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Air-jet loom

An air-jet loom is a shuttleless loom that uses a jet of air to propel the weft yarn through the warp shed.

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.

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Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland

The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanctioned by the papal bull Laudabiliter.

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Annals of Inisfallen

The Annals of Inisfallen (Annála Inis Faithlinn) are a chronicle of the medieval history of Ireland.

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Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.

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Antrim, County Antrim

Antrim (Aontroim, meaning 'lone ridge') is a town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Ardee

Ardee is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland.

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Athlone

Athlone is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland.

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Ballybay

Ballybay is a town and civil parish in County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Bard

In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Baron Slane

Baron Slane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1689.

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Be Thou My Vision

"Be Thou My Vision" (Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile) is a traditional Christian hymn of Irish origin.

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Blended whiskey

A blended whiskey (or blended whisky) is the product of blending different types of whiskeys and sometimes also neutral spirits, colorings, and flavorings.

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Boyne Navigation

The Boyne Navigation (Loingseoireacht na Bóinne) is a series of canals running 31 km (19 mi) roughly parallel to the River Boyne from Oldbridge to Navan in County Meath, in Ireland.

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Brand

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers.

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Brú na Bóinne

Brú na Bóinne ("mansion or palace of the Boyne"), also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne. Slane and Brú na Bóinne are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Brown–Forman

Brown–Forman Corporation is an American-based company, one of the largest in the spirits and wine business.

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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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Caid (sport)

Caid (meaning "stuffed ball") is a collective name used in reference to various ancient and traditional Irish mob football games.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Cath Maige Tuired

Cath Maige Tuired (modern spelling: Cath Maighe Tuireadh) is the name of two saga texts of the Mythological Cycle of Irish mythology.

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Celtic cross

A Celtic cross symbol The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages.

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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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Chamber tomb

A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.

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Chapel

A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.

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Christianity in Ireland

Christianity (Críostaíocht) has been the largest religion in Ireland since the 5th century.

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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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Civil parishes in Ireland

Civil parishes are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions.

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Collon

Collon is a village and townland in the south west corner of County Louth, Ireland, on the N2 national primary road. Slane and Collon are Planned communities in the Republic of Ireland.

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Cooley Distillery

Cooley Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, Ireland founded in 1987 and owned by Suntory Global Spirits, an subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan.

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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 Meath

County Meath (Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster.

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Credit union

A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution.

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David Jebb

David Jebb (– 6 August 1826) was an English surveyor and engineer who was Surveyor-General in Ulster.

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Dean Cogan

Dean Anthony Cogan (1826–1872) was a nineteenth-century Roman Catholic Irish priest (awarded the religious title of dean), born in Slane, who wrote a history of the Diocese of Meath in Ireland.

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Demesne

A demesne or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support.

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Denis Nulty

Denis Nulty KC*HS (born 7 June 1963) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin since 2013.

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Dian Cecht

In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (also known as Cainte or Canta) was the god of healing, the healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann, and son of the Dagda according to the Dindsenchas.

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Dindsenchas

Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas or Dınnṡeanċas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question.

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Dredging

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.

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Drogheda

Drogheda (meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin city centre.

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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.

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Duleek

Duleek is a small town in County Meath, Ireland. Slane and Duleek are civil parishes of County Meath and towns and villages in County Meath.

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Dundalk

Dundalk (Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland.

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Ecclesiastical full moon

An ecclesiastical full moon is formally the 14th day of the ecclesiastical lunar month (an ecclesiastical moon) in an ecclesiastical lunar calendar.

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Erc of Slane

Erc mac Dega (Ercus; Erth), also known (incorrectly) as Herygh, was an Irish saint.

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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.

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Fir Bolg

In medieval Irish myth, the Fir Bolg (also spelt Firbolg and Fir Bholg) are the fourth group of people to settle in Ireland.

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Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Francis Ledwidge

Francis Edward Ledwidge (19 August 188731 July 1917) was a 20th-century Irish poet.

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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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Gaelic football (Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or football, is an Irish team sport.

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Gallows

A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed".

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Grindstone

A grindstone, also known as grinding stone, is a sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools, used since ancient times.

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Gristmill

A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.

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High King of Ireland

High King of Ireland (Ardrí na hÉireann) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland.

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Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara (Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland. Slane and hill of Tara are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

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Intellectual property

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.

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Interpretatio Christiana

Interpretatio Christiana (Latin for Christian interpretation, also Christian reinterpretation) is adaptation of non-Christian elements of culture or historical facts to the worldview of Christianity.

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Irish mythology

Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.

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Irish Republican Brotherhood

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

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Irish round tower

Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural); literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC).

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John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844 – 10 August 1890) was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist.

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John Cassidy (artist)

John Cassidy (1 January 1860 – 19 July 1939) was an Irish sculptor and painter who worked in Manchester, England, and created many public sculptures.

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John Connolly (bishop)

John Connolly, O.P. (1750 – February 6, 1825), was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of New York from 1814 until his death.

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Large goods vehicle

A large goods vehicle (LGV), or heavy goods vehicle (HGV), in the European Union (EU) is any lorry with a gross combination mass (GCM) of over.

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Lóegaire mac Néill

Lóegaire (floruit fifth century) (reigned 428–458 AD, according to the Annals of the Four Masters of the Kingdom of Ireland)(died c. 462), also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

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Legion of Mary

The Legion of Mary (Legio Mariae, postnominal abbreviation L.O.M.) is an international association of members of the Catholic Church who serve it on a voluntary basis.

