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Arklow Abbey Cistercian monks — from Wyresdale; founded before 1204; dissolved 1205, transferred to Abington: Arcloa; Arkelo; Envermor; Invermor: Arklow Priory Dominican Friars founded 1264 by Thomas Theobald fitz Walter, Pincerna (Butler) of Ireland, buried here; dissolved 1539; granted to John Travers 1544 The Holy Cross The True Cross [1
Arklow Port 2014. Arklow (/ ˈ ɑːr k l oʊ / ARK-loh; from Old Norse Arnkell-ló 'meadow of Arnkell'; [2] Irish: An tInbhear Mór, lit. 'the great estuary') is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century.
Wyresdale Abbey: Cistercian monks — from Furness and Savigny founded 1193 (c.1196), site possibly granted by Theobald Walter who appropriated a church to the new foundation between 1193 and 1196; transferred to Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, then to Abingdon, Co. Limerick;
Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century. Rathdown Castle. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Largely intact late 14th/15th-century castle marking the boundary of the Pale.
Shelton Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shelton) on the north bank of the Avoca near Arklow County Wicklow, is a penal institution operated by the Irish Prison Service (IPS). Shelton Abbey was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Wicklow until 1951 when financial difficulties forced William Howard, 8th Earl of Wicklow to sell the estate to the Irish State.
This is a list of the townlands in County Wicklow, Ireland. There are approximately 1,370 names in the list, and duplicates occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in County Wicklow. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list Townland Acres Barony Civil parish Poor law union ...
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Arklow: Aughrim: The Most Sacred Heart, Aughrim 1890 Constituted from Arklow Aughrim: Avoca: Ss Mary and Patrick, Avoca St Kevin's, Ballycoog (chapel of ease) St Patrick's, Barranisky (chapel of ease) St Joseph's, Templerainey (chapel of ease) Constituted prior to 1777 Avoca: Castletown: St Patrick's, Castletown 1974 Constituted from Arklow ...