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Naomh Fionnbarra GAA (Louth)

Naomh Fionnbarra GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is located in the townland of Ballynagassan, part of Togher parish. As of 2026, the club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3A of the county football Leagues. Francis Nugent is the manager of the senior team. History The club was founded in 1957 when St Colmcille's of Togher and neighbouring club Walshestown Rovers amalgamated. Clinching the Old Gaels Cup in 1997 as Intermediate League winners ensured that Naomh Fionnbarra would play Senior football for the first time. Naomh Fionnbarra's victory in the replayed final of the 2001 Louth Intermediate Football Championship was their most significant to date, as the 0–15 to 1–08 win against Seán McDermott's gave the club a first ever adult Championship title. Naomh Fionnbarra Ladies' football team won the 2011 Louth Junior Championship and the Louth Intermediate Championship in 2022. The club shares pitches and facilities with fellow parish side St Anne's Camogie club. Honours Louth Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2001 Louth Intermediate Football League (3): 1980, 1983, 1997 Dealgan Milk Products Shield/Grogan Cup (3): 1981, 1982, 2003 Louth Junior Football Championship (3): 2010, 2015, 2020 Louth Junior A Football League (6): 1960, 1963, 1971, 2008, 2011, 2014 Kevin Mullen Shield (1): 2014 Louth Junior 2A Football League (1): 1968 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4B) (1): 1997 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4C) (1): 2012 Louth Minor Football Championship (2): # 1982, 1985 Louth Minor B Football Championship (3): § 2011, ‡ 2015, 2023 # Shared with Baile Philib (Dunleer parish combination team) § Shared with St Kevin's ‡ Shared with Lann Léire Inter-county players Naomh Fionnbarra players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include: Paddy Shevlin Peter Shevlin David Reilly John Doyle John Osborne Nigel Shevlin Hugh Osborne William Woods References
St Kevin's GAA (Louth)

St Kevin's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is located in the townland of Philipstown, just over 2 miles from the town of Dunleer in mid-Louth. As of 2024, the club competes in the Louth Intermediate Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues. Fellow Dunleer parish club Lann Léire are local rivals. In November 2023 Paddy Carr was announced as the club's new senior football team manager. Ganson Building & Civil Engineering Ltd., a construction company co-founded by former St Kevin's player David Rogers, has been appointed to build the new Louth GAA stadium in Dundalk. Ganson previously built the Louth GAA Centre of Excellence in Darver. History The club was founded in 1948. By winning the Louth Junior Football Championship in 1968, the St Kevin's reached the Senior ranks of Louth football for the first time. The club has finished runner-up twice in the final of the Louth Intermediate Football Championship. Firstly in 2000 to Dreadnots and then in 2022, when defeated by Cooley Kickhams. In Ladies' football, St Kevin's compete at Senior Championship level and won the 2022 Division 2 League title. St Kevin's also field Camogie teams at adult and juvenile levels. Honours Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 1990 Dealgan Milk Products Shield (2): 1990, 1997 Louth Junior Football Championship (4): 1968, 1989, 2006, 2016 Louth Junior A Football League (4): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1988 Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies/Kevin Mullen Shield (2): 1987, 2018 Kevin Mullen Plate (1): 2012 Louth Minor Football Championship (1): ‡ 1982 Louth Minor 'B' Football Championship (2): ‡ 2011, § 2014 Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (1): 1957 Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 1996 Louth Junior 2C Football Championship (1): 2019 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4D) (1): 2015 ‡ Shared with Naomh Fionnbarra § Shared with Baile Talún Inter-county players St Kevin's players who have represented Louth at inter-county level include: Dickie Kieran Benny Grogan Con Sands John Boylan Stephen Matthews Paul Brennan Cian Callan TJ Doheny Evan Maher References
John's Hall

