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Rathcoole (from Irish Ráth Cúile 'corner/nook of the ringfort or Fort of Coole') [1] is a housing estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was built in the 1950s to house many of those displaced by the demolition of inner city housing in Belfast city. Rathcoole is within the wider Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough.
Monkstown is said to be the burial place of Fergus Mor Mac Eirc, king of Dal Riata. [7] which suggests a religious house was established in the 5th century CE. It possibly became a grange- a farm that was managed by a monastery, and was possibly associated with the monastery at Woodburn in Carrickfergus.
Newtownabbey Urban District was founded on 1 April 1958 to cover seven villages north of Belfast: Carnmoney, Glengormley, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Whiteabbey, Whitehouse and Whitewell. [2] Before this, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Belfast Rural District.
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Monkstown (Irish: Baile an Mhanaigh - 'the town of the monk', formerly anglicised as Ballinvannegh) [1] is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the old barony of Kerrycurrihy. It lies 14 kilometres southeast of Cork city on the estuary of the River Lee , facing Great Island and looking onto Monkstown Bay.
A man has admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a knife in an attack at the family home. Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death and Hannah Hunt ...
The following is a list of the monastic houses in West Yorkshire, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks ( Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller ).
Glengormley (from Irish Gleann Ghormlaithe, meaning 'Gormlaith's valley') [1] is a townland (of 215 acres) [2] and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.Glengormley is within the urban area of Newtownabbey bordering Belfast, and is located in the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area.