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County Cork

Index County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland. [1]

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Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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All-for-Ireland League

The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL) was an Irish, Munster-based political party (1909–1918).

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Allihies

Allihies is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnamanagh, in County Cork, Ireland.

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Anglo-Irish Treaty

The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Ballincollig

Ballincollig is a satellite town and largest town in County Cork, Ireland, approximately 9 km west of Cork city.

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Ballingeary

Ballingeary (pronounced) is a village in the Shehy Mountains in County Cork, Ireland.

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Ballyhoura Mountains

The Ballyhoura Mountains (An Sliabh Riabhach are located in south-east County Limerick and north-east County Cork in central Munster, running east and west for about 6 miles on the borders of both counties.

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Ballyvourney

Ballyvourney (also spelled Baile Mhúirne), is a Gaeltacht village in southwest County Cork, Ireland.

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Bandon, County Cork

Bandon is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony (barúntacht, plural barúntachtaí) is a historical subdivision of a county, analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided.

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Béal na Bláth

Béal na Bláth, alternatively Béal na mBláth, Béal na Blá, Bealnablath or Bealnabla,.

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Beara Peninsula

Beara (Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south.

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Bere Island

Bere Island, although officially called An tOileán Mór meaning "the big island") is an island off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork Ireland. It is roughly 10 km x 3 km in dimension, with an area of 17.68 km², and, as of 2012, had a population of between 210 and 220 people. Legend says that the island was named by a 2nd-century king of Munster, Mogh Nuadat, in honour of his wife, Beara, the daughter of Heber Mór, King of Castile.

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Black and Tans

The Black and Tans (Dúchrónaigh), officially the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve, was a force of temporary constables recruited to assist the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence.

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Blarney

Blarney is a town and townland in County Cork, Ireland.

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Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone (Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about from Cork, Ireland.

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Boggeragh Mountains

The Boggeragh Mountains (An Bhograch) are located in County Cork, Ireland, with the Munster Blackwater to the north and the River Lee to the south of the hills.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brow Head

Brow Head (Ceann Bró) is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland.

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Burning of Cork

The Burning of Cork by British forces took place on the night of 11–12 December 1920, during the Irish War of Independence.

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C103

C103 is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Republic of Ireland (the other two being its sister station 96FM and youth music station Red FM).

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Caha Mountains

The Caha Mountains (An Ceachach in Irish) are a range of low sandstone mountains situated on the Beara peninsula in south-west County Cork, in the Ireland.

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Cape Clear Island

Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) lies south-west of County Cork in Ireland.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Carbery's Hundred Isles

Carbery's Hundred Isles is the islands along the coast of the Baronies of Carbery West and Carbery East, successors to the medieval Barony of Carbery, on the Celtic Sea, in the far south-west of Ireland.

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Carrigaline

Carrigaline is a commuter town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland.

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Carrigtwohill

Carrigtwohill, officially Carrigtohill, is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of 5,080 (2016).

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Cúil Aodha

Cúil Aodha (pronounced), anglicised as Coolea, is a townland and village in the Gaeltacht region of Muskerry in County Cork, 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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Central Statistics Office (Ireland)

The Central Statistics Office (CSO; An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years.

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Clonakilty

Clonakilty, sometimes shortened to Clon, is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Cobh

Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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Cork Airport

Cork Airport (Aerfort Chorcaí) is the second-largest of the three principal international airports in the Republic of Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon.

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Cork City Council

Cork City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Cork in Ireland.

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Cork County Council

Cork County Council (Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Cork, Ireland.

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Cork East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Cork Harbour

Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.

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Cork Independent (newspaper)

The Cork Independent is a free newspaper in Cork, Ireland.

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Cork North-Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork North-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Cork North-West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork North-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Cork South-Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork South-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork South-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.

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Cork Suburban Rail

The Cork Suburban Rail (Irish: Iarnród Fobhailteach Chorcaí) network serves areas of County Cork, Munster, Ireland.

