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Knockshigowna
Knockshigowna (''Cnoc Sí Ghabhna'' in Irish) and often spelled "Knockshegowna" locally is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is east of Ballingarry in the civil parish of Ballingarry. Sport Knockshegowna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballingarry, County Tipperary. The club are part of the North Tipperary GAA division. The club have been North Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions on nine occasions. In literature Knockshegowna Hill and its supposed fairies is the subject of Richard D'Alton Williams' poem ''The Fairies of Knockshegowna'' and ''The Legend of Knockshegowna'' by Thomas Crofton Croker. ''The Faerie Queene'' by Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; – 13 January 1599 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the House of Tudor, Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is re ... is said to have referred to the hill. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy
A fairy (also called fay, fae, fae folk, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic mythology, Celtic, Slavic paganism, Slavic, Germanic folklore, Germanic, and French folklore, French folklore), a form of Supernatural#Spirit, spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities. Myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources. Various folk theories about the origins of fairies include casting them as either demoted angels or demons in a Christian mythology, Christian tradition, as deities in Paganism, Pagan belief systems, as Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits of the dead, as Prehistory, prehistoric precursors to humans, or as spirits of nature. The label of ''fairy'' has at times applied only to specific Magic (su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockshegowna GAA
Knockshegowna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballingarry, County Tipperary, Ireland. The club's name comes from the townland of Knockshegowna to the east of Ballingarry. The club are part of the North Tipperary GAA division. The club have been North Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions on nine occasions. Achievements * Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship Winners (3)1969, 1993, 2006 * North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship Winners (2)1960, 1961 * North Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship Winners (11) 1934, 1957, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2006, 2013, 2015 * Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship Runners-Up 2005, 2006 * North Tipperary Junior B Football Championship Winners (2) 2003, 2007 * Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners (1) 1966 (with Lorrha) * North Tipperary Under-21 A Hurling Championship Winners (2) 1965 (with Lorrha), 1966 (with Lorrha Lorrha (from ) is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous language, indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English (language), English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and most have Irish-derived names. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. Townlands cover the whole island of Ireland, and the total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Placenames Database of Ireland as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands. Etymology The term "townland" in English is derived from the Old English word ''tūn'', denoting an enclosure. The term describes the smallest unit of land di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barony (Ireland)
In Ireland, a barony (, plural ) is a historical subdivision of a counties of Ireland, county, analogous to the hundred (county subdivision), hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. Baronies were created during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, replacing the earlier cantreds formed after the original Norman invasion of Ireland, Norman invasion.Mac Cotter 2005, pp.327–330 Some early baronies were later subdivided into half baronies with the same standing as full baronies. Baronies were mainly cadastre, cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Subsequent adjustments of county boundaries mean that some baronies now straddle two counties. The final catalogue of baronies numbered 331, with an average area of ; each county was divided, on average, into 10 or 11 baronies. Creation The island of Ireland was "shired" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormond Lower
Ormond Lower ( Irish: ''Urumhain Íochtarach'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Nenagh. The barony lies between Ormond Upper to the south-east (whose chief town is Toomevara) and Owney and Arra to the south-west (whose chief town is Newport). As a "peninsula", it is surrounded on three sides by counties Galway and Offaly. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue. While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they have been administratively obsolete since 1898. However, they continue to be used in land registration and in specification, such as in planning permissions. In many cases, a barony corresponds to an earlier Gaelic túath which had submitted to the Crown. The Earl of Ormond wrongly applied the name "Ormond" to two baronies as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (town), Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with eight counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 167,895 at the 2022 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Tipperary County Council is the local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two Riding (division), ridings, North Tipperary, North and South Tipperary, South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 Irish local elections, 2014 loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital city, capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island, with a population of over 1.5 million. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a Unitary state, unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President of Ireland, president () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (prime minister, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballingarry, North Tipperary
Ballingarry () is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and a townland in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the N52 road (Ireland), N52 between Borrisokane and Birr, County Offaly, Birr. Ballingarry townland has an area of , and had a population of 170 people as of the 2011 census of Ireland, 2011 census. Built heritage The Lismacrory Mounds are a collection of prehistoric (Bronze/Iron Age) sites located to the north of Ballingarry. Ballingarry House is a two-storey house which appears on Tipperary County Council's Record of Protected Structures (ref S21). Within the bawn walls of medieval Ballingarry castle, a structure containing 18 bee boles was built about 1820. Constructed of limestone, they were designed to keep Beehive#Traditional artificial hives, skeps for nearby Ballingarry House. The local Church of Ireland church was built in 1856 near the site of an earlier church. Sport and rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and Irish dance, dance, as well as the Irish language and it also promotes environmental stewardship through its Green Clubs initiative. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members, and declared total revenues of €96.1 million in 2022. The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendance. Gaelic football is also the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard D'Alton Williams
Richard D'Alton Williams (8 October 1822 – 5 July 1862) was an Irish physician and poet, "Shamrock" of the ''Nation''. Life He was born in Dublin, the son of James and Mary Williams, who came from Westmeath. He grew up in Grenanstown, a townland near the Devil's Bit in County Tipperary, where his father farmed for Count Dalton. He was educated at Tullabeg Jesuit College and St. Patrick's College, Carlow. He started contributing verses to the ''Nation'' in 1843. He was immediately successful; in the edition of 21 January 1843 there appeared: "''Shamrock'' is a jewel. He cannot write too often. His verses are full of vigour, and as natural as the harp of Tara". Later in 1843, he came to Dublin to study medicine. In 1848, with Thomas Antisell and Kevin O'Doherty, he brought out a newspaper, ''The Irish Tribune'', to take the place of the suppressed '' United Irishman'', founded by John Mitchel. Before the sixth weekly publication, it was seized by the Government, and proceedin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
