Birr, County Offaly

Birr (Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. ^[1]

Adrian Cahill

Adrian Cahill (born 9 June 1971) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Offaly senior team.

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Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an Irish-American actor, who made his film debut in Reckless (1984).

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Ailill mac Cathail

Ailill mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 701) was a King of Munster from the Glendamnach branch of the Eoganachta.

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Albin O'Molloy

Albin O'Molloy (Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh) (died 1223) was the Irish bishop of Ferns.

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Alice Cashel

Alice Mary Cashel (17 July 1878 – 22 February 1958) was an Irish nationalist, County Councillor and judge.

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All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion secondary school or second level college.

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All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is the most important competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties.

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1982

The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Buffers Alley from Wexford, who defeated Athenry from Galway in the final, played at Birr.

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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Architecture of Ireland

The architecture of the Republic of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding.

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Athlone

Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland.

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Augustus Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist, and critic who is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture.

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Automobile safety

Automobile safety is the study and practice of design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of traffic collisions.

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Ballingarry, North Tipperary

Ballingarry (Bhaile an Gharraí in Irish) is a civil parish and a townland in the barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Ballybritt

Ballybritt is a barony in County Offaly (formerly King's County), Republic of Ireland.

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Banagher

Banagher (Beannchar na Sionna in Irish) is a town in Republic of Ireland, located in the midlands, on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon.

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Barry Glendenning

Barry Glendenning (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the guardian.co.uk website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian.

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Battle of Kilrush

The Battle of Kilrush was a battle at the start of the Eleven years war in Ireland, soon after the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

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Battle of Meelick Island

The Battle of Meelick Island took place on the river Shannon, on the border between Connacht and Leinster, in Ireland in October 1650.

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Bernadette O'Farrell

Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress.

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Bernard Kilkeary

Bernard Kilkeary (1827 – after 1902) was Irish soldier and survivor of the sinking of HMS Birkenhead in 1852.

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Birr

Birr may refer to.

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Birr Aerodrome

Birr Airfield is located south of the town of Birr in County Offaly in Ireland.

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Birr Castle

Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Birr GAA

Birr GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Birr RFC

Birr RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Birr, County Offaly, playing in Division 2B of the Leinster League.

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Birr, County Offaly

Birr (Biorra, meaning "plain of water") is a town in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Borrisokane

Borrisokane is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Borrisokane Forest

Borrisokane forest in County Tipperary extends from the R445 road northward to Portumna and from Lough Derg to the County Offaly border.

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Brendan Holland

Brendan Holland (1918 – 12 November 1989) was Mayor of Galway from 1965 to 1967.

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Brendan of Birr

Saint Brendan of Birr (died c. 572) was one of the early Irish monastic saints.

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Brian Hennessy

Brian Hennessy (born 29 August 1969) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Offaly senior team.

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Brian Mullins (hurler)

Brian Mullins (born 1978 in Birr, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson.

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Bridei IV

Bruide mac Der-Ilei (died 706) was king of the Picts from 697 until 706.

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Caintigern

Caintigern (died 734), or Saint Kentigerna, was a daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster, and of Caintigern, daughter of Conaing Cuirre.

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Caitlín Brugha

Caitlín Brugha (born Kathleen Kingston; 11 December 1879 – 1 December 1959) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.

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Car

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

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Carrig (electoral division)

Carrig (An Charraig in Irish) is a settlement and electoral district in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha (born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish revolutionary and republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, President of Dáil Éireann from January 1919 to April 1919 and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army from 1917 to 1919.

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Cathal Casey

Cathal Casey (born 4 September 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team.

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Charles Algernon Parsons

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931), the son of a member of the Irish peerage,http://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/discourses/discourses/1968_Lord%20Rosse%20on%20W.%20Parsons.pdf was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the namesake of C. A. Parsons and Company.

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Charles E. Burton

Charles Edward Burton (16 September 1846 - 9th July 1882) was a British-born Irish astronomer.

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Charles Egerton (Indian Army officer)

Field Marshal Sir Charles Comyn Egerton (10 November 1848 – 20 February 1921) was a senior Indian Army officer from the Egerton family.

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Christy Connery

Christopher "Christy" Connery (born 1967) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team.

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Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (c. 516 – c. 549), supposedly born Ciarán mac an tSaeir ("son of the carpenter")), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and the first abbot of Clonmacnoise. He is sometimes called Ciarán the Younger to distinguish him from the 5th-century Saint Ciarán the Elder who was bishop of Osraige. His name produced many variant spellings, including Ceran, Kieran and Queran.

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Clareen

Clareen is a village in the Parish of Seir Kieran in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Climate of Ireland

The climate of Ireland is mild, moist and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes.

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Clonard Keating

Henry Edward Clonard Keating (13 December 1871 – 1898) was a Nova Scotian and celebrated military officer who served Royal West African Frontier Force on Niger River in Nigeria (British West Africa) when he was killed in the line of duty.

