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2. Dingle Peninsula - Wikipedia

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   Conor Pass, which runs from Dingle on the south-western end of the peninsula towards Brandon Bay and Castlegregory in the north-east, is the highest mountain pass in Ireland, [citation needed] a narrow, twisting road; it weaves its way around the sharp cliff faces and past the high corrie lakes. The Blasket Islands lie off the west coast. They ...

3. Ballygally Castle - Wikipedia

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   Ballygally Castle is in the village of Ballygally, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Larne. The castle overlooks the sea at the head of Ballygally Bay. It is now run as a hotel and is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in Ulster. [1]

4. Blarney Stone - Wikipedia

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   The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446. The castle is a popular tourist site in Ireland, attracting visitors from all over the world to kiss the stone and tour the castle and its gardens. The word blarney has come to mean "clever, flattering, or coaxing talk".

5. List of castles in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   A castle located on the River Shannon in the town of Athlone, near the centre of Ireland, and possibly standing on the site of an earlier timber keep built by King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht in the 12th century, [128] The current structure began with the castle's donjon upon the motte and was later expanded upon via a curtain wall ...

6. Dunskey Castle - Wikipedia

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   Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland.

7. Celtic nations - Wikipedia

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   The 'Celtic' areas of the United Kingdom (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Cornwall) show the most genetic differences among each other. [42] The data shows that Scottish and Cornish populations share greater genetic similarity with the English than they do with other 'Celtic' populations, with the Cornish in particular being genetically ...