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  • An ancient Irish poem called ''Agalllamh na Senorach'', first recorded in the 13th century, ...cottish isles broke away completely from the [[Isle of Man]] and became an independent kingdom, before being ceded to the Scottish crown in 1266 by the Treaty of
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  • ...miles but such a route passes over a series of stretches of water in the [[Irish Sea]].) ...style/yesterday-was-a-1261628.html|title=yesterday was a ...|publisher=The Independent|date=1997-05-17}}</ref>
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  • ...h century. Irish monks introduced her order to Scotland. ''Kil'', from the Irish ''cill'', means church or burial place, ultimately from the same root as "c *Independent / Evangelical:
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  • ...t was built in just over a year at a cost of £80,000 and was Nash's first Irish commission. It is two stories high and has two large towers to the East and **[http://www.cookstownimc.org/ Cookstown Independent Methodist Church].
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  • ...rford]], and on to [[Dublin]]; the first time an English king had stood on Irish soil, and the beginning of Henry's conquest of Ireland. In 1180 was built a ...2009-01-15}}</ref> Shipping operations in Milford Haven are managed by the independent Milford Haven Port Authority as a trust port. The port authority has respo
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  • ...he Fylde coast north of the Ribble's final discharge of its water into the Irish Sea. *Independent / Evangelical:
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  • ...ritish sovereignty. The few settlers there were allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernet's settlement, William Dickson, appointed as the Islands' g ...|title=Explorers fail to strike oil in test sites off Falklands |work=The Independent |location=London |date=30 March 2010 |accessdate=9 June 2010 | first=Nick |
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  • |irish=Baile Átha Cliath ...and the midst of County Dublin's coast. Dublin is the biggest city in the Irish Republic and its commercial, cultural, intellectual and political centre.
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  • ...a self-governing British [[Crown Dependencies|Crown Dependency]], in the [[Irish Sea]] between the islands of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]], within the ...and Lord of Mann", since the lordship of Mann was once separate and indeed independent. The Queen is represented by a Lieutenant Governor.
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  • ..., High Dean of the Isles wrote: "This Ile is callit ''Ellan Skiannach'' in Irish, that is to say in Inglish the wyngit Ile, be reason it has mony wyngis and ...matthews.org.uk/Ravenna_Cosmography/group34.html "Group 34: islands in the Irish Sea and the Western Isles 1"] kmatthews.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2008.</re
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  • The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and its history of the consolidati ...Northern Ireland. Likewise, the Church of Scotland has been preserved as independent. The continued existence of institutions distinct from those in the remain
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  • ...origins. A chapel is said to have been established by the 6th/7th century Irish monk, Saint Mirin at a site near a waterfall on the White Cart Water known *Independent evangelical:
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  • ...itionally believed to mean "fort of Blane". This early saint, known in Old Irish as Bláán, flourished probably in the late 6th century. His main seat was ...ensive spa and therapeutic bath facilities, these are all now housed in an independent modern building to its side.
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  • |irish=Corcaigh ...isher=Cmrc.ucc.ie |date=|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref> The city is a major Irish seaport; there are quays and docks along the banks of the Lee on the city's
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  • The manuscript becomes independent of the other recensions after the entry for 975. The book, which also had a ...le is the only lengthy contemporary description of it. Welsh, Pictish and Irish chronicles refer to the battle, but with just a line, and the long account
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  • ...y Bryn]] on the eastern side of the valley, has far reaching views over [[Irish Sea]] and the [[Isle of Man]] is visible on a clear day. The Roman road fro ...status building from the 14th century, possibly contemporary with the last independent princes of Wales or with the early decades after the Conquest. No defensive
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  • ...erdaron was colonised early, as a wave of Iron-age settlers explored the [[Irish Sea]], probably around the 4th century BC. The construction was wholly defe ...ize-1590561.html |title=R S Thomas Nominated for Nobel Prize|publisher=The Independent|date=9 July 1995|accessdate=16 October 2010}}</ref> and he was widely regar
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  • ...lsh as ''Evrawg'' (Modern Welsh ''Efrog''). It is known as ''Eabhrac'' in Irish Gaelic and ''Eabhraig'' in Scottish Gaelic. ...ive Viking trading routes throughout northern Europe. The last ruler of an independent Jórvík, Eric Bloodaxe, was driven from the city in the year 954 by King E
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  • Its name is from the Irish language; ''Inis Eoghain'' means "Island of Eoghan". ...tly covered in bogland, the highest of which is [[Slieve Snagh]] (from the Irish, meaning ''Snow Mountain'') which reaches 2,030 feet above sea level.
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  • ...e [[River Dovey]] in the south to [[Anglesey]] in the north and from the [[Irish Sea]] to a boundary shifting back and forth in the east. The rival kingdom ...oadening to become a general reference to the Irish people as a whole. The Irish, especially the [[Leinster|Laighin]], are known to have colonized and/or co
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