Blessington, the Glossary
Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (from the Irish surname Ó Coimín), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare.[1]
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143 relations: Aldi, AllMusic, Anglicanism, Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Arsenal F.C., Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire, Baldonnel, Dublin, Ballet dancer, Ballyknockan, Ballymore Eustace, Baltinglass, Baltyboys House, Banjo, Blessington House, Bodhrán, Borough, Boy band, Brian Warfield, British Museum, Brittas, County Dublin, Bunclody, Bus Éireann, Catholic Church, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington, Choreography, Church of Ireland, Classical ballet, Conservative Party (UK), Counties of Ireland, County Down, County Kildare, County Wicklow, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Diary, Dublin, Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway, Dublin Bus, Dublin City University, Dunnes Stores, Eadestown, Earl of Milltown, Educate Together, Elizabeth Grant (diarist), ESB Group, Fianna Fáil, Flight Safety Foundation, Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelscoil, Gerald Boland, ... Expand index (93 more) »
- Planned communities in the Republic of Ireland
Aldi
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries.
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
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Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)
The Archbishop of Dublin is a senior bishop in the Church of Ireland, second only to the Archbishop of Armagh.
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Arsenal F.C.
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.
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Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire
Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire KP (8 October 1788 – 12 September 1845) was an Anglo-Irish peer, styled Viscount Fairford from 1789 until 1793 and Earl of Hillsborough from 1793 to 1801.
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Baldonnel, Dublin
Baldonnel is a townland in west County Dublin.
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Ballet dancer
A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.
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Ballyknockan
Ballyknockan or Ballynockan is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. Blessington and Ballyknockan are towns and villages in County Wicklow.
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Ballymore Eustace
Ballymore Eustace is a small town situated in County Kildare in Ireland, although until 1836 it lay within an exclave (a detached "pocket") of County Dublin.
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Baltinglass
Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas, is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. Blessington and Baltinglass are former boroughs in the Republic of Ireland and towns and villages in County Wicklow.
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Baltyboys House
Baltyboys House, also known as Boystown House, is an 18th-century Georgian country house in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator.
Blessington House
Blessington House, Blessington Manor, the Manor House of Blessington, or Downshire House (post-1789) was a large estate house in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland built in 1673, and destroyed during the 1798 Rebellion.
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Bodhrán
The bodhrán (plural bodhráin) is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring.
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.
Boy band
A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation.
Brian Warfield
Patrick Brian Warfield (born 2 April 1946, Holles Street, Dublin) is the vocalist, banjo, harp and bodhrán player and lead songwriter with long-standing Irish band The Wolfe Tones.
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British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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Brittas, County Dublin
Brittas (meaning "wooden parapet") is a rural village in County Dublin, just north of the border with County Wicklow on the N81 road.
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Bunclody
Bunclody, formerly Newtownbarry (until 1950), is a small town on the River Slaney in Wexford, Ireland.
Bus Éireann
Bus Éireann ("Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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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 census which is held every five years.
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Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington
Charles Boyle, 2nd Viscount Blesington (died 2 June 1732) was an Irish peer and member of the House of Lords.
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Choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified.
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Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann,; Kirk o Airlann) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.
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Classical ballet
Classical ballet is any of the traditional, formal styles of ballet that exclusively employ classical ballet technique.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Counties of Ireland
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.
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County Down
County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.
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County Kildare
County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland.
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County Wicklow
County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin) is a county in Ireland.
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The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán) is a department of the Government of Ireland.
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Diary
A diary is a written or audiovisual memorable record, with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.
Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland. Blessington and Dublin are former boroughs in the Republic of Ireland.
Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
The Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway (DBST), later the Blessington and Poulaphouca Steam Tramway, operated steam-powered trams between Terenure in Dublin and Blessington in Co. Wicklow from 1888 until 1932.
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Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus (Bus Átha Cliath) is an Irish state-owned bus operator providing services in Dublin.
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Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) (Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.
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Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
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Eadestown
Eadestown is a townland and parish in County Kildare, Ireland.
Earl of Milltown
Earl of Milltown, in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Educate Together
Educate Together is an educational charity in Ireland which is the patron body to "equality-based, co-educational, child centred, and democratically run" schools.
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Elizabeth Grant (diarist)
Elizabeth Smith (née Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus; 7 May 1797 – 16 November 1885) was a Scottish diarist and lady of the manor of Baltyboys House.
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ESB Group
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB; Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais) is a state owned (95%; the rest are owned by employees) electricity company operating in the Republic of Ireland.
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil (meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.
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Flight Safety Foundation
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.
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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 language-medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht.
Gerald Boland
Gerald Boland (25 May 1885 – 5 January 1973) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Justice from 1939 to 1948 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Lands from 1936 to 1939, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1933 to 1936 and Government Chief Whip from 1932 to 1933.
