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Lurcher, illustration from The Sportsman's Cabinet by William Taplin, 1803; engraved from a painting by Philip Reinagle. A lurcher is a crossbred dog resulting from mating a greyhound or other sighthound with a dog of another type such as a herding dog or a terrier. The lurcher is not a "breed," but is a generic descriptor of a group of varying ...
Dublin 23.53 IE0000713: Dublin Bay (North) Dublin 1474.35 IE0000206: Dublin Bay (South) Dublin 741.8 IE0000210: Glenasmole Valley: Dublin 149.23 IE0001209: Howth Head: Dublin 374.72 IE0000202: Ireland's Eye: Dublin 40.34 IE0002193: Knocksink Wood: Dublin, Wicklow 87.89 IE0000725: Lambay Island: Dublin 404.19 IE0000204: Malahide Estuary: Dublin ...
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is Ireland's largest wild mammal and could be considered its national animal. A stag appeared on the old £1 coin. The wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) enjoys an exalted position as "King of All Birds" in Irish folklore, but is the villain in the tale of Saint Stephen
It is situated about 20 km (12 mi) south of Dublin city centre on the east coast, and parts of the town's northern outskirts are in County Dublin. [3] It has a population of 33,512 making it the tenth largest urban area within Ireland (at the 2022 census ). [ 1 ]
A painting of Rathgar castle by Gabriel Beranger.. Rathgar in the Middle Ages was a farm belonging to the Convent of St Mary de Hogges, at present-day College Green. [3] At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Rathgar was granted to the Segrave family: they built Rathgar Castle, ownership of which subsequently passed to John Cusacke, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1608.
James Collins' 1913 book Life in Old Dublin notes that "Centuries ago (Stoneybatter) was called Bothar-na-gCloch". In Joyce's Irish names of places we find the following interesting information as to the original name of the place: "Long before the city had extended so far, and while Stoneybatter was nothing more than a country road, it was -- as it continues to be -- the great thoroughfare to ...
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Loughshinny (/ l ɒ x ˈ ʃ ɪ n i / lokh-SHIN-ee; Irish: Loch Sionnaigh, meaning 'lake of the fox') [2] is a small coastal village in northern County Dublin, Ireland, between Skerries and Rush. Loughshinny's more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of Drumanagh and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the ...