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Clonaslee

Clonaslee is a village in north County Laois, Ireland, situated in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road.

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Cloughjordan

Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan, is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Connaught Rangers

The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") were an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881.

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Coolderry

Coolderry is a small roadside village in southern County Offaly, Ireland.

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County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.

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Crash test dummy

A crash test dummy is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body, and is usually instrumented to record data about the dynamic behavior of the ATD in simulated vehicle impacts.

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Crinkill

Crinkill, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr.

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Crinkill Barracks

Crinkill Barracks was a military installation in Crinkill, near Birr, County Offaly in Ireland.

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Crotty Schism

The Crotty Schism took place in the early 19th century, when Father Michael Crotty and his cousin, Father William Crotty, broke away from the Catholic Church to form their own church in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland.

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Cyril Dugmore

Cyril Patrick William Francis Radclyffe Dugmore (20 May 1882 – 22 January 1966) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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Daithí Regan

Daithí Regan (born 1968 in Birr, County Offaly) is a retired Irish sportsperson.

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Darren Hanniffy

Darren Hanniffy (born 1978) is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team.

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Declan Pilkington

Declan Pilkington (born 1969 in Birr, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson.

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Derrinsallow

Derrinsallow (Doirín Salach in Irish) is a townland in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Des Keogh

Desmond "Des" Keogh (born 27 February 1935) is an Irish actor.

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Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe

The Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe (Full title: The United Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) is a diocese of the Church of Ireland that is located in mid-western Ireland.

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Dowris Hoard

The Dowris Hoard is the name of an important Bronze Age hoard of over 200 objects found in Dowris, County Offaly, Ireland.

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E. W. Pugin

Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton.

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Eamon Bulfin

Eamon Bulfin (1892–1968) was an Argentine-born Irish republican.

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Earl of Rosse

Earl of Rosse (not to be confused with the Scottish Earl of Ross) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland; both times for the Parsons family.

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Edwin Owen

Edwin Owen (3 November 1910 – 2 April 2005) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland.

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EJ (company)

EJ (formerly known as East Jordan Iron Works or EJIW) is a company based in East Jordan, Michigan.

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Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare

Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare (c.1497- after 1548), was an English noblewoman, and the second wife of Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare.

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Emmet Nolan

Emmet Nolan (born 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team.

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Entente Florale

The Entente Florale Europe ("Flowery Alliance of Europe") is an international horticultural competition established to recognise municipalities and villages in Europe for excellence in horticultural displays.

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Eterscél mac Máele Umai

Eterscél mac Máele Umai (d. 721) was a king of Munster from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eóganachta.

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Executions during the Irish Civil War

The executions during the Irish Civil War took place during the guerrilla phase of the Irish Civil War (June 1922 – May 1923).

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Faddan More

Faddan More (An Feadán Mór) is a townland in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Faddan More Psalter

The Faddan More Psalter (Saltair an Fheadáin Mhóir) (also Irish Bog Psalter or "Faddan Mor Psalter") is an early medieval Christian psalter or text of the book of Psalms, discovered in a peat bog in July 2006, in the townland of Faddan More (Feadán Mór) in north County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Failge Berraide

Failge Berraide (flourished 507-514) was a King of the Uí Failge of County Offaly.

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Fay Taylour

Fay Taylour (5 April 1904 – 2 August 1983), known as Flying Fay, was an Irish motorcyclist in the late 1920s and a champion speedway rider.

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FÁS expenses scandal

The FÁS expenses scandal happened in Ireland in November/December 2008.

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Ferbane

Ferbane is a town on the north bank of the River Brosna in County Offaly, Ireland, between Birr and Athlone at the junction of the N62 National secondary road and the R436 regional road.

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Ferbane GAA

Ferbane/Belmont GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association football club located in Ferbane in County Offaly, Ireland, 13 miles from Birr.

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Fiachu mac Néill

Fiachu mac Néill (flourished 507–514) was a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill dynasty.

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Firceall

Firceall was an ancient Gaelic Irish territory which formed the most south - westerly part of the ancient Kingdom of Meath.

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Fland Feblae mac Scandláin

Saint Fland Feblae mac Scandláin (also called Flan Febla, Flann Feabhla, Flann Febhla, Flann ffeaula, Flann of the Foyle, Flann Feapla, Flanno Feaplo, Flann Fewla, Florence Febla) b. c.640 - d. 715, was the Bishop of Armagh, Ireland from 688 to 715.

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Fogartach mac Néill

Fogartach mac Néill (died 724), sometimes called Fogartach ua Cernaich, was an Irish king who is reckoned a High King of Ireland.

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Francis Bulfin

Francis Bulfin (12 February 1874 – 22 March 1951) was an Irish Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal politician based in Birr, County Offaly, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the 1920s.

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Francis Clere Hitchcock

Colonel Francis Clere Hitchcock MC (1896 - 1962) wrote Stand To—A Diary of the Trenches 1915-1918 about the activities of the second Leinster Regiment of the British Army in World War I. He was born in Dublin and spent most of his young life in Kinnitty, Birr, County Offaly where his father was the Church of Ireland parish rector.

