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unusual facts about Roxboro, Limerick



1887 Meath Senior Football Championship

Dowdstown, as county champions, went on to represent Meath in the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, also the first All-Ireland Championship, but lost to Commercials of Limerick in the First Round.

1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Bernie Forde collected and went on a solo-run before kicking the ball past Tommy Quaid and into the Limerick net for the first goal of the day.

Adelphi Whisky

The distillery was operated by the Gray family until 1880, when it was acquired by Messrs A. Walker and Co, a company who already owned large distilleries in Limerick and Liverpool.

Bishop Kearney

Daniel O'Kearney (died 1778), Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe

The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin.

Bowen Construction

The Group had operations throughout the island of Ireland and the UK with main offices in Cork, Dublin and London (through its subsidiary Bowen PLC) as well as smaller regional offices in Limerick, Belfast and Waterford.

Bus Éireann

Additional services within Ireland include city services in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and town services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Dundalk, Navan and Sligo.

Camanche, California

Once called Limerick, the town became Camanche (after Camanche, Iowa) in 1849.

Cashel, County Tipperary

Dermod O'Hurley of Limerick, a distinguished student of the university of Louvain in the Duchy of Brabant and professor at Reims in France, was appointed in 1581 by pope Gregory XIII.

Channel South

Channel South is a cable television channel operating in Cork, Limerick, and parts of County Kerry, County Waterford, County Clare and South Tipperary since November 2008, Republic of Ireland.

Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane

He succeeded his father in 1744 to estates in near Tandragee in county Armagh; near Lough Gur in county Limerick; at Basildon House in Berkshire; and near Tiverton in Devon.

Charles Warburton

He adopted the surname of Warburton (with the forenames Charles Mongan, or possibly Terrence Charles Mongan) by Royal Warrant in 1792 and, after serving as Dean of Ardagh (1790–1800) and then Clonmacnoise (1800–1806) was consecrated Bishop of Limerick on 13 July 1806.

Colour of My Soul

Among those three singers contributed with two solo tracks Anderson, Limerick and Peniston.

Diarmuid Scully

In 2005 he became Mayor of Limerick, the youngest person to do so since Thady Coughlan in 1975.

Dooradoyle

Several attempts have been made by Limerick City Council to expand its area of control to include Castletroy, Raheen, and Dooradoyle: all currently administered by Limerick County Council.

Dublin Evening Mail

The paper was an instant success, with first editor Joseph Timothy Haydn from Limerick seeing its readership hit 2,500 in a month, making it at that stage (when few could read, and the only people who bought papers were the gentry and aristocracy) the city's top seller.

Éamonn Grimes

Éamonn Cregan scored 2–7 and nearly single-handedly won the game for Limerick, however, it was not enough to stem the tide and Galway went on to win the game by 2–15 to 3–9.

Economy of Limerick

Traditionally Limerick's economy was mainly agricultural of which a lot of industry in the city was based around due to the citys proximity to the Golden Vale.

Frank Kelleher

That year he won his first Munster winners' medal following a provincial final defeat of Limerick.

Galtee More

Gubbins named the colt after Galtymore (Cnoc Mór na nGaibhlte), a mountain on the border of Limerick and County Tipperary.

Garda Síochána College

There are direct trains to and from stations like Dublin Heuston railway station (8 trains avg), Thurles (9 trains avg) Cork (4 trains avg) and Limerick (4 trains avg) daily.

Hunt Museum

The Limerick Custom House was the administrative centre for the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs and Excise) in Limerick and it was also the home of the Customs Collector in the eighteenth century.

IE 2700 and 2750 Classes

Otherwise the class operated all services from Limerick (save direct Limerick-Heuston Station trains) and services from Limerick Junction to Waterford .

Imelda Hobbins

She won an All Ireland minor medal with Galway in 1986, captained the Cyril Farrell trained St Raphael’s, Loughrea team to the 1988 All-Ireland schools championship, scoring 1-10 in the final against FCJ Bunclody, and scored two goals as Galway beat Limerick 3-4 to 1-5 in the 1988 All Ireland junior final.

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.

Kathleen Ryan

Vincent (Séamus) (1930–2005), a Benedictine priest at Glenstal Abbey, Sister Íde of the Convent of The Sacred Heart, Mount Anville, Dublin, Oonagh (who married the Irish artist Patrick Swift), Cora who married the politician, Seán Dunne, T.D. When Kathleen was an undergraduate at University College Dublin, she was introduced to the future Dr. Dermod Devane of Limerick.

