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Castlerea

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Castlerea is the second largest town in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland. [1]

61 relations: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, Aidan Heavey, Andrew McDermot, Association football, Ballina railway station, Bishop of Clonfert, Castlerea Prison, Castlerea railway station, Castlerea St. Kevin's GAA, Celsius, Clonalis House, Congested Districts Board for Ireland, Connacht, Conradh na Gaeilge, Counties of Ireland, County Roscommon, Demesne, Douglas Hyde, Dublin City University, Dynasty, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gerry Gannon, Heuston railway station, Irish Independent, Irish Land Commission, Irish War of Independence, John F. Cryan, John Waters (columnist), Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied, Lidl, List of High Kings of Ireland, List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland, List of secondary school leaving qualifications, List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Matthew Young (bishop), Member of the European Parliament, Michael McGovern (poet), Newark, New Jersey, O'Conor, Oliver Cromwell, Oscar Wilde, President of Ireland, Provinces of Ireland, , Republic of Ireland, River Shannon, River Suck, Royal Irish Constabulary, ..., Sister city, Soulac-sur-Mer, Stephen Rochford, SuperValu (Ireland), Teachta Dála, The Irish Times, Thomas Finnegan, Transition Year, Tullow Oil, Westport railway station, Mayo, William Wilde. Expand index (11 more) »

Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652

The Act for the Settlement of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against participants and bystanders of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest.

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Aidan Heavey

Aidan Joseph Heavey (born 14 March 1953) is the founder of Tullow Oil, one of Europe's largest oil businesses.

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Andrew McDermot

Andrew McDermot (1790 – 12 October 1881) was a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) employee who became a prominent independent fur trade merchant and member of the Council of Assiniboia.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Ballina railway station

Ballina railway station serves the town of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Bishop of Clonfert

The Bishop of Clonfert is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland.

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Castlerea Prison

Castlerea Prison is a closed, medium security facility in Castlerea, County Roscommon.

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Castlerea railway station

Castlerea railway station serves the town of Castlerea in County Roscommon, Ireland, opened on 15 November 1860.

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Castlerea St. Kevin's GAA

Castlerea GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland.

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Celsius

The Celsius scale, previously known as the centigrade scale, is a temperature scale used by the International System of Units (SI).

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Clonalis House

Clonalis House, Castlerea, County Roscommon is the ancestral home of the O'Conor Don, who is not a direct descendant of the last High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, contrary to popular belief.

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Congested Districts Board for Ireland

The Congested Districts Board for Ireland was established by The Rt. Hon. A.J. Balfour, P.C., M.P., the Chief Secretary, in 1891 to alleviate poverty and congested living conditions in the west and parts of the north-west of Ireland.

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Connacht

ConnachtPage five of An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contaetha agus Cúigí) 2003 clearly lists the official spellings of the names of the four provinces of the country with Connacht listed for both languages; when used without the term 'The province of' / 'Cúige'.

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Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge (historically known in English as the Gaelic League) is a social and cultural organisation which promotes the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide.

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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 Roscommon

County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland.

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Demesne

In the feudal system, the demesne was all the land which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.

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Douglas Hyde

Douglas Ross Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (lit. "The Pleasant Little Branch"), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician and diplomat who served as the 1st President of Ireland from June 1938 to June 1945.

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Dublin City University

Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) (Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university in the Republic of Ireland based in Northside, Dublin.

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Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, (CLG)) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders.

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Gerry Gannon

Gerry Gannon is an Irish builder and property developer since the 1980s.

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Heuston railway station

Heuston Station (Stáisiún Heuston; formerly Kingsbridge Station) also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Ireland's main railway stations, linking the capital with the south, southwest and west.

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper, published by Independent News & Media (INM).

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Irish Land Commission

The Irish Land Commission (or simply Land Commission) was created in 1881 as a rent fixing commission by the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881, also known as the second Irish Land Act.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence (Cogadh na Saoirse) or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland.

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John F. Cryan

John F. Cryan (May 6, 1929 – February 6, 2005) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly and as the Sheriff of Essex County, New Jersey.

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John Waters (columnist)

John Waters (born 28 May 1955) is an Irish former journalist whose career began in 1981 with the Irish political-music magazine Hot Press.

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Junior Certificate

The Junior Certificate (Teastas Sóisearach) or "Junior Cert" for short, is an educational qualification awarded in Ireland by the Department of Education and Skills to students who have successfully completed the junior cycle of secondary education and achieved a minimum standard in their Junior Certificate Examination (Irish: Scrúdú an Teastais Shóisearaigh).

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Leaving Certificate Applied

The Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) is a self-contained two-year programme of the Irish Department of Education and Skills.

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Lidl

Lidl Stiftung & Co.

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List of High Kings of Ireland

Medieval Irish historical tradition held that Ireland had been ruled by an Ard Rí or High King since ancient times, and compilations like the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn, followed by early modern works like the Annals of the Four Masters and Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, purported to trace the line of High Kings.

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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 secondary school leaving qualifications

A secondary school leaving qualification is a document signifying that the holder has fulfilled any secondary education requirements of their locality, often including the passage of a final qualification examination.

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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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Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (born 22 January 1972) is an Irish politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland since 2014.

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Matthew Young (bishop)

Matthew Young (1750–1800), Bishop of Clonfert, was an eminent Irish mathematician and natural philosopher.

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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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Michael McGovern (poet)

Michael McGovern (1848 – 1933) was a working-class poet who gained national recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County.

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O'Conor

O'Conor (Middle Irish: Ó Conchubhair; Modern Ó Conchúir, also anglicised as O'Connor), is an Irish princely and noble family of Gaelic origin who are the historic Kings of Connacht and the last High Kings of Ireland before the Norman invasion.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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President of Ireland

The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence Forces.

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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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Rí, or commonly ríg (genitive), is an ancient Gaelic word meaning "king".

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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 Shannon

The River Shannon (Abha na Sionainne, an tSionainn, an tSionna) is the longest river in Ireland at.

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River Suck

The River Suck (An tSuca) is a river within the Shannon River Basin in Ireland, 133 km (82.5 mi) in length.

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Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann; simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the police force in Ireland from the early nineteenth century until 1922.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Soulac-sur-Mer

Soulac-sur-Mer is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Stephen Rochford

Stephen Rochford (born 10 October 1978) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player.

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SuperValu (Ireland)

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

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Teachta Dála

A TD (plural TDanna in Irish or TDs in English; full Irish form Teachta Dála,, plural Teachtaí Dála) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament).

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859.

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Thomas Finnegan

Thomas Anthony Finnegan (26 August 1925 – 25 December 2011) was the Bishop of Killala, County Mayo, Ireland from 1987-2002.

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Transition Year

Transition Year (TY) (Idirbhlian) is an optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.

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Tullow Oil

Tullow Oil plc is a multinational oil and gas exploration company founded in Tullow, Ireland with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

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Westport railway station, Mayo

Westport railway station serves the town of Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.

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William Wilde

Sir William Robert Wills Wilde MD, FRCSI, (March 1815 – 19 April 1876) was an Irish eye and ear surgeon, as well as an author of significant works on medicine, archaeology and folklore, particularly concerning his native Ireland.

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References

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

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