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Slemish

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Slemish, historically called Slieve Mish, is a mountain in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1]

18 relations: Annals of Inisfallen, Ballymena, County Antrim, Dennis Campbell Kennedy, Diabase, Glens of Antrim, Irish Rebellion of 1798, Marilyn (geography), Northern Ireland, Olivine, Ossianic Society, Paleogene, Saint Patrick, Sheep, Society of United Irishmen, Townland, Volcanic plug, Volcano.

Annals of Inisfallen

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

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Ballymena

Ballymena is a large town in County Antrim, and the eighth largest in Northern Ireland.

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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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Dennis Campbell Kennedy

Dennis Kennedy is a writer on Irish and European affairs.

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Diabase

Diabase or dolerite or microgabbro is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro.

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Glens of Antrim

The Glens of Antrim, (Placenames Database of Ireland) known locally as simply The Glens, is a region of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion (Éirí Amach na nÉireannach Aontaithe), was an uprising against British rule in Ireland lasting from May to September 1798.

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Marilyn (geography)

A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Olivine

The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg2+, Fe2+)2SiO4.

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Ossianic Society

The Ossianic Society was an Irish literary society founded in Dublin on St Patrick's Day 1853, taking its name from the poetic material associated with the ancient narrator Oisín.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Sheep

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th-century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform.

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Townland

A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland.

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Volcanic plug

A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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References

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

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