Kevin Kiely

In March 2010 he called for a change to the law which bans selling alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day at a time when a rugby match was due to take place in Limerick city.

Limerick Boycott

Limerick Boycott 1904: Anti-Semitism in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2005.

Lough Neagh

In the 19th century, three canals were constructed, using the lough to link various ports and cities: the Lagan Navigation provided a link from the city of Belfast, the Newry Canal linked to the port of Newry, and the Ulster Canal led to the Lough Erne navigations, providing a navigable inland route via the River Shannon to Limerick, Dublin and Waterford.

Maureen Pryor

Maureen Pryor was born Maureen Pook in 1922 in Limerick, Ireland, to a Cockney father and an Irish mother.

Michael Hobart Seymour

He was born on 29 September 1800, the sixth son of John Crossley Seymour, vicar of Caherelly (d. 19 May 1831), who married in January 1789 Catherine, eldest daughter and coheiress of Rev. Edward Wight, rector of Meelick in Limerick.

Murder of Shane Geoghegan

Local TD and Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea, came under pressure to secure changes to the law and greater resources to tackle Limerick city's gangland crime.

Nicholas Purcell of Loughmoe

On 9 May 1691, a French convoy reached Limerick with General Charles St. Ruth, two lieutenant-generals, d'Usson and de Tessé, and Brigadier Luttrell and Colonel Purcell, and also a considerable quantity of arms, ammunition and supplies.

North Carolina Highway 144

The first NC 144 was established in 1921 as an original state highway, running from NC 14 (now NC 86), in Prospect Hill, to NC 13, in Roxboro.

North Tipperary

The centre is known as 'the Golden Vale', a rich pastoral stretch of land in the Suir basin which extends into counties Limerick and Cork.

Robert Bagod

Robert spent the earlier part of his career in Limerick where he served both as sheriff and constable of King John's Castle He was accused of misconduct of his official duties in 1275, but cleared of the charges; he was held in high regard by the Crown and was a friend of Robert Burnell, the Lord Chancellor of England.

Roxboro

Roxboro, Quebec, now part of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Roxboro, Limerick

Due to the extensive civil unrest of the period following the Act of Union in 1801 and the Napoleonic Wars, many police barracks were constructed in the region and one was built at Power's Cross in Roxborough in the 1830s.

Spin 1038

The station is run from Raheen, Limerick and it is similar in format to SPIN 1038 but is independently managed and run.

Spin South West

Spin South West is an Irish radio station broadcasting from Raheen in Limerick city to the South West.

Stuart Robbins

Stuart Robbins (2 November 1976 – 12 April 2010) was a British basketball player from Neath in South Wales, who played at centre for the London Towers and Thames Valley in the British Basketball League and professionally in Germany, Belgium and in Limerick, Ireland.

Thady

Thady Coughlan (born 1951), former Limerick City Councillor and former Mayor of Limerick

Thomas Bourke, 4th Baron Bourke of Connell

Thomas had been preceded as Baron Bourke of Castleconnell by his two elder brothers, John (who sat in parliament in Dublin in 1585 and was slain in battle at Hounslow, Middlesex on January 14, 1592, leaving no issue) and Richard (slain in battle by Dermot O'Connor Sligo at Ballynecargy, County Limerick on February 28, 1599, also leaving no issue).

Thomondgate

In times past the district was located at an important portal from the west of Ireland and the then Kingdom of Thomond (now County Clare) into the ancient City of Limerick, which was then confined to the Englishtown area of the city.

Toirdelbach Ua Briain

By 1058 Toirdelbach had gained Diarmait's support, for he was present when Diarmait, the Leinstermen and the Osraige drove Donnchad from Limerick, which he burned so that it would not fall into the hands of his enemies, and defeated him at Sliabh gCrot in the Galtee Mountains.

Wild Geese Classic

The Classic was intended to be a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Flight of the Wild Geese of 1691 and the Irish heroes who resisted an English seize of the City of Limerick.

Willie Casey

Casey fought Paul Hyland at the University Arena in Limerick on 6 November 2010 for the European Super Bantamweight title which was previously held by Bernard Dunne.


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