The Slieve Bloom Mountains (Irish: Sliabh Bladhma; Latin: Bladinae montes) is a mountain range in Ireland. They rise from the central plain of Ireland...
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The Slieve Bloom Way is a long-distance trail around the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Ireland. It is a 70-kilometre (43-mile) long circular route that can...
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Slieve is an anglicisation of the Irish sliabh (mountain) in the names of various hills and mountains or ranges in the island of Ireland, including Slieve...
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point is Arderin (Irish: Ard Éireann) in the Slieve Blooms at 527 metres (1,729 feet). The Slieve Bloom Mountains contain the county's highest points including...
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village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road, 6 km north-west of Mountmellick...
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or alternatively "town of Fionn") is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise,...
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of Clonmacnoise) founded his monastic habitation in the western Slieve Bloom Mountains as the first bishop of Ossory, reputedly before St. Patrick. His...
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located contiguous to Droughtville and Lettybrook, north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstown...
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Shielmartin Hill (163 m, 535 ft) – County Fingal (old County Dublin) Slieve Bloom Mountains – Counties Laois and Offaly Arderin (527 m, 1,729 ft) Barcam Baunreaghcong...
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local peat bogs.[citation needed] The village is located near the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The Silver River flows through the village. The village was more...
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the Plantation of Queen's County. Portlaoise is fringed by the Slieve Bloom mountains to the west and north-west and the Great Heath of Maryborough to...
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found on The Slieve Bloom Way at the border between Laois and Offaly, which led to the belief that Fiona was buried in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Ciara Breen...
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Ridge of Capard (category Mountains and hills of County Laois)
in Laois, the sixth-highest in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the 615th-highest summit in Ireland. List of mountains in Ireland Geography of Ireland "Ridge...
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from the early Hiberno-Norman period with a view across to the Slieve Bloom Mountains. It is near the N80 road between the towns of Portlaoise and Stradbally...
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county town of Tullamore, on the N80 national secondary road; the Slieve Bloom Mountains lie a similar distance further south. Killeigh was the birthplace...
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Ireland. It lies on the R421 regional road, just north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. It is about 20 km from Tullamore and 6 km from Kinnitty. The village...
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in north County Laois, Ireland, situated in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road. Clonaslee is approximately...
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She was named after the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Ireland. She was very similar in specification to her sister ship, Slieve Gallion. She sank near South...
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80 m3/s. The source of the River Barrow is at Glenbarrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois. Among the towns that the River Barrow passes through...
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south of County Offaly in central Ireland. Its source is in the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The village of Cadamstown, on the river, is home to the Silver...
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tributary of the River Barrow. It has its source at Brisha in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, west of Ballyfin. It enters the town of Mountmellick from the west...
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including the Slieve Bloom Mountains in the northwest, Killeshin Plateau in the south east and Cullahill Mountain in the south. Cullahill Mountain lies on a...
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County Kilkenny (section Mountains and hills)
with Leinster, and to the north it extended into and beyond the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The River Nore ran through the Kingdom. Osraige formed the easternmost...
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is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated near the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The nearest town is Mountrath, and the closest village is Camross...
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Arderin (category Mountains and hills of County Offaly)
is a mountain on the border between Laois and Offaly in Ireland. With a height of 527 metres (1,729 ft) it is the highest point in the Slieve Bloom Mountains...
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May 2008, a makeshift cross was found in Monicknew woods in the Slieve Bloom mountains reading "Fiona Pender. Buried here, August 22nd, 1996." This discovery...
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Castleconor (category Mountains and hills of County Laois)
Laois, the ninth-highest point in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the 907th-highest summit in Ireland. List of mountains in Ireland Geography of Ireland Castleconor...
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fourth-highest mountain in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and the 602nd-highest summit in Ireland. It is the most northerly summit of the Slieve Bloom range. List...
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Tipperary, near the Devil's Bit, while the Barrow rises in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois. The Nore flows into the Barrow about 17 km before...
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attacks from the Irish. After campaigns against the Irish of the Slieve Bloom Mountains and his victory over Edward Bruce at the Battle of Faughart in 1318...
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