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unusual facts about Martin Brennan


Martin Brennan

Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927), American Roman Catholic priest and scientist


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Mick Lawler started the Kilkenny revival with a point before Martin Brennan exploited a mistake by Cork goalkeeper Paddy Barry and goaled for Kilkenny on the stroke of half-time.

Hill of Tara

The mound's passage is shorter than the long entryways of monuments like Newgrange, which makes it less precise in providing alignments with the Sun; still, Martin Brennan, in The Stones of Time, states that the daily changes in the position of a 13-foot (4-m) long sunbeam are more than adequate to determine specific dates.


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