John's Hall (Irish: Halla Eoin), also known as Birr Town Hall (Irish: Halla an Bhaile Biorra) is a municipal building in John's Mall, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. The building is currently used by the Irish Heritage School as their lecturing and exhibition venue. History The building was commissioned by Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, whose seat was at Birr Castle, to commemorate the death of his son, John Clere Parsons, who died of scarlet fever in August 1828, aged 26. The building was designed by Bernard Mullins in the neoclassical style and was inspired by the Temple on the Ilissus at Athens. It was built in ashlar stone at a cost of £1,100 and completed in 1833. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing onto John's Mall. It featured a short flight of steps leading up to a full-height portico formed by four fluted Ionic order columns supporting an entablature and a pediment. There was a square-headed doorway with an architrave, surmounted by a panel commemorating the short life of John Clere Parsons at the back of the portico, and the side elevations, of five bays each, were fenestrated by sash windows with architraves. A mechanics' institute, established to provide adult education for local people, was instituted in the building at an early stage. A Russian cannon, captured at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, was presented to the town by the former Secretary of State for War, Lord Panmure, and installed to the southeast of the building in 1858. A statue of the astronomer, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who built several giant telescopes, was designed and sculpted by John Henry Foley and unveiled in front of the building by the Countess of Rosse on 21 March 1876. A megalithic monument known as the "Seffin Stone", which had originally been located at Seffin to the south of Birr, was installed just to the southwest of the building in June 1974. The historian, Geraldus Cambrensis, referred to it as Umbilicus Hiberniae or the "Navel of Ireland", while Archbishop James Ussher claimed that it marked the "Centre of Ireland". The building was used as a meeting place by Birr Urban District Council until 2002, and then as the meeting place of the successor town council, with the council offices located behind the main building, but it ceased to be the local seat of government when the council relocated to Saint John's Convent of Mercy in Wilmer Road in summer 2006. John's Hall, which has always remained in the ownership of the Birr Castle Estate, was leased to the Irish Heritage School, established in 2010, as their lecturing and exhibition venue, in 2019. References
Callan Augustinian Friary

The Callan Augustinian Friary (Irish: Mainistir Agaistínigh Challainn) is an Augustinian friary in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Originally founded in the 15th century, it is located in what is known locally as the "Abbey Meadow", in the north-east of the town, on the banks of the Kings River. The friary forms part of the Callan Heritage Trail, which opened in May 2024. History In 1461, Edmund MacRichard Butler successfully petitioned Pope Pius II for the foundation of the friary. After Edmund died in 1462, the buildings were erected by his son, James Butler who is regarded as the founder of the monastery. The foundation date of the friary is typically given as 1471, is likely to have actually been two or three years earlier, in 1468 or 1469. In 1472 the friary became observant—its community adopted the fashion then spreading across Europe for the strictest observance of the monastic rules — and in 1479 it became the centre of the Irish Observant Congregation. The friary was dissolved and its lands confiscated by the order of Henry VIII in 1540. It passed into the hands of the Earls of Ormond. The history of the Augustinians in Callan from 1540 - 1766 is now lost, but it is known that members of the order returned to the monastery, and there is a wealth of documentary evidence indicating that Augustinian friars were resident in Callan from the mid 17th century. A new monastery for the Augustinian friars was founded in the town of Callan in 1766. This was closed by the order in Easter 2001. Architecture The friary church is a long, rectangular building with a central bell-tower. The east end or choir, is lit by an east window and in its south wall is one of the finest sedilia (a seat for officiating priests) in Ireland. While the domestic buildings and the cloister court no longer survive, a freshwater well remains on the grounds of the abbey. This well, known as "Saint Augustine's Well" or the "Abbey Well", is situated at the southern end of the abbey site in what is now usually referred to as Abbey Meadow. It is recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) as a holy well, with record number "KK026-010018-", and contains limestone gutter-spout which might have been part of the abbey. The well is a rectangular area of c. 1.2-3m surrounded by a wall with an opening to the south from where the water flows to join the King's River. The Callan-born poet, John Locke, described the well in his 1885 poem The Old Abbey Well. In the poem, he describes how "a drink from its depths [..] Would act on one's frame like a magical spell", and that "nothing in life so refreshing [..] As the water which shone in the old abbey well". According to local folklore, the water from the holy well was used as a cure for swellings and strains. See also List of National Monuments in County Kilkenny List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kilkenny) References Notes Sources
Enniscorthy Market House

Enniscorthy Market House (Irish: Teach an Mhargaidh Inis Córthaidh), also known as The County Council and Urban Council Offices (Irish: Oifigí na Comhairle Contae agus na Comhairle Uirbeach), is a municipal building in the Market Square, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. The building, which was used as the local market house through much of its life, is now used as a civic building. History The building was commissioned as a market house by the lord of the manor, John Wallop, 3rd Earl of Portsmouth, whose ancestors had been the principal landowners in the area since the late 16th century. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a cement render finish and was completed in the late 18th century. The original design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Market Square. It was arcaded on the ground floor so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. There were five round-headed openings with voussoirs and keystones on the ground floor, and five sash windows with window sills and architraves on the first floor. The two-storey structure had quoins at the corners and was surmounted by a hipped roof. Internally, the principal room was the assembly room on the first floor, which was used for concerts and public meetings from an early stage. During the battle of Enniscorthy, in May 1798, the rebel forces set fire to much of the town causing panic among local people: a loyalist, Thomas Rigley, was burned to death in the building. Meanwhile, a guard was mounted over a stockpile of arms and ammunition which was being stored there. The local Protestant minister, Richard Radcliffe, recorded that the assembly room was being used as a school by 1813. In 1908, an additional floor was added to the building, to a design by Thomas Aloysius Burke Lowey, to accommodate the local technical school. The building was further adapted, in 1973, for municipal use as the offices of Enniscorthy Urban District Council. The building continued to be used as the offices of the urban district council until 2002, and then as the offices of the successor town council, but ceased to be the local seat of government in 2014, when the council was dissolved and administration of the town was amalgamated with Wexford County Council in accordance with the Local Government Reform Act 2014. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, involving the creation of additional public space, was undertaken by Tom O'Brien Construction to a design by Aughey O'Flaherty Architects and completed in November 2020. References
Esker Friary