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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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Lime kiln

A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide).

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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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Local electoral area

A local electoral area (LEA; toghlimistéar áitiúil) is an electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland.

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Lordship of Ireland

The Lordship of Ireland (Tiarnas na hÉireann), sometimes referred to retrospectively as Anglo-Norman Ireland, was the part of Ireland ruled by the King of England (styled as "Lord of Ireland") and controlled by loyal Anglo-Norman Lords between 1177 and 1542.

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Low-head hydro power

Low-head hydropower refers to the development of hydroelectric power where the head is typically less than 20 metres, although precise definitions vary.

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M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland)

The M1 motorway (Mótarbhealach M1) is a motorway in Ireland.

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Marquess Conyngham

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Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge

The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland. Slane and Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Meath County Council

Meath County Council (Comhairle Chontae na Mí) is the local authority of County Meath, Ireland.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Monaghan

Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Motocross World Championship

The FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Muirchú moccu Machtheni

Muirchú moccu Machtheni (Maccutinus), usually known simply as Muirchú, (born sometime in the seventh century) was a monk and historian from Leinster.

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Mullingar

Mullingar is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland.

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N2 road (Ireland)

The N2 road is a national primary road in Ireland, running from Dublin to the border with Northern Ireland at Moy Bridge near Aughnacloy, County Tyrone to connect Dublin with Derry and Letterkenny via the A5.

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N51 road (Ireland)

The N51 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland (NLI; Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane.

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The National Roads Authority (NRA) (An tÚdarás um Bóithre Náisiúnta) is a state body in Ireland, responsible for the national road network.

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Navan

Navan (meaning "the Cave") is the county town and largest town of County Meath, Ireland. Slane and Navan are civil parishes of County Meath and towns and villages in County Meath.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Newgrange

Newgrange (Sí an Bhrú) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, west of the town of Drogheda. Slane and Newgrange are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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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.

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Octagon

In geometry, an octagon is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.

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Old Bushmills Distillery

The Old Bushmills Distillery is an alcohol (primarily Irish whiskey) distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, founded in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits.

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Oldbridge

Oldbridge is a townland near Drogheda in County Meath, Ireland.

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Oriel window

An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground.

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Passage grave

A passage grave or passage tomb consists of one or more burial chambers covered in earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones.

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Prehistoric Ireland

The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological evidence, which has grown at an increasing rate over the last decades.

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Primary sector of the economy

The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Provinces of Ireland

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

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Rapier loom

A rapier loom is a shuttleless weaving loom in which the filling yarn is carried through the shed of warp yarns to the other side of the loom by finger-like carriers called rapiers.

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River Boyne

The River Boyne (An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. Slane and river Boyne are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Road speed limits in the Republic of Ireland

Road speed limits in Ireland apply on all public roads in the state.

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Roller mill

Roller mills are mills that use cylindrical rollers, either in opposing pairs or against flat plates, to crush or grind various materials, such as grain, ore, gravel, plastic, and others.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Archdiocese of New York (Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York.

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Roman numerals

Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.

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Rossnaree

Rossnaree or Rosnaree (Old Irish Ros na Ríg or Ros na Ríogh) is a small village and townland in County Meath, Ireland, 10 km west of Drogheda. Slane and Rossnaree are towns and villages in County Meath.

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Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann; simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the police force in Ireland from 1822 until 1922, when all of the island was part of the United Kingdom.

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Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity

Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig or; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

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Secondary sector of the economy

In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing.

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Sheela na gig

A sheela na gig is a figurative carving of a naked woman displaying an exaggerated vulva.

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Slane Castle

Slane Castle (Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine) is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland.

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Slane Festival

The Slane Festival (often referred to as Slane) is a recurring concert held most years since 1981 on the grounds of Slane Castle on the outskirts of Slane in County Meath, Ireland. Slane and Slane Festival are Tourist attractions in County Meath.

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Sláine mac Dela

Sláine (Sláinge, Slánga), son of Dela, of the Fir Bolg was the legendary first High King of Ireland, who cleared the forest around Brú na Bóinne.

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Slieve Gullion

Slieve Gullion (or Sliabh Cuilinn, "Culann's mountain") is a mountain in the south of County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland.

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St. Erc's Hermitage

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Stamullen

Stamullen is a village in County Meath, Ireland on the border with County Dublin. Slane and Stamullen are towns and villages in County Meath.

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Textile industry

The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing.

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The Complete Peerage

The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant); first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by Vicary Gibbs et al.) is a comprehensive work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles.

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The Diocese of Meath

The Diocese of Meath is a nineteenth-century publication on the history of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath from medieval to nineteenth century times, written by one of the Diocese's priests, Dean Cogan, a priest in Navan, the then Diocesan capital.

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Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or toll) is required to pass over.

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Tower house

A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.

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Townland

A townland (baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: toonlann) is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering.

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Trademark

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.

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Traffic calming

Traffic calming uses physical design and other measures to improve safety for motorists, car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Trim, County Meath

Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland. Slane and Trim, County Meath are civil parishes of County Meath and towns and villages in County Meath.

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Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha Dé Danann (meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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References

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

Also known as Hill of Slane, Slane Hill, Slane, Ireland.

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