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Kimmage

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Kimmage ("Crooked water-meadow", probably referring to the meandering course of the River Poddle), is a small residential suburb located on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. [1]

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Abbey of Kells

The Abbey of Kells (Mainistir Cheanannais in Irish) is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, north of Dublin.

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Aengus Finucane

Aengus Finucane (26 April 1932 – 6 October 2009) was a Roman Catholic missionary of the Spiritan Fathers order, who organized food shipments from Ireland to the Igbo people during the Nigerian Civil War.

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Blast bomb

Blast bomb is a term used in Northern Ireland for a type of improvised explosive device.

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Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) (Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish.

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Brian Kerr (Irish football manager)

Brian Kerr (born 3 March 1953) is an Irish football manager.

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Celtic cross

The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland and Britain in the Early Middle Ages.

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Christy Brown

Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish writer and painter who had cerebral palsy and was able to write or type only with the toes of one foot.

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Clonard Abbey

Clonard Abbey (Irish, Cluain Eraird, or Cluain Iraird, "Erard's Meadow") was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne in the Republic of Ireland, just beside the traditional boundary line of the northern and southern halves of Ireland in modern County Meath.

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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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Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide (often referred to as Concern) is Ireland's largest aid and humanitarian agency.

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Congregation of the Holy Spirit

The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (full title, Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or in Latin, Congregatio Sancti Spiritus sub tutela Immaculati Cordis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, and thus abbreviated C.S.Sp.) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests, lay brothers, and since Vatican II, lay associates.

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Crumlin, Dublin

Crumlin is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

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Denis Fahey

Father Denis Fahey, C.S.Sp. (3 July 1883 – 21 January 1954) was an Irish Catholic priest.

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Dolphin's Barn

Dolphin's Barn is an inner city suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city in the Dublin 8, and partially in the Dublin 12, postal district.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin quays

The Dublin quays refers to the two roadways and quays that run along the north and south banks of the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.

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Dublin tramways

Dublin tramways was a system of trams in Dublin, Ireland which commenced line-laying in 1871, and began service in 1872, following trials in the mid-1860s.

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Easter Monday

Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a holiday in some countries.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Fine Gael

Fine Gael (English: Family or Tribe of the Irish) is a liberal-conservative and Christian democratic political party in Ireland.

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Gay Mitchell

Gabriel Alexander Mitchell (born 30 December 1951) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2004 to 2014, Minister of State for European Affairs from 1994 to 1997 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1992 to 1993.

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General Post Office, Dublin

The General Post Office (GPO; Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish Post Office, and Dublin's principal post office.

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George Oliver Plunkett

George Oliver Plunkett (Irish: Seoirse Oilibhéar Pluincéid) (1894–1944), known to his contemporaries as Seoirse Plunkett,p94, Ernie O'Malley, The Singing Flame, Anvil Books Limited, 1978 was a militant Irish republican.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.

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Greenhills, Dublin

Greenhills is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland.

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Harold's Cross

Harold's Cross is an urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin, Ireland.

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Howth gun-running

The Howth gun-running involved the delivery of 1500 Mauser rifles to the Irish Volunteers at Howth harbour in Ireland on 26 July 1914.

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Irish Citizen Army

The Irish Citizen Army, or ICA, was a small paramilitary group of trained trade union volunteers from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) established in Dublin for the defence of workers' demonstrations from the police.

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Irish Volunteers

The Irish Volunteers (Óglaigh na hÉireann), sometimes called the Irish Volunteer Force or Irish Volunteer Army, was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists.

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James Connolly

James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader.

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John Charles McQuaid

John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. (28 July 1895 – 7 April 1973), was the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin between December 1940 and January 1972.

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Joseph Plunkett

Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

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Kimmage Development Studies Centre

Kimmage Development Studies Centre (DSC) is based at Kimmage Manor, in Dublin, Ireland.

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Leinster Senior League (association football)

The Leinster Senior League is an association football league organised by the Leinster Football Association.

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Liberty Hall

Liberty Hall (Halla na Saoirse), in Dublin, Ireland, is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU).

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List of Dublin postal districts

Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as An Post, to sort mail in Dublin.

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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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Maria Duce

Maria Duce (Latin for With Mary as our Leader) was a small Catholic Integrist group active in Ireland, founded in 1945 by Fr Denis Fahey.

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Member of the European Parliament

A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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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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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Moore Street

Moore Street is a street in central Dublin, Ireland, off Henry Street, one of Ireland's main shopping streets.

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Music! Music! Music!

"Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)" is a popular song written by Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum and published in 1949.

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Novitiate

The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a novice (or prospective) monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious institute undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether he or she is called to vowed religious life.

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Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; An Piarsach; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.

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Perrystown

Perrystown (Baile Pheire) is a small south Dublin suburb located between Terenure, Greenhills, Templeogue and Crumlin.

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Pike (weapon)

A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry.

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Primacy of Ireland

The Primacy of Ireland was historically disputed between the Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin until finally settled by Pope Innocent VI.

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Proclamation of the Irish Republic

The Proclamation of the Republic (Forógra na Poblachta), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916.

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Rathfarnham

Ráth Fearnáin; Rathfarnham or Rathfarnam is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

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Rathgar

Rathgar, originally a village, from 1862 part of the township Rathmines and Rathgar, in 1930 became a suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

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Rathmines

Rathmines is an inner suburb on the southside of Dublin, about 3 kilometres south of the city centre.

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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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River Liffey

The River Liffey (Irish: An Life) is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin.

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River Poddle

The River Poddle (An Poitéal) is a river in County Dublin in Ireland.

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Rosemary Mahoney

Rosemary Mahoney (born January 28, 1961 Boston, Massachusetts) is an American non-fiction writer.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.

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Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet

Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1799 – 30 June 1876) was an Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament.

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Slot machine

A slot machine (American English), known variously as a fruit machine (British English), puggy (Scottish English), the slots (Canadian and American English), poker machine/pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English), or simply slot (American English), is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed.

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SuperValu (Ireland)

SuperValu is a supermarket chain that operates on the island of Ireland.

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Tallaght

Tallaght (Tamhlacht) is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin, and the largest suburb of the city of Dublin, Ireland.

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Templeogue

Templeogue is a southwestern, largely residential, suburb of Dublin in Ireland.

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Terenure

Terenure is a mainly residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, largely in the administrative area of Dublin City Council but with parts in the administrative county of South Dublin (within the Terenure-Templeogue electoral area).

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Teresa Brewer

Teresa Brewer (May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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Twopence (British pre-decimal coin)

The pre-decimal twopence (2d) was a coin worth one one-hundred-and-twentieth of a pound sterling, or two pence.

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References

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

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