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River Boyne

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The River Boyne (An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. [1]

47 relations: An Taisce, Annals of Inisfallen, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, Baltray, Battle of the Boyne, Belfast, Boann, Boyne Navigation, Boyne Viaduct, Brú na Bóinne, Carbury, Controlled-access highway, County Kildare, County Louth, County Meath, Donore, County Meath, Drogheda, Dublin, Enfield Blackwater, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Gerald of Wales, Goddess, Hill of Tara, History of Ireland, Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, Irish mythology, Irish Sea, Kells, County Meath, Leinster, M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland), Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge, Megalith, Mellifont Abbey, Mornington, County Meath, Navan, Passage grave, Prehistoric art, Proto-Celtic language, Ptolemy, Republic of Ireland, Salmon, Salmon of Knowledge, Slane, Trim Castle, Trim, County Meath, Trout, Williamite War in Ireland.

An Taisce

An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland (meaning "the store" or "the treasury"), was established in June 1948.

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Annals of Inisfallen

The Annals of Inisfallen are a chronicle of the medieval history of Ireland.

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Archaeological Survey of Ireland

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland is a unit of the National Monuments Service, which is currently managed by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.

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Baltray

Baltray (historically Ballytra, from) is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Boann

Boann or Boand (modern spelling: Bóinn) is the Irish goddess of the River Boyne, a river in Leinster, Ireland.

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Boyne Navigation

The Boyne Navigation (Loingseoireachta na Bóinne) is a series of canals running 31 km (19 mi) roughly parallel to the River Boyne from Oldbridge to Navan in County Meath, in Ireland.

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Boyne Viaduct

The Boyne Viaduct (Tarbhealach na Bóinne), a 30-metre-high (98 ft) railway bridge, or viaduct, that crosses the River Boyne in Drogheda, carrying the main Dublin–Belfast railway line.

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Brú na Bóinne

Brú na Bóinne (Palace of the Boyne or Mansion of the Boyne) or Boyne valley tombs, is an area in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne.

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Carbury

Carbury, also formerly spelt "Carbery", is an expanding rural community in north-west County Kildare, Ireland.

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Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.

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County Kildare

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

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County Louth

County Louth (Contae Lú) 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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Donore, County Meath

Donore (meaning "Fort of pride"), historically Dunower, is a small village near Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland.

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Drogheda

Drogheda is one of the oldest towns in Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Enfield Blackwater

The River Blackwater (An Abhainn Dubh), also called the Enfield Blackwater, or Kildare Blackwater is a river that flows through the counties of Kildare and Meath in Ireland.

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Fionn mac Cumhaill

Fionn mac Cumhaill (Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or Umaill, sometimes transcribed in English as MacCool or MacCoul) was a mythical hunter-warrior of Irish mythology, occurring also in the mythologies of Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis; Gerallt Gymro; Gerald de Barri) was a Cambro-Norman archdeacon of Brecon and historian.

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Goddess

A goddess is a female deity.

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Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara (Teamhair or Teamhair na Rí), located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Ireland.

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History of Ireland

Prehistoric Ireland spans a period from the first known evidence of human presence dated to about 10,000 years ago until the emergence of "protohistoric" Gaelic Ireland at the time of Christianization in the 5th century.

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Inland Waterways Association of Ireland

The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI) is a registered charity and a limited company in the Republic of Ireland and also operates in Northern Ireland.

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Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Kells, County Meath

Kells is a town in County Meath, Ireland.

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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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M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland)

The M1 motorway (Mótarbhealach M1) is a motorway in Ireland.

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Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge

The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland.

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Megalith

A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

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Mellifont Abbey

Mellifont Abbey (An Mhainistir Mhór, literally "the big abbey"), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.

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Mornington, County Meath

Mornington is a coastal village on the banks of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland approximately 5 km downriver from the centre of Drogheda.

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Navan

Navan (trans. "the Cave") is the county town of County Meath in Ireland.

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Passage grave

A simple passage tomb in Carrowmore near Sligo in Ireland A passage grave (sometimes hyphenated) or passage tomb consists of a narrow passage made of large stones and one or multiple burial chambers covered in earth or stone.

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Prehistoric art

In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or makes significant contact with another culture that has, and that makes some record of major historical events.

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Proto-Celtic language

The Proto-Celtic language, also called Common Celtic, is the reconstructed ancestor language of all the known Celtic languages.

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Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος, Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.

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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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Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Salmon of Knowledge

The Salmon of Knowledge (bradán feasa) is a creature figuring in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.

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Slane

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

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Trim Castle

Trim Castle (Caisleán Bhaile Atha Troim) is a Norman castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland.

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Trim, County Meath

Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Williamite War in Ireland

The Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691) (Cogadh an Dá Rí, meaning "war of the two kings"), was a conflict between Jacobites (supporters of the Catholic King James II of England and Ireland, VII of Scotland) and Williamites (supporters of the Dutch Protestant Prince William of Orange) over who would be monarch of the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Redirects here:

Boyne River, Ireland, Boyne Valley, The Boyne.

References

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

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