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Beaulieu House and Gardens (/ ˈ b j uː l i / [3]) is an estate in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.It was thought to be built in the 1660s, [4] although later research seems to suggest it was built around 1715 incorporating elements of an earlier structure, [5] and it includes a terraced walled garden. [6]
The management of the River Boyne estuary channel by the Drogheda Harbour Commissioners (1790–1997) and their commercial successor Drogheda Port Company, since 1997, has been a feature of the last 150 years, with major dredging work beginning in the 1830s following the Alexander Nimmo report of 1826.
The Encumbered Estates' Court was established by an act of the British Parliament in 1849, the Incumbered Estates (Ireland) Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 77), to facilitate the sale of Irish estates whose owners, because of the Great Famine, were unable to meet their obligations. [1]
There are 54 studs within the county, including the Dollanstown Stud and Estate, which is one of the most expensive private properties in Ireland. Race courses within the county include Navan , Fairyhouse and Bellewstown, which host both National Hunt and Flat horse races, such as the Brownstown Stakes , the Bobbyjo Chase , the Lismullen Hurdle ...
Aghada is within the Cork East Dáil constituency. Aghada power station was originally built in the early 1980s and produced up to 577 MW through the burning of natural gas and diesel. An additional gas-powered 430 MW CCGT unit was completed in 2010, [3] making Aghada station one of the largest power stations in the Republic of Ireland. [4]
a "parliamentary barony" was a rank of the peerage of Ireland, giving the right to sit in the Parliament of Ireland an "administrative barony" or cantred was a unit for taxation purposes [ 4 ] Over the centuries, these senses diverged, and many administrative baronies were not associated with feudal or noble titles. [ 4 ]
After 1963, the Oldcastle line was left to deteriorate. [15] Most tracks west of Navan were ripped up but a single-arch bridge, Cooney's Bridge, built over the line in the late 1800s remains intact to this day (the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage argues that the bridge was built in 1880 [16] but carvings in the bridge's stonework clearly date it back to 1862).
Improve existing articles relating to Ireland, Create needed articles relating to Ireland, and; Provide information in standardised format so that there is consistency for articles on places in, or related to Ireland. Articles and categories relating to Ireland are extensive and work needs to be/is being done across a multitude of areas.