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Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare KG (born –), known variously as "Garret the Great" (Gearóid Mór) or "The Great Earl" (An tIarla Mór), was Ireland's premier peer.
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Gold lunula
A gold lunula (pl. gold lunulae) was a distinctive type of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic, andmost oftenearly Bronze Age necklace, collar, or pectoral shaped like a crescent moon.
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Handley Page Hampden
The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden is a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.
Heuston railway station
Heuston Station, (Stáisiún Heuston; formerly Kingsbridge Station) also known as Dublin Heuston, is one of Dublin's largest railway stations and links the capital with the south, southwest and west of Ireland.
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Hillsborough Castle
Hillsborough Castle is an official government residence in Northern Ireland.
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HomeTown (band)
HomeTown was a six-piece Irish boy band, formed and managed by Louis Walsh.
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Irish Air Corps
The Air Corps (An tAerchór) is the air force of Ireland.
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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 Independent
The Irish Independent is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
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Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.
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Isaac Sharp
Isaac Sharp (1681–1735) was an early New Jersey settler, politician, judge and Colonel of the militia.
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Jack Boothman
John Henry "Jack" Boothman (12 October 1935 – 10 May 2016) was the 31st president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) between 1994 and 1997.
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James Bond (literary character)
Commander James Bond is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953.
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John Lackey (cyclist)
John Lackey, from County Longford, Ireland, was an Irish road racing cyclist, and later cycle sport administrator and race organiser, holding office at club and national level in Irish cycling for more than 20 years, including more than a decade directing the Tour of Ireland multi-stage road race.
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Kevin McClory
Kevin O'Donovan McClory (8 June 1924 – 20 November 2006) was an Irish screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
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Killing of Lizzie O'Neill
Lizzie O'Neill (also known as Lily O'Neill and by the alias Honour Bright) was a Dublin woman who was abducted, fatally shot, and dumped at Ticknock, County Dublin, Ireland in an alleged revenge killing and act of vigilantism in June of 1925.
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KnockanStockan
KnockanStockan was an Irish independent music festival established in 2007 and held annually until 2019.
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Lacken, County Wicklow
Lacken or Lackan is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the Wicklow Mountains. Blessington and Lacken, County Wicklow are towns and villages in County Wicklow.
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Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland
Market houses (sometimes earlier called tholsels) are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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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, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas.
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Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
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Lord Deputy of Ireland
The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland.
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Lord of the manor
Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate.
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Lorenzo Moore (cleric)
Lorenzo Moore (1 September 1808 – 13 August 1894) was a notable New Zealand Anglican clergyman.
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Louis Walsh
Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) is an Irish music manager and television personality.
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Louise Quinn
Louise Catherine Quinn (born 17 June 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Women's Championship club Birmingham City and the Republic of Ireland women's national team.
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Marquess of Downshire
Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Marquess of Londonderry
Marquess of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.
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Mediahuis Ireland (formally Independent News and Media, or INM) is a Belgian/Dutch-owned media organisation that is based in Dublin and publishes national daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, regional newspapers and operates multiple websites including Independent.
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Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh)
Michael Boyle, the younger (c. 1609 – 10 December 1702) was a Church of Ireland bishop who served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1663 to 1679 and Archbishop of Armagh from 1679 to his death.
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Murder of Esther and Jessica McCann
On 4 September 1992, Frank McCann killed his wife, Esther McCann (née Leonard), and his eighteen-month-old foster-daughter Jessica McCann (who was also his biological niece) when he set fire to their family home in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland.
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Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington
Murragh Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington (c.1645–1718) was an Irish peer and member of the Irish House of Lords.
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N81 road (Ireland)
The N81 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, from the M50 motorway to Tullow, County Carlow, north to south.
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Naas
Naas (Nás na Ríogh or an Nás) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. Blessington and Naas are former boroughs in the Republic of Ireland.
National Gallery of Ireland
The National Gallery of Ireland (Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) houses the national collection of Irish and European art.
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National school (Ireland)
In the Republic of Ireland, a national school is a type of primary school that is financed directly by the state, but typically administered jointly by the state, a patron body, and local representatives.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Ninette de Valois
Dame Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.
Norse–Gaels
The Norse–Gaels (Gall-Goídil; Gall-Ghaeil; Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels') were a people of mixed Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture.
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Philanthropy
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".
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Politics of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy which, by legislation and convention, operates as a unitary parliamentary democracy.
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Poulaphouca
Poulaphouca, officially Pollaphuca, is the name of a waterfall and bridge on the River Liffey between County Wicklow and County Kildare. Blessington and Poulaphouca are towns and villages in County Wicklow.
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Poulaphouca Reservoir
Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir (for both water supply and electricity generation) and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake.
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President of the Gaelic Athletic Association
The president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is the head of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
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Province of New Jersey
The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776.
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Provinces of Ireland
There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.
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R410 road (Ireland)
The R410 road, also called the Blessington Road, is a regional road in Ireland, located in County Wicklow and County Kildare.