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Frank Dolphin

Frank Dolphin is an Irish businessman.

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Frederic Charles Dreyer

Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

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Galway–Tipperary hurling rivalry

The Galway–Tipperary fixture is a traditional hurling rivalry dating back to 1888.

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Gary Cahill (hurler)

Gary Cahill (born 1968) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Offaly senior team.

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Gay McKenna

Gay McKenna was an Irish greyhound trainer who won the Irish Greyhound Derby five times.

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Geoghegan

Geoghegan (Mag Eochagáin) is a surname of Gaelic Irish origin.

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George Johnstone Stoney

George Johnstone Stoney FRS (15 February 1826 – 5 July 1911) was an Irish physicist.

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George Ravenhill

George Albert Ravenhill VC (21 February 1872 – 14 April 1921) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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George Story (priest)

George Warter Story (1664?–1721) was an English clergyman, known for his history of the Williamite War in Ireland, of which he was an eye witness.

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Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare

Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487 – 12 December 1534), also known in Irish as Gearóid Óg (Young Gerald), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish History.

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Gilbert E. Primrose

Gilbert Edward Primrose (27 February 1848 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in February 1871.

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Godfrey Boate

Godfrey Boate (1673-1722) was an Irish judge: he is mainly remembered now for incurring the enmity of Jonathan Swift, who commemorated Boate's death with the mocking Quibbling Elegy on Judge Boat.

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Great Melbourne Telescope

The Great Melbourne Telescope was built by Thomas Grubb in Dublin, Ireland in 1868, and installed at the Melbourne Observatory in Melbourne, Australia in 1869.

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Gurteen, County Tipperary

Gurteen (An Goirtín in Irish) is a townland in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Hampshire Yeomanry

The Hampshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry cavalry regiment formed by amalgamating older units raised between 1794 and 1803 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Henry Palmer (Australian politician)

Henry Palmer (September 1821 - 19 July 1916) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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Henry Patton

Henry Edmund Patton (1 July 1867 – 28 April 1943) was the 10th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.

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History of Ireland (800–1169)

The history of Ireland 800–1169 covers the period in the history of Ireland from the first Viking raids to the Norman invasion.

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History of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The history of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is long and remarkable, with over one hundred and twenty years of competition finding winners and losers from all parts of the country.

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History of Tipperary GAA

The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Tiobraid Árann) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary inter-county teams.

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Hugh Fenwick Brooke

Brigadier General Hugh Fenwick Brooke, (9 June 1871 – 13 April 1948) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

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Hurricane Debbie (1961)

Hurricane Debbie is the most powerful cyclone on record to strike Ireland in September, and possibly the only tropical cyclone on record to ever strike Britain and Ireland while still tropical.

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IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards

The IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards are annual awards which are presented by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) in conjunction with Hot Press and MUZU TV.

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Ireland and World War I

During World War I (1914–1918), Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France, and the Russian Empire.

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Ireland was represented by Maria Christian, with the song '"Wait Until the Weekend Comes", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Irish local elections, 1994

The 1994 Irish local elections for borough and town councillors and commissioners were held on Thursday, 9 June 1994.

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Irish local elections, 1999

The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 10 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.

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Irish local elections, 2004

The 2004 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 11 June 2004, on the same day as the European elections and referendum on the twenty-seventh amendment of the constitution.

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Irish local elections, 2009

The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).

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Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) is an Irish-owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in January 2002.

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James Carlile

James Carlile (1784–1854) was a Scottish clergyman from Paisley. He was a joint minister of a Scots church in Dublin and an Irish commissioner of education. He introduced a different style of education in Ireland whereby children of different denominations could go to the same school.

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James Edward Ignatius Masterson

Major James Edward Ignatius Masterson VC (20 June 1862 – 24 December 1935) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Joachim Kelly

Joachim Kelly (born 2 December 1955) is a retired Irish sportsperson.

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Joe Bergin (hurler)

Joseph "Joe" Bergin (born 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-forward for the Offaly senior team.

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Joe Errity

Joe Errity (born 1969 in Birr, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson.

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John Caffrey

John Joseph Caffrey VC (23 October 1891 – 22 February 1953), was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that is awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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John de Gray

John de Gray or de Grey (died 18 October 1214) was a medieval English Bishop of Norwich, and the elected but unconfirmed Archbishop of Canterbury.

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John Doyle (British Army soldier)

John Doyle (abt. 1828 - August 1892) was an Irishman who served in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (a light cavalry unit) as a Private soldier during the Crimean War and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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John Feehan

John Anthony Feehan, M.I.L.I., (born 12 May 1946) is an Irish geologist, botanist, author and broadcaster.

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John Fraser (poet)

John Fraser or John Frazer (c.1809–1849) was an Irish poet.

