LISMORE
, a See also:market See also:town and seat of a See also:diocese in Co
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See also:Waterford, See also:Ireland, 43 M
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W.S.W. of Waterford by the Waterford and See also:Mallow See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western Railway
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Pop
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(19o1) 1583
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It is beautifully situated on a steep See also:eminence rising abruptly from the See also:Blackwater
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At the See also:verge of the See also:rock on the western See also:side is the old baronial See also:castle, erected by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John in 1185, which was the See also:residence of the bishops till the 14th See also:century
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It was besieged in 1641 and 1643, and in 1645 it was partly destroyed by See also:fire
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The See also:present fabric is largely See also:modern; while the See also:portico was designed by Inigo See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones
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To the See also:east, on the See also:summit of the height, is the See also:cathedral of St Carthagh, of various See also:dates
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There are portions probably of the 12th and 13th centuries, but the bulk of the See also:building is of the 17th century, and considerable additions, including the See also:tower and See also:spire, were made in the 19th
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There are a See also:grammar school, a See also:free school and a number of charities
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Some See also:trade is carried on by means of the See also:river, and the town is the centre of a See also:salmon See also:fishery See also:district
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The See also:original name of Lismore was Maghsciath
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A monastery founded here by St Carthagh in 633 became so celebrated as a seat of learning that it is said no fewer than twenty churches were erected in its vicinity
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The bishopric, which is said to have originated with this See also:foundation, was See also:united to that of Waterford In 1363
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In the 9th and beginning of the loth centuries the townwas repeatedly plundered by the Danes, and in 978 the town and See also:abbey were burned by the men of See also:Ossory
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See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., after landing at Waterford, received in Lismore castle the See also:allegiance of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland
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In 1518 the See also:manor was granted to See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh, from whom it passed to Sir See also:Richard See also:Boyle, afterwards See also:earl of See also:Cork
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From the earls of Cork it descended by See also:marriage to the See also:dukes of See also:Devonshire
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It was incorporated as a municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Charles I., when it also received the See also:privilege of returning members to See also:parliament, but at the See also:Union in 'Soo it was disfranchised and also ceased to exercise its municipal functions
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