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St George's Channel

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St George's Channel (Sianel San Siôr, Muir Bhreatan) is a sea channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. [1]

25 relations: Byzantine Empire, Carnsore Point, Celtic Sea, Channel (geography), County Wexford, Howth Head, International Hydrographic Organization, Irish Sea, Kilmore Quay, Leinster, Martin Frobisher, Munster, Nicobar Islands, North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), Pembrokeshire, Placenames Database of Ireland, Plantations of Ireland, Roman Britain, RTÉ Radio, RTÉ.ie, Saint George, St David's Head, Straits of Moyle, Wales, West Country.

Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

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Carnsore Point

Carnsore Point (Carn tSóir or Ceann an Chairn in Irish) (Yola; Carnagh) is a headland in the very South East corner of County Wexford, Ireland.

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Celtic Sea

The Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach; Y Môr Celtaidd; An Mor Keltek; Ar Mor Keltiek; La mer Celtique) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany.

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Channel (geography)

In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of fluid, most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait.

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County Wexford

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

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Howth Head

Howth Head (Ceann Bhinn Éadair in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of Dublin City in Ireland, within the governance of Fingal County Council.

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International Hydrographic Organization

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is the inter-governmental organisation representing hydrography.

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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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Kilmore Quay

Kilmore Quay is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, 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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Martin Frobisher

Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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Nicobar Islands

The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean.

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North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)

The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, in Scots as the Sheuch and alternatively in English as the Straits of Moyle or Sea of Moyle) is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.

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Placenames Database of Ireland

The Placenames Database of Ireland (Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann), also known as logainm.ie, is a comprehensive management system for data, archival records, and placenames research conducted by the Irish State.

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Plantations of Ireland

Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland involved the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from the island of Great Britain.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio is a division of the Irish national broadcasting organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

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RTÉ.ie

RTÉ.ie is the brand name and home of RTÉ's online activities, located at the URL http://rte.ie.

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Saint George

Saint George (Γεώργιος, Geṓrgios; Georgius;; to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.

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St David's Head

St Davids Head (Penmaen Dewi) is a headland in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, in southwest Wales.

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Straits of Moyle

The Straits of Moyle (Sruth na Maoile in Irish and Scottish Gaelic) or Sea of Moyle is the name given to the narrowest expanse of sea in the North Channel between northeastern Northern Ireland (County Antrim) and southwestern highlands of Scotland (Mull of Kintyre).

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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West Country

The West Country is a loosely defined area of south western England.

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Redirects here:

Saint George's Channel, St Georges Channel, St. George's Channel.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George's_Channel

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