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John Gellibrand

Major General Sir John Gellibrand, (5 December 1872 – 3 June 1945) was a senior Australian Army officer in the First World War, Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police from 1920 to 1922, and a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Tasmanian Division of Denison for the Nationalist Party from 1925 to 1928.

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John Kerans

Commander John Simon Kerans MP DSO RN (30 June 1915 – 12 September 1985) was an officer in the Royal Navy and later a Conservative Party politician.

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John Leahy (Irish politician)

John Leahy, is an Irish politician, the leader of Renua Ireland.

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John Louis Emil Dreyer

John Louis Emil Dreyer (February 13, 1852 – September 14, 1926) was a Danish-Irish astronomer.

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John Murray (VC)

John Murray (February 1837 – 7 November 1911) was British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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John W. Bald

John Witherspoon Bald (born April 7, 1868, Parsonstown, Ireland - died 1961, Midland, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian photographer who produced portraits, landscape and other commercial photographs.

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Johnny Pilkington

Johnny Pilkington (born July 1970) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Offaly senior hurling team.

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Joseph Stirling Coyne

Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803–1868) was a humorist and satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.

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Justin Kehoe

Justin Kehoe (born 14 February 1980) is an Irish professional golfer.

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Ken Hogan

James Kenneth "Ken" Hogan (born 1 May 1963) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Tipperary senior team.

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Kieran Brennan

Kieran Brennan (born 20 June 1957) is an Irish Army Major general and retired hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

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Kilcormac

Kilcormac is a small town in County Offaly, Ireland, located on the N52 at its junction with the R437 regional road, between the towns of Tullamore and Birr.

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Kinnitty

Kinnitty is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Laois–Offaly (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Laois–Offaly (formerly King's County–Queen's County,By virtue of to the Government of Ireland Act 1920 Leix–Offaly and Laoighis–Offaly) is a parliamentary constituency which will be represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the next Irish general election due in 2021.

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Law of war

The law of war is a legal term of art which refers to the aspect of public international law concerning acceptable justifications to engage in war (jus ad bellum) and the limits to acceptable wartime conduct (jus in bello or international humanitarian law).

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Lawrence Parsons (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Lawrence Worthington Parsons KCB (1850–1923) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 6th Division.

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Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship

Leinster colleges senior hurling "A" championship, is the top level Hurling championship for secondary schools in Leinster.

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Leoni AG

Leoni AG, based in Nuremberg, Germany, is a cable and harnessing manufacturing firm with branches throughout the world.

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Leviathan of Parsonstown

Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 in (1.8 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the Hooker Telescope in 1917.

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List of airports by ICAO code: E

Format of entries is.

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List of airports in the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of airports in Ireland, grouped by type and sorted by location.

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List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals

The Final of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the ultimate match in the annual hurling competition organised since 1887 by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition established by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887.

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List of census towns in the Republic of Ireland

The following table gives all the urban areas in Ireland listed in the Central Statistics Office (CSO) report of the 2011 census.

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List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland

The following table and map show all the municipal areas in Ireland, that is all areas named in the Local Government Act 2001 as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns.

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List of city name changes

This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history.

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List of civil parishes of Ireland

Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland.

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List of dialling codes in the Republic of Ireland

Country code: +353 International call prefix: 00 Trunk prefix: 0 This is a list of telephone dialling codes for Ireland.

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List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

The following is a list of stadiums used by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

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List of Gardaí killed in the line of duty

This is a list of Irish (Republic of Ireland) police officers killed in the line of duty since the establishment of the Garda Síochána in 1922.

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List of hoards in Ireland

The list of hoards in Ireland comprises the significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, metal objects, scrap metal and other valuable items that have been discovered on the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland).

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List of hospitals in the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of hospitals in the Republic of Ireland.

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List of Irish local government areas 1898–1921

The following types of local government areas existed in the island of Ireland at this period having been brought into existence by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.

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List of Irish Volunteer corps

Below is a list of the 18th century Irish Volunteer corps, alongside details such as their uniform and leaders.

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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 museums in the Republic of Ireland

This list of museums in Ireland contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

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List of people who died in traffic collisions

This is a list of notable people who have been killed in traffic collisions.

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List of saints of Ireland

This is a list of the saints of Ireland, which attempts to give an overview of saints from Ireland or venerated in Ireland.

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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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List of towns in the Republic of Ireland/2002 Census Records

Return to List of towns in the Republic of Ireland Alphabetical list of towns, together with their population as recorded by the Census of 2002.

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List of towns in the Republic of Ireland/2006 Census Records

List of towns, together with their population as recorded by the Census of 2006.

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List of traffic collisions

This list of traffic collisions records serious road crashes: those that have a large death toll, occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other historical significance.

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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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Little Brosna River

The Little Brosna River (An Bhrosnach Bheag in Irish) rises near Dunkerrin, County Offaly, Ireland.

