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Glengad is a Gaeltacht village in the parish of Kilcommon in northwest County Mayo, Ireland.[1]

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  1. 49 relations: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, An Bord Pleanála, Barbados, Basket weaving, Broadhaven Bay, Carrowmore Lake, Carrowteige, Castle, Connacht, Corrib gas controversy, Corrib gas project, Counties of Ireland, County Mayo, Disaster area, Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland), Erris, Euro, Gaeltacht, Geological Survey of Ireland, Glencastle, Hearts of Steel, Indentured servitude, Irish grid reference system, Irish people, Iron Age, Kilcommon (County Mayo civil parish), Landslide, Mayo County Council, Montserrat, Natural-gas processing, Oliver Cromwell, Provinces of Ireland, Radar, Republic of Ireland, Rundale, Saint Kitts, Shell plc, Special Area of Conservation, Sruwaddacon Bay, Stone circle, Sugarcane, Táin Bó Flidhais, Thomas Johnson Westropp, Tithe, Ulster Cycle, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Virginia, Whiteboys, Willow.

  2. Erris
  3. Gaeltacht places in County Mayo

Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652

The Act for the Setling of Ireland imposed penalties including death and land confiscation against Irish civilians and combatants after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and subsequent unrest.

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An Bord Pleanála

italics (meaning "The Planning Board"; ABP) is an independent, statutory, quasi-judicial body that decides on appeals from planning decisions made by local authorities in the Republic of Ireland.

See Glengad and An Bord Pleanála

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

See Glengad and Barbados

Basket weaving

Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture.

See Glengad and Basket weaving

Broadhaven Bay

Broadhaven Bay (Cnocán na Líne) is a natural bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the northwestern coast of County Mayo, Ireland. Glengad and Broadhaven Bay are Erris.

See Glengad and Broadhaven Bay

Carrowmore Lake

Carrowmore Lake is situated in the parishes of Belmullet, Kiltane and Kilcommon Erris, County Mayo between the villages of Bangor Erris and Barnatra at the southern end of Broadhaven Bay. Glengad and Carrowmore Lake are Gaeltacht places in County Mayo.

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Carrowteige

Ceathrú Thaidhg (anglicized as Carrowteige) is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Dún Chaocháin peninsula in northwestern County Mayo, Ireland. Glengad and Carrowteige are Erris, Gaeltacht places in County Mayo, Gaeltacht towns and villages and towns and villages in County Mayo.

See Glengad and Carrowteige

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

See Glengad and Castle

Connacht

Connacht or Connaught (Connachta or Cúige Chonnacht), is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland.

See Glengad and Connacht

Corrib gas controversy

The Corrib gas controversy was a social protest campaign against the Corrib gas project in north-western County Mayo, Ireland. Glengad and Corrib gas controversy are Erris.

See Glengad and Corrib gas controversy

Corrib gas project

The Corrib gas project (Tionscanamh Ghás Aiceanta na Coiribe) is a developed natural gas deposit located in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately off the northwest coast of County Mayo, Ireland.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.

See Glengad and Counties of Ireland

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland.

See Glengad and County Mayo

Disaster area

A disaster area is a region or a locale that has been heavily damaged by either natural, technological or social hazards.

See Glengad and Disaster area

Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting and improving the environment as a valuable asset for the people of Ireland.

See Glengad and Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

Erris

Erris is a barony in northwestern County Mayo in Ireland consisting of over, much of which is mountainous blanket bog.

See Glengad and Erris

Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.

See Glengad and Euro

Gaeltacht

A Gaeltacht (Gaeltachtaí) is a district of Ireland, either individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home.

See Glengad and Gaeltacht

Geological Survey of Ireland

Geological Survey Ireland or Geological Survey of Ireland (Suirbhéireacht Gheolaíochta Éireann), founded in 1845, is the National Earth Science agency of Ireland.

See Glengad and Geological Survey of Ireland

Glencastle

Glencastle is a small village, electoral division and townland in the northwest of County Mayo, Ireland. Glengad and Glencastle are towns and villages in County Mayo.

See Glengad and Glencastle

Hearts of Steel

The Hearts of Steel, or Steelboys, was an exclusively Protestant movement originating in 1769 in County Antrim, Ireland due to grievances about the sharp rise of rents and evictions.

See Glengad and Hearts of Steel

Indentured servitude

Indentured servitude is a form of labor in which a person is contracted to work without salary for a specific number of years.

See Glengad and Indentured servitude

Irish grid reference system

The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references used for paper mapping in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).

See Glengad and Irish grid reference system

Irish people

Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and culture.

See Glengad and Irish people

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

See Glengad and Iron Age

Kilcommon (County Mayo civil parish)

Kilcommon (Cill Chomáin) is a civil parish in Erris, north County Mayo, consisting of two large peninsulas; Dún Chaocháin and Dún Chiortáin. Glengad and Kilcommon (County Mayo civil parish) are Erris, Gaeltacht places in County Mayo and Gaeltacht towns and villages.

See Glengad and Kilcommon (County Mayo civil parish)

Landslide

Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.

See Glengad and Landslide

Mayo County Council

Mayo County Council (Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo) is the local authority of County Mayo, Ireland.

See Glengad and Mayo County Council

Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.

See Glengad and Montserrat

Natural-gas processing

Natural-gas processing is a range of industrial processes designed to purify raw natural gas by removing contaminants such as solids, water, carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), mercury and higher molecular mass hydrocarbons (condensate) to produce pipeline quality dry natural gas for pipeline distribution and final use.

See Glengad and Natural-gas processing

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.

See Glengad and Oliver Cromwell

Provinces of Ireland

There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

See Glengad and Provinces of Ireland

Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

See Glengad and Radar

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.

See Glengad and Republic of Ireland

Rundale

The rundale system (apparently from the Irish Gaelic words "Roinn" which refers to the division of something and "Dáil", usually meaning meeting or assembly) was a form of occupation of land in Ireland, somewhat resembling the English common field system.

See Glengad and Rundale

Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher, is an island in the West Indies.

See Glengad and Saint Kitts

Shell plc

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.

See Glengad and Shell plc

Special Area of Conservation

A special area of conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.

See Glengad and Special Area of Conservation

Sruwaddacon Bay

Sruwaddacon Bay is a tidal estuary which runs through the middle of the Gaeltacht Kilcommon parish in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland. Glengad and Sruwaddacon Bay are Erris.

See Glengad and Sruwaddacon Bay

Stone circle

A stone circle is a ring of standing stones.

See Glengad and Stone circle

Sugarcane

Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.

See Glengad and Sugarcane

Táin Bó Flidhais

Táin Bó Flidhais, also known as the Mayo Táin, is a tale from the Ulster Cycle of early Irish literature.

See Glengad and Táin Bó Flidhais

Thomas Johnson Westropp

Thomas Johnson Westropp (16 August 18609 April 1922) was an Irish antiquarian, folklorist and archaeologist.

See Glengad and Thomas Johnson Westropp

Tithe

A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.

See Glengad and Tithe

Ulster Cycle

The Ulster Cycle (an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid.

See Glengad and Ulster Cycle

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

See Glengad and United States Environmental Protection Agency

Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

See Glengad and Virginia

Whiteboys

The Whiteboys (na Buachaillí Bána) were a secret Irish agrarian organisation in 18th-century Ireland which defended tenant-farmer land-rights for subsistence farming.

See Glengad and Whiteboys

Willow

Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.

See Glengad and Willow

See also

Erris

Gaeltacht places in County Mayo

References

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