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Dungarvan Castle dates to at least the early 13th century Food riot in Dungarvan during the Great Famine.(The Pictorial Times, 1846)Evidence of ancient settlement in the Dungarvan area includes standing stone, ringfort, bullaun and reputed paleolithic burial sites in the surrounding townlands, including in Luskanargid, Kilgreany, Kilrush and Mapestown.
The Tipperary Leader; The Tipperary Vindicator; The Tipperary Voice; The Tipperaryman; The Waterford Chronicle (1804–1872) The Waterford People and The Dungarvan People – sister papers, existed in 2008; The Western Journal; The Wexford Echo; The Youghal Tribune – sister newspaper of the Dungarvan Observer; The Cavan Times [90]
He is a trade unionist with Unite the Union in Dungarvan, having served on its youth committee until 2017. He was also a founding member of Laochas, a youth mental health organisation in Waterford, and was also involved with Dungarvan's credit union. [1] He has an MA degree from the University of Galway. [4]
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George Gerard Lennon was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford on 25 May 1900. [2] His parents were George Crolly Lennon, manager of the local gas works, and Ellen (Shanahan) Lennon. He was the second of five siblings. At the time of the 1911 census, the family lived on Grattan Square, Dungarvan in a two-storey home at 81 O'Connell Street, Dungarvan.
In 2011, he upset a number of his own party colleagues when he negatively compared embattled Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach Brian Cowen to former Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] By 2012, Varadkar's tendency to make "off the cuff" remarks led to the Evening Herald describing him as "gaffe-prone".
Dungarvan Town Council, previously known as Dungarvan Urban District Council, was responsible for administration and some public services in Dungarvan, County Waterford. Records date the establishment of town commissioners in Dungarvan to 1855, [ 3 ] being replaced by an urban district council in 1899. [ 4 ]
Municipal District LEA Definition Seats Metropolitan District of Waterford City: Tramore–Waterford City West : Islandikane, Killoteran, Pembrokestown, Tramore; and the electoral divisions of Ballybricken, Bilberry, Centre A, Centre B, Cleaboy, Custom House B, Ferrybank, Gracedieu, Military Road, Newports Square, Shortcourse and The Glen, as specified in the Waterford County Borough (Wards ...