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    Sir John de Courcy (1150–1219) was an Anglo-Norman knight who arrived in Ireland in 1176. From then until his expulsion in 1204, he conquered a considerable...
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    member of the Crovan dynasty. In the late 12th century she married John de Courcy. Affrica is noted for religious patronage in northern Ireland. Affreca...
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  • John de Courcy (1160–1219), was a Norman English noble. John de Courcy may also refer to: John de Courcy, one of several men with the title Baron Kingsale...
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  • John Evan de Courcy Ireland (19 October 1911 – 4 April 2006) was an Irish maritime historian, political activist and teacher. His early life was marked...
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    Miles de courcy (summoned 1223) Patrick de Courcy (died before 1261) Miles de Courcy (died c. 1290) John de Courcy (died 1291) Miles de Courcy, 6th Baron...
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  • 36 male de Courcy who have held the Irish title of Baron Kingsale. John de Courcy (disambiguation) William de Courcy (disambiguation) De Courcy Island...
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  • Kenneth Hugh de Courcy (6 November 1909 – 8 February 1999) was an editor of the British subscription newsletter Intelligence Digest, as well as a confidant...
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  • DeCourcy, DeCourcey, De Courcy, or De Courcey is a surname. People with the surname include: DeCourcy/De Courcy Affreca de Courcy (late 12th-/early 13th...
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  • John Ireland (1914–1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. John Ireland may also refer to: John de Courcy Ireland (1911–2006), Irish historian...
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    Earldom of Ulster (category De Lacy family)
    Earls of Ulster and part of the Lordship of Ireland. The Norman knight John de Courcy invaded the Gaelic Irish kingdom of Ulaid in 1177 and conquered most...
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    created Earl of Meath. In 1181, Sir John de Courcy was created Earl of Ulster by patent from King Henry II. De Courcy was later also created Lord of Connaught...
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    the keep. De Lacy was for a time a coadjutor with John de Courcy in Leinster and Munster. But in 1199, King John of England authorised de Lacy to wage...
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  • John de Courcy, 35th Baron Kingsale (27 January 1941 – 15 September 2005), was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who was the Premier Baron of Ireland. He succeeded...
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  • John de Courcy Ling CBE (14 October 1933 – 10 November 2005) was a British diplomat, farmer, politician and writer. His Roman Catholic faith contributed...
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  • Anne Grey de Courcy (née Barrett; born December 1927) is an English biographer and journalist, including as women's editor on the London Evening News...
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  • de Courcy Ireland (1 August 1873 – 28 January 1915) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. The son of William de Courcy Ireland...
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    built in the late 12th century at the behest of Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, was the capital of the Earldom of Ulster. After the earldom's collapse...
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    it is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. In 1198, John de Courcy, a Norman knight who had invaded Ulster in 1177, destroyed the church...
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  • during the conquest of Ulster by Sir John de Courcy. Sir William Savage, Baron Savage accompanied Sir John de Courcy during the conquest of Ulster in 1177...
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    John de Courcy, 21st Baron Kingsale (died 1667) sat in the House of Lords of the Irish Parliament of 1661–1666. John was born the eldest son of Patrick...
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    at least three of them—Leinster to Richard de Clare; Meath to Walter de Lacy; Ulster to John de Courcy—were equivalent to palatine counties in their...
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    after its conquest in the late 12th century by the Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy, and was replaced with the Earldom of Ulster. An individual from Ulaid...
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    service of Prince John in 1185. Sir Henry married Maud de Courcy, daughter of Sir John de Courcy and Affrica Guðrøðardóttir. Awarded large tracts of land...
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  • Admiral Michael de Courcy (17?? – 22 February 1824), third son of John de Courcy, 18th Baron Kingsale, was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who served in the...
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    Beaufort scale (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    definition formula Ireland's Beaufort was Windscale Inventor—by Dr John de Courcy Ireland The Beaufort Scale and Weather Diaries of Rear Admiral Sir Francis...
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  • was a Benedictine Abbey in County Down, Ireland. It was founded by John de Courcy as a daughter-house of the alien Benedictine Priory at Stogursey in...
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    Anglo-Norman John de Courcy in the twelfth century at the site of a previous monastery which had operated from the 9th until earlier in the 12th century. De Courcy...
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  • Northern Ireland 1177 Built by John de Courcy Inch Abbey Downpatrick, Down, Northern Ireland 1177 Built by John de Courcy Prittlewell Priory Prittlewell...
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  • Petit & Walter de Lacy: 1192–1194 Walter de Lacy & John de Courcy: 1194–1195 Hamo de Valognes: 1195–1198 Meiler Fitzhenry: 1198–1208 John de Gray, Bishop...
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    Galloway, he was granted lordship over Carrick in the north. Allied to John de Courcy, Donnchadh fought battles in Ireland and acquired land there that he...
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