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  Finglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finglas is a residential suburb on the North side of Dublin City, Ireland.
Finglas was developed to re-house a lot of North Inner-City Dublin inhabitants in the early seventies and eighties.
Following the Battle of the Boyne, Finglas was used as a camp for William of Orange en route to Dublin city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finglas   (473 words)

  
 Chapter 11.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Finglas was long subsequently a rural bishopric, and its dignitary indifferently styled Bishop of Abbot.
In 1191 a Bull of Pope Celestine the Third enumerates the church of Finglas, amongst the possessions of the newly-erected College of St. Patrick, as it had been stated, in a previous Bull of 1179, to be one of the 13 prebends of Archbishop Comyn's said establishment.
In 1621 a vicar was endowed at Finglas by the celebrate James Usher, at that time chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, who resigned the castle, the glebe, and an adequate portion of the tithes, to serve as a maintenance for him and his successors.
www.chapters.eiretek.org /books/Dalton/Finglas.htm   (2397 words)

  
 Dingle Peninsula Accommodation Finglas House, B&B Accommodation, Camp, Castlegregory, Dingle Peninsula, County ...
Finglas House is a modern family run BandB located in the centre of Camp Village along the Dingle Peninsula.
Finglas House is located 10 miles from Tralee town where a wide range of activities to suit all the family are available, eg.
Finglas House is located in the centre of Camp Village where night entertainment can be enjoyed in the friendly atmosphere.
www.finglashouse.com   (322 words)

  
 Northside People
FINGLAS residents are "too scared" to go about their daily business following the latest shooting incidents in the area, it was claimed this week.
This year, there have been at least 30 shootings in Finglas, including the murder of father of one Willie O'Regan in June and the death of Victor Murphy in what is believed to be an accidental shooting in July.
She said that there are four areas of policing that need to be improved including additional resources in Finglas, CCTV cameras for the station and more community Gardai.
www.dublinpeople.com /newssport/thepeople/nspeople/nn4.shtml   (376 words)

  
 The Parish of Finglas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Parish of Finglas is stated in the 17th century to have contained the townlands of Ballyboggan, Ballygall, Balseskin, Broghan, Cabragh Little, Cardiff's Castle, Coldwinters, Finglas, Finglas Bridge and Wood, Jamestown, Johnstown, Kildonan, Kilshane, Laurestown, Skephubble, and Toberburr.
In connexion with Finglas, Archbishop Luke's successor, Fulk de Sandford, gave proof of his zeal in defending and increasing the property of the church; and during his episcopate, which began in 1256, probably he made frequent use of the episcopal residence, in which his death is said to have occurred.
At Finglas Bridge there were premises which are described as belonging to the Archbishop of Dublin, ''in right of his hierarchy," and which comprised a house built of stone, a malt-house, and a house roofed with thatch, valued at £300, with a mill and stone quarry attached.
www.eiretek.org /chapters/books/ball1-6/Ball6/ball6.6.htm   (9872 words)

  
 Finglas Cabra Partnership
It was conducted by Carina Fitzgerald, Cathy Reindhart and Pauline Hazel of the Finglas Cabra Partnership.
Finglas Cabra Partnership in association with the Cabra Local Committee has prepared a poster outlining youth activities in the Cabra area.
The Finglas Library Literacy Bus is scheduled to be available for the women to build on their computer sessions and to practice the Driver Theory Test.
www.fcp.ie   (1162 words)

  
 Parishes of Naul, Garristown, Rollestown and Finglas.
OF Parishes of Naul, Garristown, Rollestown and Finglas.
As was the case with Naul, the Church and Parish of Hollywood was appropriated to the Monks of Lanthony with the jurisdiction similarly arranged.
The celebrated Baron Finglas of Wespalstown, author of the "Discourse of the Decay of Ireland," was in 1560 one of the representatives of the County, and was Lord of the Manor here.
www.chapters.eiretek.org /books/shortpar/shortpar17.htm   (12577 words)

  
 Wlecome to the home of Finglas Football Club
Finglas knows well that this team are a shower of posh gits and they should have treated them accordingly.
Finglas conceded a penalty in the first half with an accidental handball inside the box by Colm Mullen.
They are a disgrace to the A.F.L. Finglas got their goal 5 minutes from the end and it was a great feeling to wipe the smile of these silver spoon fed faces.
myhome.iolfree.ie /~lou/special.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Finglas Detention Centre
Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre's comprises of the Care and Education Unit, The National Assessment and Remand Unit, and The Grove - Training and Development Centre.
Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre, provide Care, Assessment, Education and Control to children and young people.
The families of the children and young people of the Centre will be central to the propgrammes and included in planning and meetings for the children and young peoples futures.
www.finglasdetentionschool.ie   (201 words)

