Cloch or Cloch Point (Scottish Gaelic: stone) is a point on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, Inverclyde, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on...
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Blarney Stone (redirect from Cloch na Blarnan)
The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 8 kilometres...
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The Cloch Labhrais, also called the Answering Stone and the Speaking Stone, is a large glacial erratic boulder beside a road leading from Waterford to...
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Cloughoughter Castle (Irish: Cloch Locha Uachtair, meaning 'stone castle of Loch Uachtair') is a ruined circular castle on a small island in Lough Oughter...
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Clochafarmore (Irish: Cloch an Fhir Mhóir, meaning "stone of the great man") is a menhir (standing stone) and National Monument in County Louth, Ireland...
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Roundstone, County Galway (redirect from Cloch na Rón)
Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón, meaning 'seal's rock') is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway. Lying opposite...
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O'Donovan's Field Name Books (1862), the Irish language form of the name is Cloch stúincín, meaning "stone of the little prominence". Other forms include...
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There was a battery on the east shore, the Cloch Point Battery, which was located on the slope above the Cloch Lighthouse. Enhanced and expanded for defence...
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responsibility of the local Competent Harbour Authority. There are lighthouses at: Cloch Point on the Inverclyde coast. Toward Point Lighthouse on the Cowal Peninsula...
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Connemara ponies at Cloch na Rón showing the typical harsh landscape of their place of origin...
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List of waterfalls in Scotland (redirect from Steall Abhainn na Cloch)
Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular...
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Cloghnykyltye, one of the many phonetic spellings for Cloch na gCoillte (meaning the castle of the woods, from cloch, the Irish for stone or stone building, and...
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monastery about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north of what is now Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón). During the centuries of religious persecution of the Catholic Church...
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Dogamaels Abbey blessed the fishing fleet. A significant echo is present. Cloch Labhrais County Waterford, Ireland Large split glacial boulder subject of...
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though a short stretch of green belt still separates the town from the Cloch lighthouse which looks out over the firth to Innellan in Argyll. Gourock...
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hundred battles) fought a fierce battle against Owen Mór, King of Ireland at Cloch Barraige. Owen was badly injured in the battle. Those of his followers who...
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grabbing the ring (handle) attached to it. Lugh shot a sling-stone (Old Irish: cloch as a tábaill, "stone from the sling") at the eye, which came out the other...
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Carnfree (Irish Carn Fraoich, Fráech's cairn) is a site south of the village of Tulsk in Roscommon that also lies close to the more celebrated ancient...
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Holy Loch an anti-submarine boom was constructed between Dunoon and the Cloch Point Lighthouse to defend waters from German U-boats. Between 1961 and...
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Clough–Ballacolla Cloch–Baile na Coille Founded: 1890 County: Laois Nickname: The Colla Colours: Blue and Gold Grounds: The Hawthorn Coordinates: 52°52′53...
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Wicklow 664 m (2,178 ft) 209 m (686 ft) 74% 88 Sugarloaf Hill Cnoc na gCloch hill of the stones Knockmealdowns Munster Tipperary/Waterford 663 m (2,175 ft)...
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Scotland during the First World War. Ardeer Battery, Ardeer, North Ayrshire Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom, Firth of Clyde Ardhallow Battery, Dunoon...
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Meala Clonmore – An Cluain Mhór Clonoulty – Cluain Ultaigh Cloughjordan – Cloch Shiurdáin Coalbrook – Glaise na Ghuail Cullen – Cuilleann Donohill – Dún...
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(About John Tyndall) Jennifer Lucy Allan (2018). "Disturbing the Peace: The Cloch Foghorn and Changing Coastal Soundscapes in the 19th Century". In Strang...
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Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan (/klɒxˈdʒɔːrdən/ klokh-JOR-dən, Irish: Cloch Shiurdáin, meaning 'Siurdán's stone or castle'), is a town in County Tipperary...
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Ir., Sc.G. teanga clagh [klaːx] stone Goidelic; from O.Ir. cloch; cf. Sc.G. clach, Ir. cloch cleaysh [kleːʃ] ear Goidelic; from O.Ir. dative clúais "hearing";...
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insists on taking them joyriding along the coast. They drive up through the Cloch caravan park where Liam sees a caravan for sale. Liam dreams of starting...
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Kilconnel, Mount Bellew, Moylough 47 Clifden Galway GA An Mám, Carna, Clifden, Cloch Na Rón, Letterfrack 29 Galway Galway GA Athenry, Gaillimh, Lough George...
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Clachnaben (archaically "Cloch-na'bain"; Scottish Gaelic: "Clach na Beinne") is a 589-metre hill in Glen Dye, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a distinctive...
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