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Killeshandra

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Killeshandra or Killashandra - Irish place name Cill na Seanrátha meaning Church of the Old Rath (ringforts), population 1,143, is a small town in County Cavan, Ireland. [1]

61 relations: Angling, Arvagh, Ballinagh, Bus Éireann, Cavan, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Come Out, Ye Black and Tans, Counties of Ireland, County Cavan, Crossdoney railway station, Democratic Party (United States), Dominic Behan, Drumlane, Edgar Allan Poe, Fáilte Ireland, George Richardson (VC), Gothic architecture, Huguenots, Innerwick, Irish grid reference system, Irish linen, Irish Rebellion of 1641, Irish traditional music, John Joe O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer), Killashandra railway station, Killeshandra GFC, Kilometre, Lakeland Dairies, Linen, List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland, List of sovereign states, List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, Lough Oughter, Michael Donohoe, Midland Great Western Railway, Mile, Natura 2000, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philip O'Reilly, Plantation of Ulster, Provinces of Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Restoration (1660), Rhythm and blues, Ringfort, River Erne, RMS Titanic, Séamus Dolan, Scottish Episcopal Church, ..., Stephen King (Gaelic footballer), The Butcher Boy (1997 film), The Strypes, Thomas Lough, Tom O'Reilly (Cavan politician), Tullyhunco, Ulster, United States House of Representatives, William Farrell (architect), William Hales, Youngstown State University. Expand index (11 more) »

Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" (fish hook).

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Arvagh

Arvagh or Arva, is a town in County Cavan, Ireland, on the shores of Garty Lough and overlooked by Bruse Mountain.

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Ballinagh

Ballinagh, officially Bellananagh, is a village in County Cavan, Ireland.

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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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Cavan

Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland.

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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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Come Out, Ye Black and Tans

"Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" (sometimes "Black and Tan") is an Irish rebel song referring to the Black and Tans, the British paramilitary police auxiliary force in Ireland during the 1920s.

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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 Cavan

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

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Crossdoney railway station

Crossdoney Railway Station in County Cavan was a former station on the Inny Junction to Cavan branch of the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland in the village of Crossdoney.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dominic Behan

Dominic Behan (Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin; 22 October 1928 – 3 August 1989) was an Irish songwriter, singer, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.

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Drumlane

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

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.

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Fáilte Ireland

Fáilte Ireland is the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland.

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George Richardson (VC)

George Richardson VC (1 August 1831 – 28 January 1923) was born in Derrylane, Killeshandra, County Cavan the son of John and Anne Richardson.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

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Huguenots

Huguenots (Les huguenots) are an ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.

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Innerwick

Innerwick (Inbhir Mhuice) is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh.

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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 linen

Irish linen (Línéadach Éireannach) is the brand name given to linen produced in Ireland.

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Irish Rebellion of 1641

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 (Éirí Amach 1641) began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for Catholics.

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Irish traditional music

Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.

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John Joe O'Reilly (Gaelic footballer)

John Joe O'Reilly (1919 – 1952) was a famous Gaelic footballer for the Cavan senior team.

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Killashandra railway station

Killashandra railway station in County Cavan, Ireland was the terminus station at the end of the Midland Great Western Railway seven mile branch from Crossdoney.

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Killeshandra GFC

Killeshandra are a Gaelic football club from Killeshandra, County Cavan in Ireland.

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Kilometre

The kilometre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: km; or) or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.

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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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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland

Market houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape.

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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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Lough Oughter

Lough Oughter (Loch Uachtair) is a lake, or complex of lakes, in County Cavan covering approximately 8931 hectares.

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Michael Donohoe

Michael Donohoe (February 22, 1864 – January 17, 1958) of Philadelphia was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915.

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Midland Great Western Railway

The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) was the third largest Irish gauge railway company in Ireland.

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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Natura 2000

Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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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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Philip O'Reilly

Colonel Philip O'Reilly (Irish: Pilib MacAodh Ó Raghallaigh) (died 1655) was a member of parliament for County Cavan, Ireland in the Irish Parliament from 1639 to 1641, and a leading member of the 1641 Rebellion.

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Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster (Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of James VI and I. Most of the colonists came from Scotland and England, although there was a small number of Welsh settlers.

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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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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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Restoration (1660)

The Restoration was both a series of events in April–May 1660 and the period that followed it in British history.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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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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River Erne

The River Erne (Abhainn na hÉirne or An Éirne) in the northwest of Ireland, is the second-longest river in Ulster.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Séamus Dolan

Séamus Dolan (10 December 1914 – 10 August 2010) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba) make up the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Stephen King (Gaelic footballer)

Stephen King is a former Gaelic footballer for Cavan.

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The Butcher Boy (1997 film)

The Butcher Boy is a 1997 Irish-American tragicomic drama film adapted to film by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe from McCabe's 1992 novel of the same name.

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The Strypes

The Strypes are a four-piece rock band from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2010 consisting of Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Peter O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

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Thomas Lough

The Rt. Hon. Thomas Lough, P.C. (1850 – 11 January 1922), was an Anglo-Irish radical Liberal politician.

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Tom O'Reilly (Cavan politician)

Thomas P. "Tom" O'Reilly (6 August 1915 – 12 February 1995) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, politician and farmer from County Cavan.

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Tullyhunco

Tullyhunco is a barony in County Cavan, 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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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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William Farrell (architect)

William Farrell, RIAI, (died 1851) was a prominent Dublin-based Irish architect active throughout early to mid-nineteenth century Ireland, during the Georgian and early Victorian period, known particularly for his church and institutional designs.

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William Hales

William Hales (8 April 1747 – 30 January 1831) was an Irish clergyman and scientific writer.

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Youngstown State University

Youngstown State University (YSU), founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States.

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References

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

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