Mount Merrion, the Glossary
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60 relations: Abraham Ortelius, Aifric Campbell, Aircoach, Association football, Aurora, Éamon Ó Cuív, Éamon de Valera, Bagatelle (band), Barbara Verschoyle, Blackrock railway station, Catherine Day (civil servant), Catholic Church, Counties of Ireland, County Dublin, Dave Fanning, Dún Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Dermot Morgan, Don Cockburn, Dublin, Dublin Area Rapid Transit, Dublin Bus, Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency), Dundrum, Dublin, Emma Donoghue, Father Ted, Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Fitzwilliam Museum, Gaelic football, George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, Hurling, Irish grid reference system, John Cruys, Josepha Madigan, Kilmacud Crokes GAA, Kilmacud Luas stop, Leinster, Luas, Merrion Castle, N11 road (Ireland), Nevile Wilkinson, Normans, Paddy Murray (journalist), Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland, Provinces of Ireland, Ray D'Arcy, Republic of Ireland, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam, Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Abraham Ortelius
Abraham Ortelius (also Ortels, Orthellius, Wortels; 4 or 14 April 152728 June 1598) was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands.
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Aifric Campbell
Aifric Campbell is an Irish writer.
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Aircoach
Aircoach is an Ireland-based subsidiary company of FirstGroup.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Aurora
An aurora (aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
Éamon Ó Cuív
Éamon Ó Cuív (born 23 June 1950) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 1992 general election.
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Éamon de Valera
Éamon de Valera (first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an Irish statesman and political leader.
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Bagatelle (band)
Bagatelle were an Irish rock band that first formed in August 1978.
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Barbara Verschoyle
Barbara Fagan Verschoyle (died 25 January 1837), was a land agent and philanthropist in Dublin.
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Blackrock railway station
Blackrock railway station (Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
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Catherine Day (civil servant)
Catherine Day (born 16 June 1954 in Mount Merrion, Dublin) is a former European civil servant from Ireland.
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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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Counties of Ireland
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.
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County Dublin
County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin.
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Dave Fanning
David Fanning (born 27 February 1956) is an Irish television and radio broadcaster, rock journalist, DJ, film critic and author.
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Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland. Mount Merrion and Dún Laoghaire are places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.
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Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is a county in Ireland.
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Dermot Morgan
Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his role as Father Ted Crilly on the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
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Don Cockburn
Donald Cockburn (13 March 1930 – 4 September 2017) was an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
The Dublin Area Rapid Transit system (stylised as DART) is an electrified commuter rail railway network serving the coastline and city of Dublin, Ireland.
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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 Rathdown (Dáil constituency)
Dublin Rathdown is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election.
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Dundrum, Dublin
Dundrum (the ridge fort), originally a village in its own right, is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Mount Merrion and Dundrum, Dublin are places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.
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Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue (born October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter.
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Father Ted
Father Ted is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for British television channel Channel 4.
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Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis, squash and padel club in central Dublin, Ireland's capital city.
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Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge.
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Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football, is an Irish team sport.
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George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
General George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery (10 September 1759 – 26 October 1827) was an English peer, army officer, and politician.
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Hurling
Hurling (iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men.
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).
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John Cruys
Sir John Cruys or Cruise (died 1407) was a prominent Irish military commander, diplomat and judge of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
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Josepha Madigan
Josepha Madigan (born 21 May 1970) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion from July 2020 to March 2024.
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Kilmacud Crokes GAA
Kilmacud Crokes (Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh) is a large Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Stillorgan, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
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Kilmacud Luas stop
Kilmacud (Cill Mochuda) is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland.
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Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
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Luas
Luas (pronounced; Irish for "speed") is a tram system in Dublin, Ireland.
Merrion Castle
Merrion Castle was a castle situated about 300m south of the present-day Merrion Gates, to the south of Dublin city centre.
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N11 road (Ireland)
The N11 road is a national primary road in Ireland, running for along the east side of Ireland from Dublin to Wexford.
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Nevile Wilkinson
Major Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, KCVO (26 October 1869 – 22 December 1940) was a British officer of arms, British Army officer, author and a dollhouse designer.
