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Dundonald
Dundonald may refer to: Places Canada * Dundonald, Ontario, Cramahe * Dundonald, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan * Dundonald Park, in Ottawa South Africa * Dundonald, Mpumalanga United Kingdom * Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland ** Dundonald railway station * Dundonald, County Antrim, a townland in Northern Ireland * Dundonald, Fife, Cardenden, Scotland * Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland ** Dundonald Castle ** RAF Dundonald * Dundonald Castle, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Dundonald House, Belfast, Northern Ireland * Dundonald Church, London, England Other uses * ''Dundonald'' (ship), a ship wrecked off Disappointment Island in 1907 * Earl of Dundonald Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltr ..., a title in the peerage of Scotland See also * Dundon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald, County Down
Dundonald () is a large settlement and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies east of Belfast and is a suburb of the city. It is home to Moat Park, the Ulster Hospital, and Dundonald International Ice Bowl. History The placename is first recorded as 'Dundouenald' in and later as 'Dundonnell'. It comes from Irish ''Dún Dónaill'', 'Donald’s fort', referring to the Norman fort built there when the area was part of the Earldom of Ulster. The forename Dónall is of Gaelic origin, thus "it is likely that the place was named from a pre-Norman fort, perhaps on the same site". It is one of the largest surviving mottes in Ireland, and stands in Moat Park ('moat' being a corruption of 'motte'). St. Elizabeth's Church is located beside the moat, with the Cleland Mausoleum in the adjacent graveyard. Dundonald acquired rail links to Belfast and Newtownards in 1850, Downpatrick in 1859 and Newcastle in 1869. The town was located on the once extensive Belfast and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Dundonald
Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree, with remainder to his heirs male, failing which to his heirs female without division who should bear or assume the name of Cochrane, and in failure thereof to his heirs general. In 1647, he had already been created Lord Cochrane of Dundonald in the Peerage of Scotland, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. History The first Earl was succeeded by his grandson John Cochrane, the second Earl (died 1690). He was the son of William Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (died 1679), eldest son of the 1st Earl. The 2nd Earl was a member of the Scottish Privy Council. On his death the titles passed to his eldest son William Cochrane, the third Earl (died 1705). He died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother John Cochrane, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald, Saskatoon
Dundonald is a neighbourhood located in the northwest corner of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The neighbourhood was built in the 1980s, and served as the last development of the northwest corner of the city, prior to the development of Hampton Village. Dundonald is surrounded by a large landscaped park, with a storm pond. In comparison, the neighbourhood of Dundonald with a 2001 census population of 5,285 is larger than the Saskatchewan city of Melville which had a population of 4,149 in 2006, and 4,453 in 2001 and Dundonald is also larger than the provincial city of Humboldt which was 4,998 in 2006, and 5,161 in 2001. In Saskatchewan rural towns must maintain a population above 5,000 to apply for city status. History The land was annexed for Dundonald between 1975 and 1979, and construction began in the early to mid 1980s and reached full build out in the mid-1990s . The community is named after Dundonald Avenue, a major arterial street that for years marked the western boundary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald Castle
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III. History Dark age hill fort The present castle stands on land where evidence suggests there was a hill fort. It is thought that a mixture of large timber-built roundhouse and straight-sided structures occupied the interior. A timber-laced stone rampart defined and defended the fort. The timber lacing caught fire and burnt with such intensity that the surrounding stonework melted, or vitrified. This firing happened about 1000 AD and seems to mark the end of the hill-fort’s existence. It was about this date that the British Kingdom of Strathclyde ceased to exist, being absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland. The place name Dundonald means "fort of Donald". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald, South Ayrshire
Dundonald ( Gaelic: ''Dùn Dhòmhnaill'') is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The village The village is mostly known for Dundonald Castle, which was built in the 14th century by King Robert II, on the ruins of a stone castle built in the late 13th century by Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. It served the Scottish kings for 150 years. The ruins of Old Auchans Castle lies nearby, the previous residence of Susanna Montgomery, Lady Eglinton. In Dundonald Woods near the old Hallyards Farm are the ruins of Kemp Law Dun, an Iron Age vitrified hillfort, close to the site of St Mary's Chapel. Since 1945, it serves mostly as a dormitory town for the larger towns in the area. The parish church The present church (NS 366 343) was built in 1803, however the first recorded church was present in 1229 when it was gifted to the convent at Damilling and later to Paisley Abbey, with whom it stayed until the Reformation. ;Views in and around Dundonald File:The Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald Church