  
 Wlecome to the home of Finglas Football Club
Finglas looked the better team winning most of the possession in midfield but Ardmount rovers appeared the more dangerous of the two teams.
Finglas built well-structured opportunities beginning from short ball kick outs to their right and left full backs but Finglas were up against a strong Ardmount defence and they were unable to capitalize on any of the chances.
According to some of the Finglas team, which were interviewed after the game, Murray has great shooting ability and it’s a waste not to have him on the edge of the box when needed.
myhome.iolfree.ie /~lou/report8.htm   (582 words)

  
 An Phoblacht: Finglas shootings: McDowell a failure and should resign
The community of Finglas remains in shock and the city braced for an escalation of drugs-related violence following the shooting of two men, one of whom is suspected of having been one of the biggest drug dealers in the country.
Finglas Sinn Féin Councillor Dessie Ellis said he was appalled at the shootings.
The killings in Finglas yesterday highlight the urgent need for the government, the Minister for Justice and the Gardaí to comprehensively review, revise and update its approach to drug-related crime”, Ó Snodaigh said.
www.anphoblacht.com /news/detail/17189   (1071 words)

  
 Finglas Painting - High Quality Painting in Westchester, Fairlfield, Rockland Counties - Welcome
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Finglas Painting is not your ordinary painting contractor.
Call us or submit our quick and easy form to be contacted for a free estimate to see how we can do the same for you.
www.finglaspainting.com   (169 words)

  
 Ancient Village
Canice founded the abbey of Finglas in 560A.D. A number of saints including Duibliter and Flann are associated with it.
It was one of the most influential monasteries and along with a monastery in Tallaght, were known as the ‘two eyes of Ireland’.
The cross of Nethercross (Nether) - seven feet high by five feet wide was carved from granite by the early Christians in Finglas.
www.dublincity.ie /living_in_the_city/your_area/north_west/finglas/historical_finglas.asp   (277 words)

  
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Finglas or Fionnghlas gets its name from the small river that used to flow through the village.
Long ago the people of Finglas used the stream as a source of clean drinking water and for washing.
Finglas village was a very small village until the 1950's.
homepage.eircom.net /~mdgprimary/finglas2.htm   (198 words)

  
 Education and Youth Development - Strategies
The Finglas Cabra Partnership aims to facilitate participation in and benefit from education for young people who are at risk of early school leaving and underachievement or who have left school early and without formal qualifications.
The target is to increase the number of young people from the Finglas Cabra area who are participating in further and higher education and who complete their courses of studies within various further education and third level education institutions.
The target is to increase parental involvement in education and youth development so as to improve the rates of retention and progression of children within education and training in Finglas and Cabra.
www.fcp.ie /ed_youth_development/strategies.htm   (800 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego: Enjoy one more round with our bartender of the month -- find drinks, bars, cocktail and happy hour ...
Finglas says: "The Irish Piña Colada is fl and has a white head."
Between the two stints, wanderlust led the Irishman to an airport where he asked the woman at the counter for a ticket on the next plane.
Though Finglas has earned his way as a crab fisherman in the frigid waters of Alaska and as a commercial diver (two of the world's most dangerous jobs), he's happy warming up The Ould Sod's half-Irish, half-hipster crowd that seem to favor him as much as their drink.
www.signonsandiego.com /feature/516   (1049 words)

  
 Hillwalking Glen Finglas Stirling The Trossachs, North of Loch Katrine,Loch Achray & Loch Venachar">
Hillwalking Glen Finglas Stirling The Trossachs, North of Loch Katrine,Loch Achray & Loch Venachar">
Another one day trip I took to the Trossachs was a fine summers day, when the light was ideal for a few photo opportunities and a little walking.
The cracking little walk in which I partook was the gentle stroll of a few miles up to the Glen Finglas Reservoir.
www.conneryscottishwalks.co.uk /glenfinglas.html   (269 words)