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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.
Paddy Murray (journalist)
Patrick Thomas Murray (5 August 1953 – 24 February 2022) was an Irish journalist and writer.
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Postal addresses in the Republic of Ireland
A postal address in Ireland is a place of delivery defined by Irish Standard (IS) EN 14142-1:2011 ("Postal services. Address databases") and serviced by the universal service provider, italic.
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Provinces of Ireland
There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.
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Ray D'Arcy
Raymond Michael D'Arcy (born 1 September 1964) is an Irish television and radio presenter currently on his second stint at state broadcaster RTÉ.
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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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Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Richard de Clare (1130 – 20 April 1176), 2nd Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland (sometimes known as Richard FitzGilbert), was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
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Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam
Richard FitzWilliam, 5th Viscount FitzWilliam, PC (Ireland) (c. 1677 – 6 June 1743), of Mount Merrion in Dublin, was an Irish nobleman and Whig politician.
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Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1 August 1745 – 4 February 1816) of Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland, and of FitzWilliam House in the parish of Richmond in Surrey, England, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman in the Peerage of Ireland who was a benefactor and musical antiquarian who founded the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, with a bequest of his library and art collection.
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Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (lit), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
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Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, PC (16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was a British statesman and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale.
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Sisters of Charity
Many religious communities have the term Sisters of Charity in their name.
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Skyfest
Skyfest was an annual fireworks display, accompanied by background music compiled by Mark McCabe, which took place in Ireland.
Stillorgan Luas stop
Stillorgan (Stigh Lorgan) is a stop on the Luas Green Line serving Sandyford and Stillorgan in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
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Time in the Republic of Ireland
Ireland uses Irish Standard Time (IST, UTC+01:00; Am Caighdeánach Éireannach) in the summer months and Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00; Meán-Am Greenwich) in the winter period.
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University College Dublin
University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) (Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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Western European Summer Time
Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time.
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Western European Time
Western European Time (WET, UTC±00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western Europe and consists of countries using UTC±00:00 (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, abbreviated GMT).
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See also
Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Balally
- Ballinteer
- Ballybrack
- Ballyogan
- Blackrock, Dublin
- Booterstown
- Cabinteely
- Carrickmines
- Cherrywood, Dublin
- Churchtown, Dublin
- Clonskeagh
- Cornelscourt
- Dún Laoghaire
- Dalkey
- Deansgrange
- Dundrum, Dublin
- Forty Foot
- Foxrock
- Glasthule
- Glenageary
- Glencullen
- Goatstown
- Johnstown, Dublin
- Kill, Rathdown
- Killiney
- Kilmacud
- Kilternan
- Leopardstown
- Loughlinstown
- Monkstown, County Dublin
- Mount Merrion
- Nutgrove
- Rathfarnham
- Rathmichael
- Sallynoggin
- Sandycove
- Sandyford
- Shankill, Dublin
- Stillorgan
Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
- Ballinteer
- Ballybrack
- Belfield, Dublin
- Blackrock, Dublin
- Booterstown
- Cabinteely
- Carrickmines
- Cherrywood, Dublin
- Churchtown, Dublin
- Cornelscourt
- Dún Laoghaire
- Dalkey
- Deansgrange
- Dundrum, Dublin
- Glasthule
- Glenageary
- Glencullen
- Johnstown, Dublin
- Killiney
- Kilmacud
- Kilternan
- Leopardstown
- List of towns and villages in County Dublin
- Loughlinstown
- Monkstown, County Dublin
- Mount Merrion
- Rathfarnham
- Rathmichael
- Sallynoggin
- Sandycove
- Sandyford
- Shankill, Dublin
- Stepaside, Dublin
- Stillorgan
- Ticknock
- Windy Arbour
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merrion
Also known as Mount Merrion House.
, Saint Patrick's Day, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Sisters of Charity, Skyfest, Stillorgan Luas stop, Time in the Republic of Ireland, University College Dublin, University of Cambridge, Western European Summer Time, Western European Time.