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Lahinch Golf Club

Lahinch Golf Club is a links golf course in western Ireland, in the town of Lahinch on the northwest coast of County Clare in northern Munster. It is situated approximately thirty-two kilometres (20 mi) northwest of the town of Ennis. In 2024, Golf Digest ranked the Old Course at Lahinch #27 on their list of the world's greatest golf courses. It was founded 134 years ago in 1892 by Alexander W. Shaw and Richard J. Plummer, officials of Limerick Golf Club. They laid out an 18-hole course, the original course had ten holes on each side of the road. It has been described as the "St. Andrews" of Ireland. The original links was laid out by Old Tom Morris; Alister MacKenzie, who co-designed Augusta National Golf Club, redesigned the Old Course and extended the links in 1927 for a fee of £2000. Lahinch is actually two 18-hole courses, the Old Course, is between the road and the sea, situated at the opposite side of the road from the Old Course is the Castle Course. The Castle Course is a flatter links named after the ruins of a nearby castle tower that stands to the north of the course. One unusual feature of the Old Course is the presence of goats which are allowed to roam freely across the course. They were originally owned by a caddie who lived near the course, and in 1956 a goat was incorporated into the club's logo. Lahinch Golf Club is home to the South of Ireland Championship, an amateur golf tournament which began in 1895. Notable winners include Joe Carr in 1969, Darren Clarke in 1989, Paul McGinley in 1991 and Graeme McDowell in 2000. Ireland's Pádraig Harrington finished runner up on two occasions. Lahinch Golf Club hosted the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, which was played on 4–7 July. The tournament was hosted by Paul McGinley and won by Jon Rahm. The course will host the 2026 Walker Cup match. References External links Official website Worldgolf Guide Lahinch Course Guide European Tour – 2019 Irish Open
Lahinch Golf Club

De Lahinch Golf Club is een Ierse golfclub aan de westkust van County Clare, net ten noorden van Lahinch. Het golfterrein ligt aan weerszijden van de weg naar Liscannor (de R478) en omvat twee linksbanen van achttien holes, een aan elke kant van de weg. De baan tussen de zee en de weg is de Old Course of Championship Course. Aan de andere kant van de weg ligt de kortere Castle Course, zo genoemd vanwege een nabijgelegen ruïne van een kasteeltoren. De links van Lahinch worden weleens het St. Andrews van Ierland genoemd. GolfDigest rekent ze tot de honderd beste banen van de wereld; ze staat op nr. 65 in de lijst van 2016-17. Eigen aan de baan zijn de geiten die er vrij mogen rondlopen. In het embleem van de club komt dan ook een geit voor, en in 2017 werd een bronzen beeld van een steigerende geit onthuld ter gelegenheid van het 125-jarige bestaan van de club. Geschiedenis De club is in 1892 gesticht door Alexander Shaw en Richard Plummer. De baan telde oorspronkelijk negen holes aan elke kant van de weg. In 1894 werd de linksbaan aangelegd naar een ontwerp van Old Tom Morris. In 1926 werd deze Old Course heraangelegd door de bekende golfbaanarchitect Alister MacKenzie. De aanleg van de Castle Course begon in 1963. Deze baan, ontworpen door John D. Harris, was oorspronkelijk 9 holes lang. In 1975 werd ze verlengd tot 18 holes. De Old Course is vanaf 1999 heraangelegd door Martin Hawtree. Toernooien Op Lahinch wordt jaarlijks het South of Ireland Championship voor amateurgolfers gehouden, dat onder meer gewonnen is door Darren Clarke (1990), Paul McGinley (1991) en Graeme McDowell (2000). Externe link Website van Lahinch Golf Club
Black Castle (County Wicklow)

