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Carlow Poor Law Union
... set up until September 1840 The adjoining Unions of Shillelagh Baltinglass and New Ross had already been established George Wilkinson s impressive design for the Carlow Workhouse was published ...
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Parke's Castle
s Castle is a restored 17th century castle and bawn located on the picturesque shores of Lough Gill and was the home place of Robert Parke and his family There is evidence of an earlier 16th ...
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Tipperary Libraries Local Studies Dept.
... ie local studies index shtml Address Local Studies Department Tipperary Libraries Castle Avenue Thurles Co Tipperary Contact Mary Guinan Darmody Phone 353 50421555 email studies ...
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Edmund Rice Centre
Edmund Rice 1762 1844 was the founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers two Roman Catholic religious orders who played a major role in Irish education The Edmund Rice Centre ...
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Physical Landscape of Ireland
... raths were widespread F is 1840AD just before the Great Famine when rural settlement was at its maximum G is to day when the extent of farmland is contracting and managed forestry is increasingly ...
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Coppercoast Geopark
... Tramore and Dungarvan In the 19th century copper mines were an industrial feature of the area The geopark explains the formation of the landscape over millions of years due to the action of the ocean ...
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Bussey: Irish Conspiracies: Recollections of John Mallon
... occurred in the context of poverty and starvation among the majority of the Irish Catholic population Meanwhile the Land League and the Irish Parliamentary Party campaigned for land reform ...
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Tarbert Bridewell
... tarbertbridewell com index html Address Tarbert Bridewell Courthouse Jail Tarbert Co Kerry Telephone 353 068 36500 email tarbertbridewell eircom net Click here to see a map showing Tarbert ...
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Belvedere House, Co. Westmeath
Room at Belvedere House c 1960 From the ceiling of the Own Room in Belvedere House Jupiter Astride an Eagle Robert Rochfort s younger brother George Rochfort commissioned Richard Castle the ...
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Important Irish & International Events 1900-2000
In 1900 Ireland formed part of the British empire ruled from Westminster and subject to Queen Victoria Ireland was therefore without her own parliament or constitution and unable to ...