Dundonald Church is a conservative evangelical church located in the Wimbledon area of the London Borough of Merton, London. In a new purpose-built building in Raynes Park, Dundonald is committed to preaching the Bible in keeping with the Reformed Evangelical tradition known as Calvinism. Dundonald is a part of the Co-Mission Initiative, a church-planting network in London, which houses its offices in the Church building. Since its founding, Dundonald Church has grown from 30 to around 750 regular adults, as well as 350 under 18s. The Senior Pastor of Dundonald Church is Richard Leadbeater, taking over from Richard Coekin in September 2024, who had been Senior Pastor for 28 years. Dundonald Church meets on Sundays, with three gatherings at 10am, 4pm and 6:30pm, with provision for children aged 0-11, at the 10am and 4pm services. History The Church was originally planted as "Emmanuel Dundonald" in 1990 by Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon, and met at Dundonald Primary School in Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald (ship)
''Dundonald'' was a British four-masted steel barque measuring 2,205 gross register tons launched in Belfast in 1891. It was involved in a wreck in 1907 in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Only 15 of its 28 crew survived; they were rescued seven months later by a scientific expedition. Wreck After setting sail from Sydney, Australia, bound for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom on 17 February 1907 with a cargo of wheat, the ship was forced onto rocks during a squall on 7 March 1907 on the west coast of Disappointment Island, 5 miles northwest of the Auckland Islands of New Zealand, and sank. Shipwrecked crew Only 17 members of the 28 crew managed to escape the wreck and reach shore. One man, Walter Low, made the shore but slipped off the cliff back into the sea and was never seen again. Another, the mate Jabez Peters, died of exposure on 25 March 1907, eighteen days after the disaster. He was buried in the sand, but in November 1907, members of the 's crew exhum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Dundonald
Royal Air Force Dundonald or more simply RAF Dundonald is a former Royal Air Force station located in South Ayrshire, Scotland, three miles north-east from the coastal town of Troon. During its brief existence during the Second World War the airfield was used for training purposes, most notably by 516 Squadron providing air support for commando and assault troop training. History The airfield opened in March 1940 as a relief landing ground (RLG) for nearby RAF Prestwick. At that time Prestwick was occupied by No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School (12 EFTS) and the RLG was mainly used by novice pilots practising circuits and bumps in de Havilland Tiger Moth trainers. For this purpose only the most basic airfield facilities were required, and RAF Dundonald had two short grass runways which were later reinforced with Sommerfeld Tracking. Author John Harris has suggested there is evidence RAF Dundonald may have been the intended destination of Rudolf Hess who had to bail o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald Park
Dundonald Park is located in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It occupies a city block, with Somerset Street West to the north, Bay Street to the west, MacLaren Street to the south, and Lyon Street to the east. It was named after Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, who was the last British officer to command the Canadian militia. In June 2003, the City of Ottawa and in April 2004, the Canadian federal government put up memorial plaques in Dundonald Park commemorating the Soviet defector, Igor Gouzenko. It was from this park that Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; , GRC) is the Law enforcement in Canada, national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract to 11 Provinces and terri ... agents monitored Gouzenko's apartment across the street on the night men from the Soviet embassy came looking for Gouzenko. Image:DundonaldPark. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald Railway Station
Dundonald railway station was a station on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle in Northern Ireland. History The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 6 May 1850. It was located from Belfast Queen's Quay. The station was closed on 24 April 1950, (just under a month off of exactly 100 years of service) by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The station buildings were demolished following the removal of the line. Today the site of the station is now on the Comber Greenway that runs on part of the old railway from Belfast to Comber Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Cas .... Routes References * * * Disused railway stations in County Down Railway stations in Northern Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald House
Dundonald House is a government building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Built in 1962 it housed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Prison Service until 2023 when the building closed on safety grounds. It is a grade B+ listed building and survived an application for its demolition in 2024. Description Dundonald House was built in the early 1960s to a design in the International Style by Belfast architect Robert Hanna Gibson. It consists of two office blocks linked by an entrance cube; the seven-storey northern block is curved while the twelve-storey southern block is rectangular in plan. The building features canopies and roofscape of architectural interest. It is clad in Portland limestone. The site received protection as a grade B+ listed building in 2021. Use Dundonald House is situated in the Stormont Estate along with several other Northern Ireland Civil Service buildings. It was the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundonald, Mpumalanga
Dundonald is a village in Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... It was formerly part of the KaNgwane homeland. References Populated places in the Albert Luthuli Local Municipality {{Mpumalanga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