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R758 road (Ireland)
The R758 road is a regional road in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Rath Turtle Moat
Rath Turtle Moat is a ringwork and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Rathmines
Rathmines is an affluent inner suburb on the Southside of Dublin in Ireland.
Rathvilly
Rathvilly is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland.
Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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The Republic of Ireland women's national football team (Foireann sacair ban Phoblacht na hÉireann) represents the Republic of Ireland in competitions such as the FIFA Women's World Cup and the UEFA Women's Championship.
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River Liffey
The River Liffey (Irish: An Life, historically An Ruirthe(a)ch) is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay.
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Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads.
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Rosslare Europort
Rosslare Europort (Europort Ros Láir) is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland, near the southeasternmost point of the island of Ireland.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Hillsborough
Royal Hillsborough (Irish: Cromghlinn, meaning 'Crooked Glen' Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 81. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.), more commonly known simply as Hillsborough, is a village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, from the city of Belfast.
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Russborough House
Russborough House is a stately house near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland.
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Salem County, New Jersey
Salem County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Sallins and Naas railway station
Sallins and Naas railway station is located in the centre of the village of Sallins, County Kildare and also serves Naas, 3 km (2 miles) away.
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Seefin Passage Tomb
Seefin Passage Tomb (Irish:Tuama Pasáiste Shuí Finn) is an empty passage grave and National Monument located atop Seefin Hill, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet
Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet (19 January 1903 – 12 May 1994) — The Times, 11 September 2006 was a British Conservative Party politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen.
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St Mary's Church, Blessington
St.
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St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland)
St Audoen's Church is the church of the parish of Saint Audoen in the Church of Ireland, located south of the River Liffey at Cornmarket in Dublin, Ireland.
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St. Mark's Cross
St.
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SuperValu (Ireland)
SuperValu is a supermarket chain that operates throughout the island of Ireland.
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Tallaght
Tallaght (Tamhlacht) is the largest settlement, and county town, of South Dublin, Ireland, and the largest satellite town of Dublin.
Tallaght University Hospital
The Tallaght University Hospital (Ospidéal Ollscoile Thamhlachta) is a teaching hospital in County Dublin, Ireland.
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Templeogue
Templeogue is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland.
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Terenure
Terenure, originally called Roundtown, is a middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland.
TFI Local Link
TFI Local Link, or simply Local Link, is a set of local bus services in the Republic of Ireland which provide local public transport in rural areas, typically linking villages to local towns.
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The Herald (Ireland)
The Herald is a nationwide mid-market tabloid newspaper headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and published by Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.
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The Lilliput Press
The Lilliput Press is an Irish publishing house, founded in 1984 by Antony Farrell.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band that incorporate Irish traditional music in their songs.
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Threecastles Castle
Threecastles Castle is a three-storey tower house situated near Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is a 1965 spy film and the fourth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
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Tour of Ireland
The Tour of Ireland (Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period.
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Tullow
Tullow (formerly Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim/ Tullowphelim) is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland.
Valleymount
Valleymount (or An Chrois) is a small village in western County Wicklow, Ireland. Blessington and Valleymount are towns and villages in County Wicklow.
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Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (archaic: Cualu) form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland.
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William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington
William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington (7 April 170914 August 1769) was an Anglo-Irish peer and member of the House of Lords, styled The Honourable William Stewart until 1728 and known as The Viscount Mountjoy from 1728 to 1745.
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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
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2011 census of Ireland
The 2011 census of Ireland was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011.
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2022 census of Ireland
The 2022 census of Ireland was held on Sunday, 3 April 2022.
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See also
Planned communities in the Republic of Ireland
- Abbeyleix
- Adamstown, Dublin
- Adare
- Ardagh, County Longford
- Bagenalstown
- Ballitore
- Ballyhaise
- Birr, County Offaly
- Blessington
- Burtonport
- Castlebellingham
- Castlecomer
- Charlestown, County Mayo
- Cherrywood, Dublin
- Clara, County Offaly
- Collon
- Cootehill
- Dugort
- Edgeworthstown
- Enniskerry
- Frenchpark
- Inistioge
- Johnstown, County Kildare
- Killester
- Knightstown, County Kerry
- Letterfrack
- Marino, Dublin
- Mountbellew
- Mountmellick
- Moynalty
- New Birmingham
- Portlaw
- Prosperous, County Kildare
- Ráth Chairn
- Ralahine
- Robertstown, County Kildare
- Rutland Island, County Donegal
- Shannon, County Clare
- Slane
- Stratford-on-Slaney
- Strokestown
- Summerhill, County Meath
- Swinford
- Timahoe
- Tulsk
- Tyrrellspass
- Villierstown
- Virginia, County Cavan
- Westport, County Mayo
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessington
Also known as Baile Coimín, Ballycomeen.
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