Black Castle (irisch An Caisleán Dubh) ist die Ruine einer Niederungsburg in der Stadt Wicklow im irischen County Wicklow. Die Ruine liegt unmittelbar südöstlich des Hafens. Geschichte Nach der anglonormannischen Eroberung Irlands in den 1170er-Jahren erhielt Maurice FitzGerald die Siedlung Wicklow. Er ließ das Black Castle als landwärts gewandte Festung am Hafen errichten. In der Rebellion von 1641 war die Burg kurz in den Händen der Clans O’Byrne, O’Toole und Kavanagh, wurde aber bald aufgegeben, als sich die englischen Truppen der Stadt näherten. Sir Charles Coote, 1. Baronet, der die englischen Truppen führte, ließ nachweislich die Stadtbevölkerung aus Rache „wild und unterschiedslos“ hinschlachten. Einer dieser Akte „mutwilliger Grausamkeit“ soll gewesen sein, dass eine unbekannte Zahl von Leuten in ein Gebäude der Stadt verbracht wurde, das dann absichtlich in Brand gesetzt wurde, sodass alle Leute darin verbrannten. Auch wenn kein schriftliches Dokument dieses besondere Detail von Cootes Angriff verzeichnet, soll eine schmale Gasse, die in der Gegend „Melancholy Lane“ genannt wird, der Ort sein, an dem diese Begebenheit stattfand. Einzelnachweise Quellen J. Cleary, A. O’Brien: Wicklow Harbour: A History. Wicklow Harbour Commissioners, Wicklow 2001. Weblinks
Lambert Puppet Theatre

The Lambert Puppet Theatre & Museum was a puppet theatre located in Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland. It was a family-run business established in 1972 by Eugene Lambert, and hosted an international puppet festival annually. It produced children's television series on Radio Telefís Éireann such as Wanderly Wagon. After the death of Eugene Lambert in 2010, the theatre was run by his son, Liam. On 28 August 2015 the building was badly damaged in an arson attack, which caused damage with a cost in excess of €150,000. On 13 November 2015, the theatre re-opened to the public with re-built puppets, for the Christmas performance of Aladdin, however this re-opening was not to last, and it closed permanently in 2018. References External links Puppet theatre's website
Lapp's Island

Lapp's Island was once an island in the River Lee. It is now joined with the island which forms the center of Cork City, Ireland and refers to the eastern tip of that island. It was apparently named after an owner in the 17th century. The island had probably been reclaimed from swamp at that time. In the 18th century it was separated from the main island by a canal which roughly followed what is now Parnell Place. It was fully joined to the main island by 1832. Custom's House, at the eastern extremity of the island, sits on what was called the tongue of Lapps's Island, and the modern Lapp's Quay sits on the southern shore of Lapp's Island. References
Laraghbryan

Laraghbryan (Irish: Láithreach Briúin) is the site of an old monastic settlement, cemetery and ruined church, 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) west of Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It is in a civil parish of the same name. It is the site of a graveyard which is in use by the Roman Catholic Parish of Maynooth. The ruined church consists of a nave and chancel with a tower attached, most of the ruined structure was part of a church built in Norman times, however this church was built on the site of a previous ecclesiastical settlement. In 1770 when the first Duke of Leinster restored Saint Mary's Church of Ireland in Maynooth, the wooden East Window was removed from Laraghbryan and installed in Saint Mary's, where it is today. Laraghbryan Cemetery While most of the burials in the graveyard were from the 19th century, in the 20th century, usage was increased by the development of the Maynooth parish. There is a wall separating the old graveyard and new cemetery, however, burials still take place in the old graveyard. Prior to the opening of the College Cemetery in Maynooth, in 1817, a number of professors of the college were buried here: Rev. Charles Lovelock A.M., Rev Clotworthy Augustine McCormick (d 1807) and Rev Edward Ferris DD. The Baronet Sir William Talbot BL, MP (for Meath 1613–1615) and a freeman of Dublin, was buried here in 1634. Domhnall Ua Buachalla, the last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (1932–36), was buried here in 1963. References
Saint Laurence Gate

