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unusual facts about Kells, Dumfries and Galloway



2007 in birding and ornithology

There were eleven deliberate killings by illegal poisoning of Red Kite in Scotland in 2007; although incidents appear to have decreased in the Dumfries and Galloway Red Kite project area.

Agriculture in Scotland

The biggest plantations and timber resources are to be found in Dumfries and Galloway, Tayside, Argyll and the Scottish Highlands.

Archibald Thorburn

He taught Otto Murray Dixon and Philip Rickman (both in Nature in Art's collection), and he encouraged the young Donald Watson when he came to visit him in Dumfries and Galloway.

Bailieborough

Surrounding areas include the scenic vantage point of Lough an Lae, the beautiful scenery and nature of castle lake and town lake which is situated at the heart of the town, the parishes of Killan and Knockbride and the towns of Kells, County Meath, Shercock, Kingscourt, Virginia, County Cavan, Mullagh, Cootehill, and Cavan also surround Bailieborough.

Bus Éireann route 108 provides three journeys each way (one each way on Sundays) between the town and Kells via Mullagh and Moynalty.

Baron Vaux of Harrowden

He resides at Rusko, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, and is a farmer and a former councillor for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Big Burns Supper

The Big Burns Supper (launched in 2011) is an annual contemporary arts festival held in Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Breast cancer survivors' dragon boating

Paddlers for Life Scotland South West was formed in March 2010 and is based on Loch Ken, Dumfries and Galloway.

Bus Éireann

The National Development Plan included a large expansion in commuter services, especially in the greater Dublin area, and so the company greatly increased services on routes such as Dublin/Drogheda/Dundalk, Dublin/Ashbourne, Dublin/Ratoath, Dublin/Dunshaughlin/Navan/Kells/Cavan.

Closeburn railway station

Closeburn railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries, serving a rural community with Wallace Hall school and Closeburn Castle nearby.

Dunboyne

The Division consisted nine brigades: 1st Brigade (south Meath & north Kildare); 2nd (Navan & Trim); 3rd (Kells, Virginia & Mullagh); 4th, Delvin; 5th (Mullingar & north Westmeath); 6th, Edenderry; 7th (Naas & south Kildare); 8th Fingal; and 9th (Drogheda & south Louth).

Bus Éireann route 109 provides two journeys a day in the morning to Kells via Dunshaughlin and Navan and two return journeys in the evening.

Eskdalemuir Observatory

The Eskdalemuir Observatory is located near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

George Semple

It lies above the River Blackwater, a tributary of the River Boyne, just outside the early ecclesiastical town of Kells in the northwest of County Meath.

Gretna Green

It is in Dumfries and Galloway, near the mouth of the River Esk and was historically the first village in Scotland, following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh.

Kells, County Meath

For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee “On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses” in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also “New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol.

Dick Farrelly Songwriter most famous for his song, The "Isle of Innisfree", 1952 hit for Bing Crosby and theme of the film, "The Quiet Man".

Kells, Dumfries and Galloway

The estate subsequently belonged to the Gordons, of Lochinvar, of whom Sir John was created Lord of Lochinvar and Viscount Kenmure, in 1633; but it became forfeited to the crown in the time of William, the sixth viscount, who was attainted for his participation in the rebellion of 1715, and beheaded on Tower Hill, London, in the following year.

KidZui

Kells used childhood developmental principles to form a content screening protocol where content is first determined to be appropriate for children, and then classified by age for developmental level and reading ability.

Matthew Barrett

Born in County Kerry, Ireland, he attended the Christian Brothers School in Kells, County Meath, and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 1981.

Oldcastle, County Meath

It provides transport to neighbouring towns and villages of Mountnugent, Ballyjamesduff, Virginia and Kells.

It is located in the north-west of the county near the border with Cavan, approximately 21 km from Kells.

Rheged

Place-name evidence from Dunragit (possibly "Fort of Rheged") suggests that, at least in one period of its history, Rheged extended into Dumfries and Galloway.

Tailtiu

According to the Book of Invasions, Tailtiu was the daughter of the king of Spain and the wife of Eochaid mac Eirc, last Fir Bolg High King of Ireland, who named his capital after her (Telltown, between Navan and Kells).

TSS Caledonian Princess

Built for the North Channel route from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, to Larne, County Antrim, linking the west of Scotland with Northern Ireland, she was the first car ferry on the route.

Whithorn F.C.

Whithorn Football Club were a football team from the village of Whithorn, in The Machars area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.


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