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unusual facts about Johnstown, County Kildare


John Devoy

A large memorial to him stands on the road between his native Kill and Johnstown.


1128 in Ireland

St. Laurence O'Toole, (1128 - 1180) or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, was born at Castledermot, County Kildare

Barry Smyth

During his career Smyth worked in senior positions in several well-known restaurants, amongst other in Roscoff Restaurant (Belfast), Antica Roma Restaurant (Belfast) and Kilkea Castle Hotel (Castledermot, County Kildare).

Basil Takach

Thirteen deaneries were created with the following seats: New York City, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Scranton, Hazleton, Johnstown, Punxsutawney, Pittsburgh, Homestead, Uniontown, Youngstown, Cleveland, and Chicago.

Bertram and Diana Firestone

For racing in Europe, they operated the 1,200 acre Gilltown Stud in Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland near the famous Curragh which they sold in 1989 to the Aga Khan IV for $14.2 million.

Bob's Return

Bob's Return was a dark brown horse with a small white star bred by the Baronrath stud at Straffan in County Kildare.

Bully's Acre, Dublin

In 1953 the arm ended up on display in the Hideout, a public house in Kilcullen, County Kildare, for many years.

Central Oak Heights

Ownership of the land passed through several churches when in 1946, the Evangelical Church merged with the United Brethren in Christ at a meeting in Johnstown, PA to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

Charles James Mathew

A Roman Catholic, he married in 1896, Anna, daughter of James Cassidy, of Monasterevin, County Kildare.

Chryss Goulandris

Although not tax resident in Ireland, one of her main homes is Castlemartin House and Estate near Kilcullen, County Kildare, which includes a horse stud facility and a Charolais cattle breeding operation.

Daylami

Through a joint ownership between his breeder, the Aga Khan IV, and Darley Stud, he stood as a sire at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland until 2006 when he was sent to his Haras de Bonneval stud at Le Mesnil-Mauger in France.

Diarmuid O'Neill

O'Neill was born and raised in London, the youngest son of Irish parents, Eoghan and Theresa "Terry" O'Neill who were originally from County Kildare and County Dublin.

Ed Cartwright

Edward Charles "Jumbo" Cartwright (October 6, 1859 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania – September 3, 1933 in St. Petersburg, Florida) was a Major League Baseball First baseman from 1890 to 1897.

Francis Joseph Charles O'Reilly

He died at Rathmore, County Kildare at age 91 on 11 August 2013, survived by his 10 children.

Fulton County, New York

In the mid-18th century, Sir William Johnson, founder of Fort Johnson in Montgomery County and of Johnstown, arrived in the area that would become Fulton County.

Herb Pfuhl

Pfuhl faced major challenges during his two decade long career as the elected chief of Johnstown, including population decline, the 1977 Johnstown flood and the collapse of the steel industry, which included one of the city's biggest employers, Bethlehem Steel.

Irish Cup

In the early years, Army regiments stationed in Ireland entered teams such as King's Own Rifles (Cork), three of which reached the final: the Gordon Highlanders in 1890, the Black Watch (Limerick) in 1892 and the Sherwood Foresters (Curragh, County Kildare) in 1897.

Jerry Davitch

Since 2004 he has served as the superintendent of schools in Richland Township, just northeast of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

John Grubb Richardson

At the age of eleven, he boarded for three years at Ballitore, County Kildare (the same Quaker school attended by Edmund Burke) before attending another Quaker school at Frenchay, Gloucestershire.

Johnstown, Dublin

Ulster Bank, newsagency, travel agency, cafe, florist and An Post sub-post office, auctioneers, hardware shop, boutique, EBS Building Society branch, Paddy Power bookmakers, Eurospar supermarket, pharmacist, Xtra-vision video rental store, The Graduate (Public house)

Joshua Allen, 5th Viscount Allen

Richard A. Allen, and grandson of John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen, he succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount Allen, County Kildare, and its subsidiary titles, on 10 November 1753, on the death of his brother the 4th Viscount who had died without issue.

Joshua Allen, 6th Viscount Allen

He succeeded to the titles of 6th Viscount Allen, County Kildare, and 6th Baron Allen of Stillorgan, on 1 February 1816.

KAME-TV

On June 20, 2012, Cox Media Group announced that it put KRXI and the LMA for KAME, along with stations in Steubenville, Ohio, Johnstown, Pennsylvania and El Paso, Texas, on the market following its purchase of four television stations in Jacksonville, Florida and Tulsa, Oklahoma from Newport Television.

Knox Mansion

The house was built in 1889 by the gelatine magnate and business woman, Rose Knox, who owned Knox Gelatine and the Knox Gelatine Factory which also resides in Johnstown.

Lenape settlements

In 1808-09 early European-American settlers to the area of what is now Jeromesville in Ashland County, Ohio, on the Jerome Fork of the Mohican River found Delaware people living at the old Mohican village of Johnstown (about three-fourths of a mile southwest of the present site of Jeromesville) near which was located the home of Old Captain Pipe.

Lisnavagh House

Daniel Robertson had already proved himself with his designs at Powerscourt Estate and Johnstown Castle, amongst several other places, and Lisnavagh was probably one of the last serious designs that he undertook.

Marty Radovanic

Marty Radovanic is a longtime news anchor on WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Nancy McIntosh

Her father was a member of the notorious South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which had been blamed in connection with the 1889 Johnstown Flood that resulted in the loss of over 2,200 lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Nurney GAA

Nurney is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Nurney, County Kildare, Ireland.

Parliament of Ireland

Over the centuries, the Irish parliament met in a number of locations both inside and outside Dublin - the first place of definitive date and place was Castledermot, County Kildare on 18 June 1264 some months earlier than the first English Parliament containing elected members.

Pennsylvania Highlands

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, a community college and vocational school with two branches located in Johnstown and Ebensburg, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

The community college is centered in the Johnstown suburb of Richland Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Proclaim!

The St. John Gualbert Television Ministry dates back to 1988 when Deacon John Sroka pitched the idea of a live hour long mass and launched it on Public-access television in Johnstown.

Other segments are hosted by Bishop Mark Bartchak of The Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, Adam Wood and Samantha Slezak.

Richland Mall

Richland Town Centre, formerly the Richland Mall, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Stackhouse Park

Stackhouse Park is a park in Westmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Johnstown.

Standard Steel Car Company

American Car & Foundry predecessor Michigan-Peninsular Car had produced steel frame cars beginning in 1897, American Steel Foundries produced steel cars in 1900, and the Cambria Steel Company opened a car plant at Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1901.

Syd Lieberman

He has created performances commissioned by the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution (for the National Air and Space Museum), Van Andel Museum Center, NASA, and Historic Philadelphia.

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood was a disaster that took place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on May 31, 1889.

Val Royal

He stood from 2003 through 2006 at Oak Lodge Stud in County Kildare, Ireland and was shuttled to Eliza Park stud near Kerrie, Victoria, Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons.

Walter de Riddlesford

Walter de Riddlesford (birth date unknown –1226) was an Anglo-Norman lord granted in Ireland the baronies of Bray, County Wicklow and Kilkea, County Kildare between 1171 and 1176.

WFGI

WFGI-FM, a radio station (95.5 FM) licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Wolfe Tone

He was baptised as Theobald Wolfe Tone in honour of his godfather, Theobald Wolfe of Blackhall, County Kildare, a first cousin of Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden.

WVKO

WVKO-FM, a radio station (103.1 FM) licensed to Johnstown, Ohio, United States


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