The Saint Laurence Gate is a barbican which was built in the 13th century as part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda in Ireland. It is a barbican or defended fore-work which stood directly outside the original gate of which no surface trace survives. It has been described as one of the finest of its kind, and is designated as a national monument. The original names for Laurence Street and Saint Laurence Gate were Great East Street and Great East Gate, respectively. In the 14th century, the street and gate were renamed because they led to the hospital of Saint Laurence, which stood close to the Cord church. Structure The structure consists of two towers, each with four floors, joined by a bridge at the top, and an entrance arch at street level. Entry is gained up a flight of stairs in the south tower. There is a slot underneath the arch from where a portcullis originally could be raised and lowered. Historians have wondered why such a large barbican was built in the east of the town, when the main artery through the town has always been north/south. For comparison, a similar barbican in Canterbury is less than half the height of Saint Laurence Gate. However, from the top of the Gate, the estuary of the Boyne and a four-mile stretch of river from there to Drogheda can be observed. This is therefore the only point in the town with a clear view of a potential sea invasion. The structure was built in the late 13th-century and heightened by two storeys in the 15th century with the addition of the top connecting arch and battlements. The earliest pictures of Laurence's Gate show that there was a raised lookout platform at the top of the south tower to provide an even higher vantage point. Events Music at the Gate is held during the warmer months of the year. A variety of performances are hosted by the nonprofit Music at the Gate organisers. Gallery References
Puerta de San Lorenzo

La Puerta de San Lorenzo es una barbacana que se construyó en el siglo XIII como parte de las fortificaciones amuralladas de la ciudad medieval de Drogheda en Irlanda. Se trata de una barbacana de vanguardia que se encontraba directamente fuera de la puerta original de la que no sobrevive ningún rastro.​ Ha sido descrita como una de los mejores de su tipo,​ y está designada como monumento nacional.​ Los nombres originales de la calle Lorenzo y Puerta de San Lorenzo fueron Calle Grande del Este y Gran Puerta del Este, respectivamente. En el siglo XIV, se cambió el nombre de la calle y la puerta porque conducían al hospital de San Lorenzo, que se encontraba cerca de la iglesia de Cord.​ Estructura La estructura consta de dos torres, cada una con cuatro pisos, unidas por un puente en la parte superior, y un arco de entrada a nivel de la calle. La entrada se gana por un tramo de escaleras en la torre sur. Hay un hueco debajo del arco desde donde originalmente se podía subir y bajar un rastrillo. Los historiadores se han preguntado por qué se construyó una gran barbacana en el este de la ciudad, cuando la arteria principal que la atraviesa siempre ha sido norte/sur. En comparación, una barbacana similar en Canterbury tiene menos de la mitad de la altura que la Puerta de San Lorenzo. Sin embargo, desde la parte superior de la Puerta, se puede observar el estuario del Boyne y un tramo de río de cuatro millas desde allí hasta Drogheda.​ Este es, por lo tanto, el único punto en la ciudad con una visión clara de una posible invasión por mar. Las primeras imágenes que se tienen de la Puerta de San Lorenzo muestran que había una plataforma elevada formando un mirador en la parte superior de la torre sur para proporcionar un lugar de observación aún más alto.​​ Una parte de la muralla de la ciudad aun permanece al sur de la Puerta de San Lorenzo. Al norte de la Puerta, la muralla llegaba hasta el Palace St/King St, donde hoy se encuentra un sendero. La profundidad de los sótanos de las casas y el Centro de Educación Continua en King Street sugieren la presencia de un foso profundo fuera de la pared. A lo largo de los siglos, cuando las paredes y las puertas se deterioraron, las piedras de los escombros se reutilizaron en edificios posteriores. Por ejemplo, la casa y las paredes en la esquina de la calle Lorenzo y Palace Street y las paredes de piedra en Francis Street. Las imágenes más antiguas muestran que una caseta de peaje y una casa de entrada permanecieron hasta principios del siglo XIX. La tienda situada al lado de Laurence's Gate era una tienda de bicicletas a principios del siglo XX. El buzón verde data de una época en que había una oficina postal allí. Galería Referencias
St. John's Hospital, Limerick

