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Boyle (/ ˈ b ɔɪ l /; Irish: Mainistir na Búille [8]) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located at the foot of the Curlew Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county . Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery , the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also close by.
The history continued to be full of incident, in the 1220s Boyle became involved in what was termed ‘The Conspiracy of Mellifont’ when that abbey and its various daughter houses attempted to break away from Norman control.<B.W. O'Dwyer><Letters from Ireland 1228-9> After that was resolved the abbey was attacked on a number of occasions such ...
The Boyle River is a river in Ireland. Forming part of the Shannon River Basin, it flows from Lough Gara on the Sligo/Roscommon county border and thence through the town of Boyle to Lough Key. From there is continues eastwards through the village of Knockvicar to the River Shannon at Lough Drumharlow, near Carrick-on-Shannon.
Boyle barony loosely corresponds to the ancient Gaelic kingdom of Magh Luirg an Dagda (Moylurg), the "plain of the tracks of Dagda.". In the 1585 Composition of Connacht, Boyle barony was confirmed as the possession of the Mac Diarmada, except for those parts which belonged to the Queen (then Elizabeth I) or the Church of Ireland.
In 1903, the house became one of the residences of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 11 August 1902 to 11 December 1905. [10] In 1918, the house was raided by Irish Republican Brotherhood members in order to procure arms. [11] Rockingham House again burned down in a fire started by an electrical fault in 1957.
The Annals of Boyle (Irish: Annála Mhainistir na Búille, IPA: [ˈan̪ˠaːlə ˈwanʲəʃtʲəɾʲ ˈnˠə ˈbˠuːl̪ʲə]), also Cottonian Annals, are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years up to 1253. It is considered one of the works that forms The Chronicle of Ireland, although in summary form compared to others.
Blasket Center – Dunchaoin, County Kerry – interpretation center for native language, culture and tradition of Blasket Islanders. Boyle Abbey – Boyle, County Roscommon – 12th century Cistercian Monastery. Brú na Bóinne – Donore, County Meath Neolithic monuments and interpretative centre. Cahir Castle – Cahir, County Tipperary
Irish road bowling. [5]1661: Modern chemistry founded by Robert Boyle with the publication of The Sceptical Chymist. [6]1662: Boyle's law discovered by Robert Boyle. [7]1680s: European adaptation of Drinking chocolate - Hans Sloane. [8]