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• Glentaisie
  ...[[Rathlin Island]]. Renowned for her beauty, she was bethrothed to Congal, heir to the Kingdom of Ireland, however the King of Norway also sought her hand
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• Inishmore
  ...840, making it the largest of the Aran Islands in terms of population. The island is famous for its strong Irish culture, loyalty to the Irish language, and ...sh word ''Árainn'' means "long ridge" which is an apt description for the island. The name lenited, so the expected name would be ''Inis Mhór''. ''Árainn'
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• Lough Ree
  ...and, Lough Ree - geograph.org.uk - 412934.jpg|right|Thumb|250px|At Leveret Island]] ...the remains of several ancient churches. In Irish legends, it was on this island that Queen Maeve ('Medb') was killed. The Viking king Turgesius controlled
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• Slebech
  ...Philipps and was created a Baronet in 1828 and Baron Milford in 1847. His heir was his half-brother, the Reverend James Henry Alexander Philipps (formerly ...h Park|accessdate=2009-10-31}}</ref> although it is known locally as ''Dog Island'' because it was reputedly where pets were buried.<ref name="wildlife">{{ci
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• Castleblayney
  ...poiled by the Irish Free State government, so that for several decades the Island was a wilderness and environmental eyesore. The woods were only reinstated
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• Remenham
  ...ish covers the starting point of the Henley Royal Regatta course; [[Temple Island]]. Remenham Club is a private members club for rowers, with a good view of ...to Sir William Lovelace – later created Lord Lovelace of Hurley. Later heir John Lord Lovelace in 1693 died heavily in debt, and in 1695 Sir Henry John
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• Auchenharvie Castle
  ...tegic importance to these early settlers, standing out as it does, like an island above the mosses.<ref name="Rackham">Rackham, Oliver (1976) ''Trees and Woo ...rt Cunynghame, apothecary / druggist in [[Edinburgh]], is stated to be the heir to Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Cunynghame of Auchenharvie. She was Robert'
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• Althorp
  Following the death of Princess Diana in 1997, she was interred on a small island in the middle of the ornamental Round Oval lake. A Doric-style temple with ...-the-heir-to-the-Althorp-estate.html|title=Earl Spencer's concern over the heir to the Althorp estate|publisher=''The Telegraph''|date=5 November 2012|acce
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• Dalmeny House
  ...tions, as a result of the 5th Earl's 1878 marriage to Hannah, daughter and heir of Meyer de Rothschild.<ref name=Scotgaz/> Much of the French furniture and ...-as-way.4531786.jp |title='Chain ferry' floated as way to restore historic island link |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=26 September 2008 |author=Hazel Mol
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• Howth
  ...of the Earl of Howth. In retaliation, she abducted the Earl's grandson and heir, and as ransom she exacted a promise that unanticipated guests would never ...of Conservation, lies about ⅔ mile north of Howth harbour, with [[Lambay Island]] some three miles further to the north. A Martello tower exists on each of
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• Ascog House
  |island=Isle of Bute ...name=Kay/> Archibald MacArthur Stewart also died without children, and the heir in accordance with the entail of the Stewart Estate was an American citizen
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• Crookhaven
  ...village in [[County Cork]], on the most south-western tip of the [[Ireland|island of Ireland]]. A winter population of about forty swells in the summer to ab ...tion with the area ended around 1665, on the death of Sir Thomas's son and heir Sir Samuel.<ref>Burke, John ''Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England,
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• Nuneham Courtenay
  ...verlord", Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon. She too died without an heir, but in 1310 King Edward II granted Newenham to Hugh de Courtenay, 9th Earl ...at Newenham. A map of 1707 shows a flash lock on the channel past a small island opposite the appropriately-named Lock Wood. In 1716 it was repaired at the
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• Clifden
  ...fden Harbour included marble, corn, fish and kelp. However, John's son and heir, Hyacinth, lacked his father's abilities and confrontations with his tenant ...t-guard station, the islands of [[Inishturk South|Inishturk]] and [[Turbot Island|Turbot]] and the town.<ref name="InfoIreland"/>
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• Victoria Park, Middlesex
  ...a bed of revolutionary ferment, and the more genteel homes of [[Hackney]], heir to a centuries-old legacy of religious dissent and non-conformism that led ...The original architect for the park, Pennethorne, designed a bridge to the island that matched the style of the pagoda; this was never built, however, and du
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• Castle Hill, Filleigh
  ...riers, Abraham Moggeridge. From the castle can be seen to the west [[Lundy Island]] and at a closer distance, Bampfylde Clump to the north in [[North Molton] ...d all other lines of descent from the 4th Earl of Arran have died out, his heir presumptive to the earldom is currently a very distant and elderly cousin,
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• Sausmarez Manor
  ...s is one of the most ancient fragments of unrepaired Norman masonry in the island and can be fairly confidently dated to the mid 13th century. ...widows walk, from which can be had a fine view of the greater part of the island.
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• Westport House
  ...the [[Carrowbeg River]] just above the point where it enters the shallow, island-strewn hazards of [[Clew Bay]], opening into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. ...ces, and garden views overlooking Clew Bay, the Atlantic Ocean and [[Clare Island]], and inland to [[Achill]] and [[Croagh Patrick]].
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• Dromoland Castle
  ...in 1651. His eldest son Donough, born to Conor and Maire Rua in 1642, was heir to Leamaneh Castle and to the family claim on Dromoland. In addition, Dono ...]], which, at this part of the country, resembles a large inland lake with island, making Dromoland one of the most beautiful and desirable residences in Ire
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• Holme Pierrepont
  The word "Holme" comes from the Old English and Old Norse words for a small island or low-lying land by a river. "Pierrepont" is French for "Stone Bridge", an *1257 – Sir Henry Pierrepont marries Annora de Manvers, heir to Holme, and the name Pierrepont becomes attached to the hamlet
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