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Cork's 96FM

96FM is one of three local radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland for Cork City and County in Ireland (the other two being its sister station C103 and youth music station Red FM).

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Cork's Red FM

Cork's RedFM is an Irish radio station which broadcasts to Cork and the surrounding area, and is aimed at a youth audience.

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Cormac Ó Gráda

Cormac Ó Gráda or Cormac O'Grada (born 1945) is an Irish economic historian and professor emeritus of economics at University College Dublin.

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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 Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland.

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County Limerick

County Limerick (Contae Luimnigh) is a county in Ireland.

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County Mayo

County Mayo (Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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County town

A county town in Great Britain or Ireland is usually, but not always, the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county.

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County Waterford

County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge; the English name comes from Old Norse Vedrafjörður) is a county in Ireland.

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Crossbarry ambush

The Crossbarry Ambush or Battle of Crossbarry occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence.

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Crosshaven

Crosshaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland.

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CRY 104.0FM

CRY 104.0FM is an Irish radio station based in Youghal, County Cork.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Dell EMC

Dell EMC (formerly EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States.

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Derrynasaggart Mountains

The Derrynasaggart Mountains are a mountain range in counties Cork and Kerry, Ireland.

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Desmond Rebellions

The Desmond Rebellions occurred in 1569–1573 and 1579–1583 in the Irish province of Munster.

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Dunlough Castle

Dunlough Castle, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of Ireland.

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Dunmanway

Dunmanway (official Irish name: Dún Mánmhaí) is a town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland.

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Earl of Desmond

The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the Peerage of Ireland.

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Elections to the European Parliament

Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage.

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Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere.

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Euro

The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union.

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Eurostat

Eurostat is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in Luxembourg.

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Evening Echo

The Evening Echo is an Irish evening newspaper based in Cork.

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Fastnet Rock

Fastnet Rock, or simply Fastnet (possibly; called Carraig Aonair, meaning "lonely rock", in Irish) is a small islet in the Atlantic Ocean and the most southerly point of Ireland.

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Fermoy

Fermoy is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland.

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FitzGerald dynasty

The FitzGerald dynasty (Ríshliocht Mhic Gearailt or Clann Gearailt) is an Irish Hiberno-Norman or Cambro-Norman royal dynasty.

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Flying column

A flying column is a small, independent, military land unit capable of rapid mobility and usually composed of all arms.

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Fota Island

Fota (statutory spelling Foaty; Fóite) is an island in Cork Harbour, Ireland, just north of the larger island of Great Island.

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Fota Wildlife Park

Fota Wildlife Park is a wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland.

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Gaelcholáiste

A Gaelcholáiste is a secondary level school in Ireland, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, outside Gaeltacht areas, where Irish is the primary language of teaching and communication.

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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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Gaelscoil

A Gaelscoil (plural: Gaelscoileanna) is an Irish-medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht.

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Gaeltacht

Gaeltacht (plural Gaeltachtaí) is an Irish-language word for any primarily Irish-speaking region.

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Galtee Mountains

The Galtee Mountains or Galtees are a mountain range in Munster, located in Ireland's Golden Vale across Cork and parts of counties Tipperary and Limerick.

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Golden Vale

The Golden Vale is an area of rolling pastureland in the civil province of Munster, southwestern Ireland.

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Great Island

Great Island (Oileán Mór an Barraigh in Irish) is the name of an island in Cork Harbour, just outside Cork city, at the mouth of the River Lee.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Harbor

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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Herbarium

A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.

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History of Ireland (1169–1536)

The history of Ireland from 1169–1536 covers the period from the arrival of the Cambro-Normans to the reign of Henry VIII of England, who made himself King of Ireland.

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Hooded crow

The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) (also called hoodie) is a Eurasian bird species in the ''Corvus'' genus.

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Iarnród Éireann

Iarnród Éireann, also known as Irish Rail in English, is the operator of the national railway network of Ireland.