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LOFAR

The Low-Frequency Array or LOFAR, is a large radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands, completed in 2012 by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and its international partners, and operated by ASTRON's radio observatory, of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

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Lorna Reynolds

Lorna Reynolds (17 December 1911 – 4 July 2003) was an Irish writer, editor, and professor.

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Lorrha

Lorrha (from) is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, Ireland.

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M6 motorway (Ireland)

The M6 motorway (Mótarbhealach M6) is a motorway in Ireland, which runs (together with the M4) from Dublin to Galway.

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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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Manchester Martyrs

The Manchester Martyrs – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – were three men executed for the murder of a police officer in Manchester, England, in 1867, during an incident that became known as the Manchester Outrages.

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Mark Foley (Cork hurler)

Mark Foley (born 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior hurling team.

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Mary Ward (scientist)

Mary Ward (née King; 27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869, age) was an Anglo-Irish naturalist, astronomer, microscopist, author, and artist.

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Maurade Glennon

Maurade Glennon (born January 5, 1926), is an Irish writer and teacher who lives in Texas.

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Meelick, County Galway

Meelick (Míleac in Irish) is a townland on the River Shannon in Ireland.

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Met Éireann

Met Éireann (meaning "Met of Ireland") is the national meteorological service in Ireland, part of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.

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Michael Cox (bishop)

Michael Patrick O'Connor Cox (born) is an Irish independent bishop.

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Michael Crimmins

Michael Crimmins (born 1974 in Birr, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson.

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Michael F. Farley

Michael Francis Farley (March 1, 1863 – October 8, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1915 to 1917.

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Mick Kennedy (Offaly hurler)

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Midlands Region, Ireland

The Midlands Region (coded IE012) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland.

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Mossfield Organic Farm

Mossfield Organic Farm is a 300-acre dairy farm in Birr, County Offaly, in Ireland.

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Mundy

Mundy (born Edmond Enright, 19 May 1975) is an Irish singer-songwriter.

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Municipal district (Ireland)

A municipal district is a second-level local government area in Ireland which came into being on 1 June 2014, ten days after the local elections.

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Mysteries at the Castle

Mysteries at the Castle (formerly Castle Secrets & Legends) is an American reality television series that premiered on January 19, 2014, on the Travel Channel.

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N52 road (Ireland)

The N52 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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N62 road (Ireland)

The N62 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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Nassau William Senior

Nassau William Senior (26 September 1790 – 4 June 1864), was an English lawyer known as an economist.

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National Ploughing Championships

The National Ploughing Championships (Comórtas Náisiúnta Treabhdóireachta) (previously known as The National Ploughing Championships Machinery & Livestock Exhibition) or (NPC) is an outdoor agricultural show in Ireland incorporating a ploughing contest.

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National secondary road

A national secondary road (Bóthar Náisiúnta den Dara Grád) is a category of road in Ireland.

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Nelson's Pillar

Nelson's Pillar (also known as the Nelson Pillar or simply the Pillar) was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson, built in the centre of what was then Sackville Street (later renamed O'Connell Street) in Dublin, Ireland.

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Nenagh

Nenagh or simply An tAonach, meaning “The Fair of Ormond” is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Niall Claffey

Niall Claffey (born 1978 in Birr, County Offaly) is an Irish sportsperson.

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Nicholas Robinson (historian)

Nicholas Kenneth Robinson (born 9 February 1946) is an Irish author, historian, solicitor and cartoonist who is the husband of the 7th President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson.

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Offaly County Council

Offaly County Council (Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Offaly County Council election, 2014

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

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Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1896 for the top hurling teams in the county of Offaly in Ireland.

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Old Tullamore Distillery

The Old Tullamore Distillery was an Irish whiskey distillery which was established in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1829.

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Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mary Mitchell (born 31 July 1947) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1997 to 2016.

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Olwyn Enright

Olwyn Enright (born 1 July 1974) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency from 2002 to 2011.

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Otto Boeddicker

Otto Boeddicker (1853–1937) was a German astronomer.

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Pad Joe Whelehan

Patrick Joseph Whelahan (born 1945 in Banagher, County Offaly), better known as Pad Joe Whelahan, is an Irish hurling manager and former player.

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Paddy Prendergast (hurler)

Patrick "Paddy" Prendergast (born 1958) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-back and as a left wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

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Paddy Robbins

Patrick "Paddy" Robbins (18 November 1914 – 1986) was an Irish footballer who played as an inside forward and an outside forward.

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Parsonstown

Parsonstown is the former name of the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Pat Carroll (hurler)

Pat Carroll (11 February 1956 - 16 March 1986) was an Irish sportsperson.

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Pat Fleury

Patrick "Pat" Fleury (born 18 May 1956) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Offaly senior hurling team.

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Pat McLoughney (Offaly hurler)

Pat McLoughney (1949 – 30 January 2018) was an Irish hurling selector and player.

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Paul Walsh (priest)

Father Paul Walsh (An tAthair Pól Breathnach), (19 June 1885 – 18 June 1941) was an Irish priest and historian.