Esker Friary was a monastery established by the Dominican Friars – Regular Observance. Dominicans It was founded originally after 1622, on a site granted by Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, at the request of the Provincial, Fr Ross Mageoghegan, and other friars. As other Catholic entities it suffered during the Penal Laws. In 1715 a new monastery was established (the site of the exiting monastery). Esker was used at various times as a Novitiate and for formation of members of the order, where students would study philosophy. The friary established St. Dominic's College to educate students for professions. A chapel dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was built in 1844. In 1857 the friary became the main novitiate of the order in Ireland, ceasing as a novitiate in 1889. The Dominican friars left Esker in the late 19th century, handing the convent over to the Diocese of Clonfert in 1893, who used it for a short time for clerical training. Redemptorists – St. Patrick's Monastery The Redemptorists obtained the monastery from the diocese in 1901. The Redemptorists used Esker as a novitiate, with members going on to take degrees in University College Galway. It was announced the order were ceasing their mission in Esker in 2022. St Dominics Holy Well is situated in the grounds of the monastery. People associated with Esker Friary Anthony Caffry OP, founder and first pastor of St. Patrick's Washington, USA Anthony Dominic Fahy, missionary to Argentina, professed in Esker. Patrick Vincent Flood, DD, OP, (1844–1907), served as Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1889–1907). Damien Smith OP, a native of Galway, served as Prior of Esker and Provincial of Irish Province (1832–1836) and was instrumental in providing education to all classes from Esker. References
Waterloo Round Tower

The Waterloo Round Tower is a folly bell tower in Waterloo village in Ballygibbon townland, 2 kilometers north of Blarney in county Cork, Ireland. It is situated next to St. Mary's church on a hill, and overlooks the River Martin and the 18th-century Putland's Bridge which predates the tower. The tower was built in 1843 to resemble mediaeval round towers which are common in Ireland, but is otherwise unrelated to them. History The foundation stone was laid on July 27, 1836 by a local parish priest, father Matt Horgan, based on the design by John Windele. The foundation was a gift to the parish by the landlord at the time, named Putland, after whom a nearby bridge is also named. Father Horgan, whose choice of the design was prompted by his studies of the origins of ancient Irish monastery towers, died in 1848 and is said to have been buried in the grounds of the church and the tower. Design The tower narrows towards the top following a barrel shape curve, anecdotally because of the draining of funds towards the end of the construction, which earned it the moniker "Father Matt's Butterchurn". The four-stage construction is built of rubble stone, with raised entrance modelled on the mediaeval towers, small elongated window openings, two incisions ("1843" and the name "Matthew" in Gaelic script), and a belfry at the top. Renovation In 2009, the tower was renovated at the cost of EUR 35,000, following an 18-month effort and fund rising by the local community Waterloo Renewal Group, including from Heritage Council (Ireland) grants. The bell was automated, and the area around the tower was revamped. A climbing walkway leading to the tower and a picturesque sloping garden were built. The tower was re-dedicated in August 2009 by Archbishop Dermot Clifford of Cashel. The tower is catalogued under the identification RMP CO062-200002- by the Record of Monuments and Places. References
Macamish Fort

Macamish Fort is one of several Napoleonic batteries built along the shores of Lough Swilly in county Donegal, to defend the north west of Ireland. It was part of a scheme to fortify Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle against French Invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was completed between 1812 and 1813. It was built on a rock outcrop overlooking the lough. It comprises a Martello Tower mounting a single gun and battery mounting three guns. The fort was originally entered by a drawbridge. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the defences were neglected and not updated. By the 1860s the Fort was obsolete and disarmed. The fort remains substantially intact, and is now in use as a private residence. References Publications Paul M. Kerrigan (1995). Castles and fortifications in Ireland, 1485–1945. Collins Press. ISBN 1898256128. Col K W Maurice-Jones, 1959. The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army, Royal Artillery Institution, London
Disert Oenghusa