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Infant formula

Infant formula, or baby formula, is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or without additional water).

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InterCity (Iarnród Éireann)

InterCity is the brand name given to rail services operated by Iarnród Éireann that run between Dublin and other major cities in Ireland.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War (Cogadh Cathartha na hÉireann; 28 June 1922 – 24 May 1923) was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire.

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Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner, formerly The Cork Examiner and then The Examiner, is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish Free State offensive

The Irish Free State offensive of July–September 1922 was the decisive military stroke of the Irish Civil War.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish nationalism

Irish nationalism is an ideology which asserts that the Irish people are a nation.

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Irish Open (golf)

The Irish Open is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour.

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Irish Parliamentary Party

The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918.

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Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation.

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Irish Republican Brotherhood

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924.

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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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Jack Lynch

John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999), known as Jack Lynch, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach from 1951 to 1954.

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John Joseph Lee

John Joseph Lee (born 9 July 1942) (commonly known as J.J. Lee), is an Irish historian and former senator.

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Kanturk

Kanturk (- also the town's emblem) is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland.

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Ken Loach

Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is an English director of television and independent film.

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Kilmichael Ambush

The Kilmichael Ambush (Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.

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Kilnamartyra

Kilnamartyra, Kilnamartery or Kilnamartra is a Civil Parish in County Cork, Ireland.

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Kingdom of Desmond

The Kingdom of Desmond was a historic kingdom located on the southwestern coast of Ireland.

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Kinsale

Kinsale (meaning "Tide Head") is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland, which also has significant military history.

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Knockboy

Knockboy (An Cnoc Buí in Irish, meaning Yellow Mountain) is a 706-metre-high mountain on the border between counties Cork and Kerry in Ireland.

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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List of baronies of Ireland

This is a list of the baronies of Ireland.

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List of Irish counties by area

This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area.

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List of Irish counties by highest point

This is a list of Irish counties by highest point.

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List of Irish counties by population

This is a list of counties of Ireland ordered by population.

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List of megalithic monuments in Cork

List of megalithic monuments in Cork.

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List of songs about Cork

This is a list of songs about Cork, city and county, Ireland.

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List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population

This is a list of urban areas in Ireland by population.

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Local administrative unit

Generally, a local administrative unit (LAU) is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state.

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Local government

A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state.

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Local government in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils.

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Lough Hyne

Lough Hyne (Irish: Loch Oighinn) is a marine lake in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km southwest of Skibbereen.

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Lough Mahon

Lough Mahon is a sea lough situated in the north-western part of Cork Harbour.

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MacCarthy

MacCarthy (Irish: Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is a Gaelic Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages.

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Macroom

Macroom (Maigh Chromtha) is a market town in County Cork, Ireland which formed in the valley of the River Sullane, about halfway between Cork city and Killarney.

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Mallow, County Cork

Mallow (Magh Eala) is a town in County Cork, Ireland, about thirty-five kilometres north of Cork.

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Maynooth University

The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; Ollscoil na hÉireann Mhá Nuad), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.

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Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins (Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence.

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Midleton

Midleton (meaning "Monastery at the Weir"), is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland.

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Mitchelstown

Mitchelstown is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 3300.

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Mizen Head

Mizen Head (Carn Uí Néid), is located at the extremity of the Kilmore Peninsula in the district of Carbery in County Cork, in southwest Ireland.

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Mullaghareirk Mountains

The Mullaghareirk Mountains (from) is a range of mountains in Ireland that stretches from the borders of County Kerry County Limerick to Newmarket, County Cork.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain / Cúige Mumhan,.

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Munster Blackwater

The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater (An Abha Mhór, The Big River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in Ireland.

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Munster Republic

The Munster Republic was an informal and affectionate term used by Irish republicans to refer to the territory they held in the province of Munster at the start of the Irish Civil War.

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Muskerry

Muskerry is a central region of County Cork, Ireland which incorporates the baronies of Muskerry West and Muskerry East.