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Pauline Curley (athlete)

Pauline Curley (born 10 March 1969 in Birr) is an Irish marathon runner.

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Percy Crutchley

Percy Edward Crutchley (24 July 1855 – 16 October 1940) was an English amateur cricketer.

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Peter Dooley

Peter Dooley (born 4 August 1994) is an Irish rugby union player for Leinster Rugby.

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Place names in Ireland

The vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names; that is, adaptations of the Irish names to English phonology and spelling.

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Portumna

Portumna (- meaning 'the landing place of the oak') is a market town in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland, on the border with and linked by a bridge to County Tipperary.

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Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, rural addresses are specified by the county, nearest post town, and the townland.

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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)

The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry).

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Pure Mule

Pure Mule was an Irish six-part drama mini-series aimed at a young audience and broadcast on RTÉ Two as part of RTÉ's autumn schedule in 2005, shot and screened in 2004–2005 in County Offaly.

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Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793.

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R439 road (Ireland)

The R439 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Birr with Banagher in County Offaly.

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R440 road (Ireland)

The R440 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Birr, County Offaly and Mountrath, County Laois.

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R492 road (Ireland)

The R492 is a regional road in County Offaly linking Shinrone to the N62 at Sharavogue between Roscrea and Birr.

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Rath, County Offaly

Rath is a hamlet in the south west area of County Offaly, Ireland.

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Rathcabbin

Rathcabbin (Ráth Cabáin in Irish) often Rathcabban is a small village and an electoral district situated at the very north of County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Regional road (Ireland)

A regional road (bóthar réigiúnach) in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route (such as a national primary road or national secondary road), but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network.

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RIAI Triennial Gold Medal

The RIAI Triennial Gold Medal has been awarded since 1934 to the best building completed in the preceding three years by a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

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Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse

Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), Freemason and a founder-member of the Hell-Fire Club, 2nd Viscount Rosse of Bellamont co.

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Richie Coughlan

Richard J. Coughlan (born 7 April 1974) is an Irish professional golfer who played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.

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River Camcor

The River Camcor is a tributary of the Little Brosna River in central Ireland.

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Riverstown (near Birr)

Riverstown is a small village straddling the border between Counties Tipperary and Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Ireland.

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Roads in Ireland

The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced.

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Roesy (singer)

Roesy, from Birr, County Offaly, is an Irish singer-songwriter.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe

The Diocese of Killaloe (Deoise Chill Dalua) is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland.

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Rory Hanniffy

Rory G. Hanniffy (born 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back for the Offaly senior team.

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Roscrea

Roscrea (meaning "Wood of Cré") is an historical market town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Roscrea railway station

Roscrea railway station serves the town of Roscrea, County Tipperary, in Ireland.

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Rosenallis

Rosenallis (historically Rossinallis, from) is a village in north County Laois, Ireland.

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Roy Mannion

Roy Mannion (born 1968) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Offaly senior team.

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Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an Irish infantry Regiment of the British Army created in 1881, one of eight Irish regiments raised and garrisoned in Ireland, with its home depot in Naas.

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Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)

The Royal Irish Regiment, until 1881 the 18th Regiment of Foot, was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1684.

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Royal Munster Fusiliers

The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal Munster Fusiliers (New Army)

The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha ("the seed of Anmchadh"), from whom the territory took its name.

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Schism

A schism (pronounced, or, less commonly) is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination.

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Sculpture in the Parklands

The Sculpture in the Parklands is a land and environmental sculpture park located in Lough Boora, County Offaly, Ireland.

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Seán Ryan (hurler)

Seán Ryan (born 28 November 1986) is an Irish hurler and former Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for the Offaly senior team.

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Shane Delahunt

Shane Delahunt (born 2 February 1994) is a professional rugby union player from Ireland.

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Shannon River Basin

The Shannon River Basin consists of the area containing Ireland's longest river, the River Shannon, and all of its tributaries and lakes.

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Sharavogue

Sharavogue (Searbhóg in Irish) is a townland in the historical Barony of Clonlisk, County Offaly, Ireland.

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Shay Healy

Shay Healy (born March 1943) is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist.

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Simon Whelehan

Simon Whelehan (born 27 July 1976) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior hurling team.

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St Brendan's Park

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St. Brendan's Community School

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Stephen Grant (footballer)

Stephen Grant (born 14 April 1977) is a former professional footballer who now competes as a professional golfer on the NGA Pro Golf Tour.

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Sterling Berry

Thomas Sterling Berry (10 January 1854 – 25 February 1931) was the 9th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.

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Susan Langstaff Mitchell

Susan Langstaff Mitchell (5 December 1866 – 4 March 1926) was an Irish writer and poet, known for her satirical verse.

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Synod of Birr

The Synod of Birr, held at Birr in modern County Offaly, Ireland in 697 was a meeting of churchmen and secular notables.

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Thomas Grubb

Thomas Grubb (4 August 1800 – 19 September 1878) was an Irish optician and founder of the Grubb Telescope Company.

