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David Kavanagh (1 March 1887 – 5 August 1965) was an Irish hurler. His championship career with the Wexford team spanned the first two decades of the 20th century. [1] Kavanagh was born in Ballylucas, County Wexford to the former Mary Murphy and John Kavanagh. After a brief education he spent his working life as a farmer.
Kavanagh won a Leinster Club SHC medal in 1992 following a 2-13 to 0-13 defeat of St Rynagh's in the final. [2] Kavanagh first appeared on the inter-county scene with Wexford as goalkeeper on the minor team in 1991. [3] He made his senior team debut in National Hurling League and Oireachtas Tournament games in October 1995.
His clan of MacMurrough-Kavanagh began to regain some of their former territories in the 14th century, especially in the north of the county, principally under Art MacMurrough Kavanagh. He extended their territories and exercised control over County Wexford ( Irish : Contae Loch Garman ) and over County Carlow ( Irish : Contae Cheatharlach ...
Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh was born on 25 March 1831 at Borris House in County Carlow, the son of Thomas Kavanagh MP and artist Lady Harriet Margaret Le Poer Trench, daughter of the second Earl of Clancarty. His father traced his lineage to the medieval Kings of Leinster through Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh. He had two older brothers Charles and ...
Bryan na Stroake was a member of the Carlow and Wexford Caomhánach branch of the MacMurrough Kavanagh dynasty.He married Mary Murphy of Wexford. [3] His son, John Baptist Kavanagh, Baron Gniditz in Bohemia, was made Count of the Holy Roman Empire on August 18, 1768, and his grandson, Maurice Ignatius Kavanagh, rose to the rank of Lt. General in the Austrian army.
Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.Construction on the castle commenced in the late 1190s and was first occupied by its Norman owners in 1203 A.D. on the site of a previous wooden castle they had erected some years earlier.
Vinegar Hill – view from Enniscorthy. Vinegar Hill (Cnoc Fhiodh na gCaor in Irish which translates as 'hill of the berry-tree'), a pudding-shaped hill overlooking the town, was the largest camp and headquarters of the rebels of 1798 who controlled County Wexford for thirty days against vastly superior forces, before their defeat on 21 June.
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