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Nine Years' War (Ireland)

The Nine Years' War or Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Normans in Ireland

The Normans in Ireland, or Hiberno-Normans, were a group of Normans who invaded the various realms of Gaelic Ireland.

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NUTS 3 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland

There are eight regions at NUTS III level in Ireland.

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Passage West

Passage West (informally called "Passage") is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south east of Cork city.

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Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne.

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PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Senior Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour.

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Planning

Planning is the process of thinking about the activities required to achieve a desired goal.

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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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Port of Cork

The Port of Cork is the main port serving the South of Ireland, County Cork and Cork City.

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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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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Public service

Public service is a service which is provided by government to people living within its jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services.

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Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Radio-Television of Ireland; abbreviated as RTÉ) is a semi-state company and the national public service broadcaster of Ireland.

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Real estate development

Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

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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 Bandon

The River Bandon (Abhainn na Bandan, from ban-dea, meaning "goddess") is a river in County Cork, Ireland.

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River Lee

The River Lee (Irish: An Laoi) is a river in Ireland.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Royal Cork Yacht Club

The Royal Cork Yacht Club is a claimant to the title of the world's oldest yacht club, founded in 1720, although some consider the Neva Yacht Club to be older by two years.

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Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.

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Second Desmond Rebellion

The Second Desmond rebellion (1579–1583) was the more widespread and bloody of the two Desmond Rebellions launched by the FitzGerald dynasty of Desmond in Munster, Ireland, against English rule in Ireland.

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Sheep's Head

Sheep's Head, also known as Muntervary (Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the Sheep's Head peninsula - a European Destination of Excellence - situated between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.

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Shehy Mountains

The Shehy Mountains (Cnoic na Síofra in Irish, meaning Hills of the animal hides") are a range of low mountains situated on the border between County Cork and County Kerry, in Ireland.

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Sherkin Island

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin, lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay.

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Siege of Kinsale

The Siege or Battle of Kinsale (Léigear/Cath Chionn tSáile) was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland, commencing in October 1601, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and at the climax of the Nine Years War—a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.

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Skibbereen

Skibbereen, is a town in County Cork, Ireland.

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Slieve Miskish Mountains

The Slieve Miskish Mountains are a small range of low sandstone mountains found at the extreme south-western tip of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in Ireland.

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Sonia O'Sullivan

Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish former track and field athlete.

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South (European Parliament constituency)

South is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland.

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South-West Region, Ireland

The South-West Region (coded IE025) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland.

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Tax

A tax (from the Latin taxo) is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or other legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures.

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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 Corkman

The Corkman is a weekly Irish newspaper.

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The Southern Star (County Cork)

The Southern Star is a weekly regional newspaper based in Skibbereen, County Cork in Ireland and was established in 1889 as the Cork County Southern Star, by brothers Florence and John O'Sullivan.

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923).

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Thomas Crosbie Holdings

Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) was a family-owned media and publishing group based in Cork, Ireland.

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Tom Barry (soldier)

Thomas (Tom) Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980) was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence, when he was commander of the 3rd West Cork Flying Column.

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Tower, County Cork

Tower (Ordnance Survey Ireland name Model Village) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, northwest of Cork city.

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University College Cork

University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork.

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Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland, vehicle registration plates (commonly known as "number plates") are the visual indications of motor vehicle registration – officially termed "index marks" – which it has been mandatory since 1903 to display on most motor vehicles used on public roads in Ireland.

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, associated with a red rose, and the House of York, whose symbol was a white rose.

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West Cork

West Cork (Iarthar Chorcaí) is a region in County Cork, Ireland.

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Wild Atlantic Way

The Wild Atlantic Way (Slí an Atlantaigh Fhiáin) is a tourism trail on the west coast, and on parts of the north and south coasts, of the Republic of Ireland.

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Youghal

Youghal is a seaside resort town in County Cork, Ireland.

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References

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

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