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Thomas Waters

Thomas James Waters (July 17, 1842 – February 5, 1898) was an Irish civil engineer and architect.

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Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology

Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology.

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Timeline of the Irish Civil War

This is a timeline of the Irish Civil War, which took place between June 1922 and May 1923.

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Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Results 1970–1979

This article contains the results of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Team in the Championship during the 1970s.

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Toler Garvey

Toler Garvey (1865–1946) was an Irish tennis player who played Wimbledon in 1886, where he beat William Taylor before losing to Herbert Lawford in the semi finals.

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Tom Enright

Thomas W. "Tom" Enright (born 26 July 1940) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician.

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Tom Kingston (hurler)

Thomas "Tom" Kingston (born 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team.

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Town commissioners

Town commissioners were elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century.

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Town Councils in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, a Town Council was part of the second (or lower) tier of local government.

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Townpark

In the history of land use in Ireland, a townpark or town park was a smallholding near a town and farmed by someone resident in the town.

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Trunk roads in Ireland

Ireland has an extensive network of public roads which connect all parts of the country with each other.

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Tullamore

Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland, and is located in the centre of the county.

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Twelve Apostles of Ireland

The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Irish: Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Eraird's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath.

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Wayne Carney

Wayne Carney is an Anglican priest: he has been Archdeacon of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh since 2002.

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Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)

Who Do You Think You Are? is an American genealogy documentary series that is an adaptation of the British BBC series of the same name.

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William Agar Adamson

William Agar Adamson (21 November 1800 – 7 August 1868) was an Irish-born Canadian Church of England clergyman and author.

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William Bulfin

William Bulfin (1 November 1863 – 1910) was the fourth son in a family of nine boys and one girl, the children of William Bulfin, of Derrinlough, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland, and Ellen Grogan of Croghan, County Offaly.

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William Chester (bishop)

The Rt Rev. William Bennett Chester, DD was a Church of Ireland bishop and author.

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse HFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who had several telescopes built.

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Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

Major General Winston Joseph Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria (3 September 187617 August 1951), known as Sir Winston Dugan between 1934 and 1949, was a British administrator and a career British Army officer.

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100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot

The 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot was a British Army, raised in 1858.

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109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)

The 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1862 to 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).

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1869 in Ireland

Events from the year 1869 in Ireland.

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1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the first staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship.

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1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Birr Sportsfield, Birr on 1 April 1888 to determine the winners of the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the first season of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for inter-county hurling teams in Ireland.

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1887 in Ireland

Events from the year 1887 in Ireland.

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1888 in Ireland

Events from the year 1888 in Ireland.

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1929 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1929 was the 43rd series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1930 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1930 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

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1931 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

The 1931 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the fifth Inter-Provincial Championship, an annual hurling competition contested by three of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1932 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

The 1932 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the sixth Inter-Provincial Championship, an annual hurling competition contested by three of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 47th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1934 was the 48th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Dublin 5-2 to 2-6 in a replay of the final.

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1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1935 was the 49th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1938 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1938 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

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1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1946 was the 60th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1947 was the 61st series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887.

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1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 64th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887.

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1950–51 National Hurling League

The 1950-51 National Hurling League was the 20th season of the National Hurling League.

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1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 66th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887.

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1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887.

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1958 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1958 was the 72nd staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Refereed by Jeremiah Fitzgerald (Rathkeale, Limerick) The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 73rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1964 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1964 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

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1966 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 36th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

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1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 80th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the third staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21.

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1966–67 National Hurling League

The 1966–67 National Hurling League was the 36th season of the National Hurling League.

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1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1967 was the 81st staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1967–68 National Hurling League

The 1967–68 National Hurling League was the 37th season of the National Hurling League.

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1968–69 National Hurling League

The 1968–69 National Hurling League was the 38th season of the NHL, an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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1969–70 National Hurling League

The 1969–70 season was the 39th completed season of the National Hurling League.

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1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament.

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1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the first season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament.

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1970–71 National Hurling League

The 1970–71 National Hurling League was the 40th season of the National Hurling League.

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1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1971 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.

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1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at St. Brendan's Park on 19 December 1971 to determine the winners of the 1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the first season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was the 85th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1971–72 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the second season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament.

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1971–72 National Hurling League

The 1971–72 National Hurling League was the 41st season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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1972–73 National Hurling League

The 1972–73 National Hurling League was the 42nd season of the National Hurling League.

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1973–74 National Hurling League

The 1973–74 National Hurling League was the 43rd season of the National Hurling League.

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1974 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1974 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.

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1974 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1974 was the 88th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 5th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71.

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1974–75 National Hurling League

The 1974–75 National Hurling League was the 44th season of the National Hurling League.

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1975–76 National Hurling League

The 1975–76 National Hurling League was the 45th season of the National Hurling League.

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1976–77 National Hurling League

The 1976–77 National Hurling League was the 46th season of the National Hurling League.