St. John's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Eoin) is an acute general voluntary hospital located in the city of Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland. St. John's Hospital is governed and managed independently by its own hospital board in accordance with its constitution. Although it is independently managed, St. John's Hospital is one of six hospitals that form UL Hospitals Group. It is near the city centre, close to St John's Cathedral. History The hospital, founded by Lady Lucy Hartstonge, was built on the site of an old barracks and opened as the Fever Hospital of Saint John in 1781. The hospital was formally established by the St. John's Hospital Limerick Act 1781 (21 & 22 Geo. 3 (I). c. 13 (I)). The Sisters of the Little Company of Mary took over the management of the hospital in 1888. The emergency department was replaced by a minor injuries unit in 2013. References Further reading Devane, John (1970). A history of St. John's Hospital Limerick. Dublin University Press. Bennis, Patricia (2009). St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital, 1780-1890. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1443813938. External links Official website
Croom Hospital

Croom Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Croom) is an orthopaedic hospital in Croom, County Limerick, Ireland. It is managed by UL Hospitals Group. History The hospital has its origins in the Croom Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1852. It became Croom County Hospital in 1924, St Nessan's Orthopedic Hospital in 1956 and the Mid-Western Regional Orthopedic Hospital in 2006. Following the establishment of the Graduate Medical School at the University of Limerick, it became the Croom Hospital in 2013 when the hospitals in the greater Mid-West Region became part of a single operating and governance structure known as the UL Hospitals Group. References External links Official website
Cherry Orchard Hospital

Cherry Orchard Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Ghort na Silíní) is a public hospital in Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland. History The hospital, which was commissioned to replace the aging Cork Street Fever Hospital, opened in November 1953. By the 1980s immunisation programmes had reduced the incidence of infectious diseases and the hospital expanded the range of medical services it provided to include psychiatric and rehabilitation services. After the government implemented cuts to services at the hospital in 2010, there were protests organised against Mary Harney, the Health Minister, on behalf of the Save Cherry Orchard Hospital Campaign. A new child and adolescent mental health facility opened at the hospital in 2013. Services The hospital has a containment laboratory capable of testing for the deliberate release of the biological agent Bacillus anthracis. See also Cherry Orchard, Dublin References
St. Kevin's Hospital

St. Kevin's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Caoimhín) was a psychiatric hospital in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. History The hospital, which was originally commissioned as an annex to Our Lady's Hospital, was designed by William Henry Hill and opened in 1899. The new annex was a substantial facility in its own right and it initially accommodated 490 patients. It was renamed St. Kevin's Hospital in the mid-20th century. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline. However electroconvulsive therapy was still used on patients in the late 1990s and in 1999 the Inspector of Mental Hospitals reported that conditions in the hospital were "most unsatisfactory". After services transferred to Mercy University Hospital, St. Kevin's hospital closed in 2002. It subsequently became derelict and was badly damaged in a fire in 2017. In 2021 clearance from An Bord Pleanála allowed the Land Development Agency to move ahead with plans for residential development at the site. References
St. Brigid's Hospital

St. Brigid's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Bríd) was a psychiatric hospital in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by William Murray, opened as the Connacht District Lunatic Asylum in 1833. After a redrawing of the asylum district boundaries in 1850, it was renamed the Ballinasloe District Asylum. New wings were completed in 1871 and 1882. As it expanded conditions became very overcrowded with nearly 1,200 patients by the early 1900s and, having been renamed Ballinasloe Mental Hospital in the late 1920s, it accommodated some 2,000 patients by the 1950s. The facility became St. Brigid's Hospital in the 1950s. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 2013. References
Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana

Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana is a co-educational voluntary Catholic secondary school, located in Buncrana in County Donegal, Ireland. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1933 and continues to have a Catholic ethos under the trusteeship of the Catholic Education an Irish Schools Trust (CEIST). It had 788 students in 2021. The school's current principal teacher is Rosaleen Grant. History Scoil Mhuire was established in 1933 initially as a female post-primary school under the patronage of the Sisters of Mercy. The sisters had already purchased Rockfort House, a large detached country house and land. This house was of early nineteenth-century date that was the seat of the Stewart\Stuart family. This site remains the location of Scoil Mhuire to date. The sisters used Rockfort house both as a convent and as a school. This included a boarding school for students from rural areas considered too far away for daily travel. As both the numbers of pupils and Sisters of Mercy grew, Rockfort House became too small. The decision was made to build a new purpose-built convent. It was designed by Dublin architect Simon Aloysius Leonard. The foundation stone was laid on 2 February 1952, and the sisters moved into the new building on 23 September 1953. The original building, Rockfort House, became the Boarding School. In 1966, the then Minister for Education Donogh O'Malley, announced that from 1969 all children would be entitled to free education. The decision was therefore made by the Sisters of Mercy for Scoil Mhuire to become co-educational, teaching both girls and boys. With this expansion came the need for a larger school building. The new building was opened in 1973. The school stopped taking in boarders and the original Rockfort House was knocked down to make way for a new extension in the early 1990s. The Sisters of Mercy closed their convent in 2012 and the convent building was subsequently converted to teaching space. In 2020 it was announced by the then Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, that substantial new building works had been approved by the Department of Education. This will include three science labs with preparation areas, two mainstream classrooms, two special education teaching rooms. Notable former pupils Grainne Gallanagh, Irish model, Miss Universe Ireland 2018. Participant in Dancing with the Stars 2020. Claire Irwin, Quantity Surveyor on Room to Improve, the architectural renovation TV series broadcast on theRTÉ One. John Maguire, Director of International Relations and Cooperation of France Médias Monde and a member of the Executive Board of the Association for International Broadcasting. He is a former Paris correspondent for RTÉ and The Irish Times. Killian McLaughlin, Zoologist, Conservationist and Lawyer. Known in the media as ‘The Bearman of Buncrana’. Mark Timlin, association footballer with Derry City and Finn Harps. References
St. Fintan's Hospital

St. Fintan's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Fintan) is a psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by William Murphy, opened as the Maryborough Asylum in 1833. It was extended in 1865 and again in 1898. It became Portlaoise Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Fintan's Hospital in the 1950s. In the 1950s and 1960s the hospital's own football team, St. Fintan's Hospital GAA, had some success in local competitions. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline; however the hospital remained open and a contract was signed for major refurbishment works at the hospital in October 2018. On 15 April 2020, it was reported that, of the 25 people in their care, 8 patients had died of Covid-19 during the Easter weekend in the Maryborough Centre for Psychiatry of Old Age at St Fintan's Hospital. References
St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick

St. Joseph's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Seosamh) is a psychiatric hospital in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Limerick Asylum in January 1827. It became Limerick Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Joseph's Hospital in the 1950s. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline. However, despite calls for its closure, the hospital continues to offer rehabilitation services. Archives In March 2013, the St. Joseph's Hospital Archive Collection was transferred from the Health Service Executive to Limerick City Archives on long-term loan, at a ceremony attended by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan TD. The collection spans the institution's history from its foundation in 1827, and includes committal forms, minute books, inspection reports and staff records. It contains approximately 10,000 committal forms and documents the institution's successive renamings: from Limerick District Lunatic Asylum, to Limerick District Mental Hospital in 1923, and to St. Joseph's Hospital in 1959. The minute books survive from the first committee meeting in 1827 to the final meeting in 1960, when the institution was taken over by the Limerick Health Authority. As part of the project, oral history interviews were recorded with former staff members and made available through Limerick Archives. Campus redevelopment In October 2023, HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare announced that a new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) centre and Hub Day Hospital would be developed on the St. Joseph's Hospital campus on Mulgrave Street, following a Mental Health Commission inspection of mid-west CAMHS services in June 2022. In December 2025, Limerick City and County Council granted planning permission for a four-storey primary care centre on the front of the Mulgrave Street site. The development is planned to include a general practitioner surgery, a BreastCheck clinic, dental services, chronic disease management facilities, consulting rooms, a café, and 110 car parking spaces. The HSE has also indicated the wider campus will be redeveloped as an administrative hub for local health services, alongside the planned mental health day hospital and rehabilitation facility. References
St. Senan's Hospital

St. Senan's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Senan) was a psychiatric hospital in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. History The hospital, which was designed by James Bell and James Barry Farrell in the Italianate style, opened as the Enniscorthy Asylum in 1868. It became Enniscorthy Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Senan's Hospital in the 1950s. After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline and closed completely in 2015. Planning permission for the development of private housing was granted in March 2022. References