Disert Oenghusa (neu-irisch Díseart Aonghasa, An Díseart) ist eine Klosterruine westlich von Croom im County Limerick in Irland. Das Kloster wird 1083 erstmals in den Annalen der vier Meister erwähnt, als einer seiner Äbte starb. Es wurde wahrscheinlich noch Ende des 8. Jahrhunderts durch den großen Reformer Óenghus (Angus) der Culdee gegründet, der zwischen 815 und 824 starb. Die gegenwärtige Kirchenruine stammt zwar aus dem 15./16. Jahrhundert, aber sie integriert Teile einer älteren Kirche, wie an den großen Wandsteinen und dem zerbrochenen Sturz über der Türöffnung der Südwand zu erkennen ist. Die Kirche war mindestens bis 1418 in Gebrauch. Der Ostgiebel ist ein später Anbau und der Westgiebel wurde noch vor 1869 wieder aufgebaut. In unmittelbarer Nähe steht ein etwa 20 m hoher Rundturm (Cloigtheach an Dísirt) mit einer halbkugeligen Verzierung an der rundbogigen Türöffnung. Bei der Ausgrabung fand man im Tonboden des Rundturms menschliche Knochen. Siehe auch Liste der Rundtürme von Irland Literatur Peter Harbison: Pre-christian Ireland. From the first Settlers to the early Celts (= Ancient peoples and places Bd. 104). Thames & Hudson, London 1988, S. 147 ISBN 0-500-27809-1. Einzelnachweise
Dísert Óengusa

Dísert Óengusa (Irish pronunciation: [ˈdʲiːʃəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːŋɡəsˠə]) is a medieval hermitage and National Monument located in County Limerick, Ireland. Location Dísert Óengusa is located 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) west of Croom, near the headwaters of the River Maigue. History Óengus of Tallaght (Óengus mac Óengobann, Óengus the Culdee, d. 824) is believed to have founded the hermitage in AD 780, leaving it two years later. It was associated with the Culdees (an ascetic movement). They founded small isolated hermitages in deserted places, sometimes called "dyserts". The monastery is mentioned in the annals for 1033. Some early ruins on the site have been dated to the early 11th century. The round tower was built in the 12th century. The present church, with antae, dates back to the 15th or 16th century. The church was abandoned in later centuries and fell into ruin. Local folklore claimed the tower had been erected in a single night by a witch. It was visited and sketched by John Windele in 1833. Restoration work was carried out in 2019. Remains The tower is 20.65 m (67.7 ft) tall with a diameter of 5.28 m (17.3 ft) and a Romanesque doorway 4.6 m (15 ft) above ground level. The church is a simple rectangle 15.5 m (51 ft) by 5 m (16 ft). References
Clodiagh Gaels GAA

Clodiagh Gaels is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Killeigh, County Offaly, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the village of Killeigh, on the Laois-Offaly border, Clodiagh Gaels GAA Club was founded in 2015 following an amalgamation between the clubs representing Killeigh and Killurin; it is named for the Clodiagh River. Both clubs had already united at juvenile and underage levels as Na Fianna, however, dwindling player numbers forced the clubs to join up at adult level. The new club initially operated at intermediate level in hurling and at junior level in football. Success was immediate, with Clodiagh Gaels winning an Offaly IHC and JAHC double in 2016. The club achieved top flight status after winning the Offaly SBHC title in 2021. Honours See below: Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship (1): 2021 Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2016 Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship (1): 2016 Offaly Junior A Football Championship (1): 2018 Offaly Junior C Football Championship (1): 2020 Notable players Liam Langton: Christy Ring Cup-winner (2021) References External links Clodiagh Gaels GAA website
Jüdischer Friedhof (Cork)

Der Jüdische Friedhof der irischen Stadt Cork liegt circa fünf km westlich des Stadtzentrums und ist auch unter dem Namen Curraghkippane Cemetery (irisch Reilig Churrach Cheapáin) bekannt. Er liegt neben dem christlichen Friedhof, von dem er durch eine Mauer getrennt ist. Von dem Friedhof aus hat man nach Süden einen Blick über das Tal des River Lee. Das Gelände wurde von der jüdischen Gemeinde Corks 1885 erworben; die ersten Begräbnisse fanden 1887 statt. In den Jahren 1914 und 1947 wurde er erweitert. Wegen des seit Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts erfolgten starken Rückgangs der jüdischen Bevölkerung in Cork wurden gegen Ende des Jahrhunderts Teile zurückgegeben und als christlicher Friedhof genutzt. Der Friedhof besteht aus den zwei Teilen Old Cemetery und New Cemetery. Dazwischen steht das Taharahaus, das 2006 eingeweiht wurde. Auf dem alten Friedhofsteil sind über 300 Gräber, darunter auch jüdische Opfer des Schiffuntergangs der Lusitania. Siehe auch Liste jüdischer Friedhöfe in Irland Einzelnachweise Weblinks [1] Kurzbeschreibung, Daten bei www.jewish-heritage-europe-eu