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1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1977 was the 91st staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the eighth season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament.

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1977–78 National Hurling League

The 1977–78 National Hurling League was the 47th season of the National Hurling League.

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1978–79 National Hurling League

The 1978–79 National Hurling League was the 48th season of the National Hurling League.

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1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the tenth season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament.

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1979–80 National Hurling League

The 1979–80 National Hurling League was the 49th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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1981–82 National Hurling League

The 1981–82 National Hurling League was the 51st season of the National Hurling League.

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1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final

The 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at St. Brendan's Park, Birr on 12 September 1982 to determine the winners of the 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 19th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1982–83 National Hurling League

The 1982–83 National Hurling League was the 52nd season of the National Hurling League.

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1983 Great Britain and Ireland heat wave

The 1983 Great Britain and Ireland heat wave was a severe weather event that affected the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and was once the warmest July on record for the United Kingdom, until it was beaten by the summer of 2006.

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1984 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 15 April 1984 to determine the winners of the 1983–84 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 14th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1984 was the 98th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition.

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1984–85 National Hurling League

The 1984–85 National Hurling League was the 54th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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1985–86 National Hurling League

The 1985–86 National Hurling League (known as the Ford National Hurling League for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th season of the National Hurling League.

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1986–87 National Hurling League

The 1986–87 National Hurling League (known as the Ford National Hurling League for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th season of the National Hurling League.

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1988 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final

The 1988 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Walsh Park, Waterford on 11 September 1988 to determine the winners of the 1988 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 25th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.

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1988–89 National Hurling League

The 1988–89 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Royal Liver National Hurling League, was the 58th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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1989–90 National Hurling League

The 1989-90 season was the 59th completed season of the National Hurling League, the top league for inter-county hurling teams, since its establishment in 1925.

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1991–92 National Hurling League

The 1991-92 National Hurling League was the 61st season of the National Hurling League, the top leagues for inter-county hurling teams, since its establishment in 1925.

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1992–93 National Hurling League

The National Hurling League 1992–93, known for sponsorship reasons as the Royal Liver Assurance National Hurling League, was the 62nd staging of the National Hurling League.

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1993–94 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1993–94 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament.

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1993–94 National Hurling League

The 1993-94 National Hurling League was the 63rd edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 17 October 1993 until 8 May 1994.

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1994–95 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1994–95 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament.

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1995 Great Britain and Ireland heat wave

The 1995 United Kingdom and Ireland heat wave was a severe weather event that started between late July to late August, and was one of the warmest summers recorded in the UK, and one of the warmest Augusts ever recorded in many locations around the UK, as well as being one of the driest summers ever recorded in the UK, with many weather stations having the Summer of 1995 drier than, or comparable with the Summer of 1976.

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1995–96 National Hurling League

The 1995–96 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 65th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 7 October 1995 until 12 May 1996.

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1997 National Hurling League

The 1997 National Hurling League (known as the Church & General National Hurling League for sponsorship reasons) was the 66th seasons of the National Hurling League.

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1997 Walker Cup

The 1997 Walker Cup, the 36th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 9 and 10, 1997, at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York.

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1998 National Hurling League

The 1998 National Hurling League (known as the Church & General National Hurling League) was the 66th season of the National Hurling League.

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1999 National Hurling League

The 1999 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 68th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2000 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2000 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 70th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

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2000 National Hurling League

The 2000 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Hurling League, was the 69th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier under-18 inter-county hurling tournament.

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2001 National Hurling League

The 2001 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 70th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 2002 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 39th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1964.

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2002 National Hurling League

The 2002 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 71st edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2003 National Hurling League

The 2003 National Hurling League was the 72nd seasons of the National Hurling League.

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2004 National Hurling League

The 2004 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 73rd edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2004–05 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

The 2004–05 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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2006 European heat wave

The 2006 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of June 2006 in certain European countries.

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2006 National Hurling League

The 2006 National Hurling League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League, was the 75th edition of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.

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2006 Tommy Murphy Cup

The Tommy Murphy Cup 2006 began on July 22, 2006.

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2007 National Hurling League

The 2007 National Hurling League was the 76th season of the National Hurling League, the top leagues for inter-county hurling teams, since its establishment in 1925.

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2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.

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2011 National Camogie League

The 2011 National Camogie League was won by Wexford, their third league title in succession.

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2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 39th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.

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2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship

The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 40th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.

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2016 Ladies' National Football League

The 2016 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, was a ladies' Gaelic football competition that ended on 7 May 2016.

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2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship

The 2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship was the first and only staging of the All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's primary inter-county hurling championship for boys under the age of seventeen.

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2018 Ladies' National Football League

The 2018 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, is a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in early 2018.

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2018 National Hurling League

The 2018 National Hurling League was the 87th season of the National Hurling League for county hurling teams.

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68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)

The 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1758.

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Birr Town Council, Birr, Ireland, Birr, King's County, Parsonstown, Ireland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birr,_County_Offaly

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