The River Bann (Irish: An Bhanna) is a large river in County Wexford, in the southeast of the Republic of Ireland. The river rises in the southern slopes...
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County Wexford (Irish: Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the...
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(Irish: Fearna, short for Fearna Mór Maedhóg) is a historic town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is 11 km (7 mi) north of Enniscorthy. The remains of Ferns...
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Camolin (Irish: Cam Eolaing) is a village in County Wexford in Ireland, situated in the valley of the River Bann on the R772 regional road 6 km (3.7 mi) northeast...
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south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford for 117.5 km (73 mi), before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town. The estuary...
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Sisters), River Bann, River Slaney, River Boyne, River Moy and River Corrib. Lengths obtained from the Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment...
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Ballynahinch River* 18.5 miles (29.8 km) Ballyogan Stream, County Dublin Balsaggart Stream, County Dublin Bandon 45 miles (72 km) River Bann (Wexford) 26 miles...
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U.S. Naval Air Station Wexford was a seaplane station at Ferrybank, Wexford, Ireland which was operated by the United States Navy (USN) and commissioned...
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Clone Church (category Religion in County Wexford)
National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. Clone Church is located 2.6 km (1.6 mi) south of Ferns, on the south side of the River Bann. Clone Church is...
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risings: in the counties of Carlow and Wexford in the southeast where the rebels met with some success; in the north around Belfast in counties Antrim and...
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(probably the Foyle), the mouth of the river Argita (perhaps the Bann) and the Rhobogdion promontory (Fair Head, County Antrim) in the east. The peoples who...
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Annagh Hill (category Mountains and hills of County Wexford)
Annagh Hill". MountainViews. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved 30 June 2015. Media related to Annagh Hill at Wikimedia Commons River Bann (Wexford)...
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settlements that later developed into towns (Dublin, Cork, Wexford, Waterford etc.) but none were in County Mayo. Between the reigns of Kings of Connacht Cathal...
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Hollyfort (category Towns and villages in County Wexford)
of County Wexford, Ireland. It lies within the townland of Mongan (Irish: an Mongán, meaning 'the little swamp') in the valley of the River Bann, 5 km...
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Barony (Ireland) (section Counties corporate)
in County Cork; Callan in County Kilkenny; Kilmallock in County Limerick; Derry and Coleraine in County Londonderry; and Wexford in County Wexford. Of...
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early 19th century "The Blooming Flower of Grange" – a love song from County Wexford, recorded by Paul O'Reilly in Waterford in 2007. "Connemara Cradle Song"...
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Portadown massacre (category 17th century in County Armagh)
about 100 Protestant settlers by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann and shooting those who tried to swim to safety. The settlers were being...
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Croghan Mountain (category Mountains and hills of County Wicklow)
Slievefoore 414 metres (1,358 ft) to the east. Croghan is the source of the River Bann with rises from its southern slopes. The eastern side of Croghan contains...
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"Hanged I Shall Be", "The Oxford Tragedy", "The Oxford/Wexford Girl", "Ekefield/Ickfield/Wexford Town". "The Butcher Boy" and "The Prentice Boy" Reinhard...
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Geography of Ireland (redirect from Rivers and lakes of Ireland)
River Bann, River Lagan, and River Boyne. There are also multiple River Blackwaters, the most significant being the Munster Blackwater. The river with...
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have been set up in response to the increasing popularity of coastal and river sport and leisure activities. There are at least 84 (see tables below) and...
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October 1649 Sack of Wexford Wexford, County Wexford 3,500 Following a siege by Cromwell's New Model, Parliamentary troops broke into Wexford after negotiations...
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unilaterally ordered the GNRB to close most of their lines west of the River Bann within Northern Ireland. This left some useless stubs within the Republic...
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The English Protestants in Portadown are driven onto a bridge over the river Bann and then shot, piked or drowned. December 30, the first English reinforcement...
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settlements along the coast. Viking ports were established at Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, which became the first large towns in Ireland...
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monastic houses in County Wexford edit) Return to top of page (For references and location detail see List of monastic houses in County Wicklow edit) Return...
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it was customary to put a piece of dry bread in one's pocket." In County Wexford, Ireland, in 1882, it was reported that: "if an infant is carried out...
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Catholics, Volunteers had begun to form "united companies". West of the River Bann, and across the south and west of Ireland where Protestants were a distinct...
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100 Protestants at Portadown by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann, and shooting those who tried to swim to safety. Known as the Portadown...
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remained strong, exemplified by the County Armagh disturbances. In contrast, east of the River Bann in counties Antrim and Down, the Protestants were...
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