peel Castle and noted for its attractive and relatively well preserved historic castle ruins.

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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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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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Thurles

Thurles (or Durlas Éile) is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Timahoe

Timahoe ('House of Mochua') is a village in County Laois, Ireland, 12 km south of Portlaoise on the R426 regional road.

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Tipperary (town)

Tipperary (meaning "Well of the Ara") is a town and a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Tony Ryan

Thomas Anthony "Tony" Ryan (2 February 1936 – 3 October 2007) was an Irish billionaire, philanthropist and businessman.

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Tory Island

Tory Island, or simply Tory (officially known by its Irish name Toraigh), is an island off the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, and is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland.

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Trim, County Meath

Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland.

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Tullaherin

Tullaherin is a townland and parish in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Turlough Abbey

Turlough Abbey is a former monastery and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Ulster

Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh, Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is a province in the north of the island of Ireland.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

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

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