  
 Irish Times Article - Man found shot dead may be linked to Finglas gang feud   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gardaí in Dublin believe the man found shot dead in Finglas yesterday may be linked to an escalating feud involving people from the area.
The chief suspect is believed to have been involved in killing one of three men who have been shot as part of the feud in Finglas and Ballymun so far this year.
While his suspected killer has been linked to the Finglas feud, it is not clear how the latest victim became involved in the dispute.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2003/1010/727561537HM1SHOOTING.html   (475 words)

  
 i love finglas!!! - Dublin.ie Forums
Finglas is a great place, some people might appear poor, some of them are knackers, but you can find those anywhere...
Finglas is large and there are certain areas I wouldn't recommend to go but otherwise it is ok.
yeah i agree my wife is from finglas and i have been there twice and i loved it i did not want to come home.
www.dublin.ie /forums/showthread.php?t=16   (478 words)

  
 Finglas Anti Bin Tax Campaign swings into action - Indymedia Ireland
The City Council, in an outrageous attack on the right to free assembly, had contacted the management of the pub where the meeting was held, threatening to fine the owners a €1000 for the erection of posters advertising the meeting.
At 3.00pm this afternoon anti bin tax campaigners from Finglas and Ballymun will gather at the Civic Centre in Ballymun, where the monthly meeting of the City Council's North West Area Committee is being held, to protest the Council's attempt to ban our public meeting.
I rang the Finglas office of D.C.C. to enquire who it was who tryed to have the meeting stoped last night.
www.indymedia.ie /article/73875   (793 words)

  
 Learning Innovation Unit - Finglas for Diversity - a collaborative action research project between DCU and the ...
Finglas for Diversity is a collaborative, practice-based research project whose task is to explore and document the existing cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity in the Finglas area.
A key outcome of the project (Nov. 2005 - Nov. 2006) is the publication of a research report by Research Coordinator Kerry Lawless (employed by the group on a part-time basis with funding from the Finglas-Cabra Partnership and DCU).
The DCU Finglas for Diversity Group will be happy to advise or deliver workshops to other groups embarking on similar community-based projects.
www.dcu.ie /ovpli/liu/debbieg_06.shtml   (1410 words)

  
 Finglas Civil Parish, Co. Dublin, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
A large tannery has existed at Finglas Wood for nearly two centuries, and is still carried on by J.
The glebe-house was erected, in 1826, by aid of a gift of £550, and a loan of £450, from the late Board of First Fruits, there is a glebe of 16 acres of profitable land, divided into three portions, two of which are at a great distance from the parsonage.
In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising Finglas, St. Margaret's, the Ward, Killeek, and Chapel-Midway, in which are two chapels, in Finglas and at St.
www.from-ireland.net /lewis/d/finglas.htm   (658 words)

  
 St. Josephs TC, Finglas
The ethos of the Centre since its establishment in 1979 has always aimed to resource the total Finglas Traveller community and as a result a number of projects have developed.
These activities are resourced by the Finglas Traveller Support Group which also acts as a lobbying body mainly in the area of accommodation and education.
This project co-ordinates a broad spectrum of initiatives ranging from pre-school, to third level.The pre-schools and related initiatives - lending library service parent/toddler groups and parenting programmes are staffed by a team which includes a number of qualified Traveller women.
www.sttc.ie /finglas/index.html   (431 words)

  
 RTE News - Finglas shooting victim named
A man whose body was found on waste ground in Finglas in Dublin yesterday has been named as 27-year-old Patrick Sheridan from Ratoath Avenue in Finglas.
The latest victim of gangland violence in Finglas was missing for three days before he was found following a planned search on waste ground.
Father Seamus Aherne, the parish priest of St Finian's in Finglas, said the tyranny of a few people must not be allowed to take over the community.
www.rte.ie /news/2003/1010/finglas.html   (443 words)

  
 Finglas, St. Albans, Christchurch : [192-] - Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Photograph Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was one of the strongest advocates of completing the railway between Christchurch and the West Coast and the construction of the Arthur's Pass tunnel.
The address of his home, Finglas, is not known, but Wise's directory gives his addresses as: 1902, Webb Street; 1905, Paparoa Street; 1921, Knowles Street; 1925, 51 Innes Road.
Finglas is a suburb of Dublin but the Quane family has no connection with Ireland so perhaps the house was purchased, rather than built, by the Quanes.
library.christchurch.org.nz /Heritage/Photos/Disc16/IMG0025.asp   (192 words)

  
 Round the S-bend, The Finglas Cycle Route - Autumn Spokes 2000
Onwards to the Finglas Road, not forgetting about the ten metres of cycle lane past the Gravediggers pub complete with sunken shore.
Interested readers will be able to read more details in the report if they wish but I must tell you now that the route from Glasnevin to Finglas and back is cheap, cheerless and at times dangerous.
It looks like a man was sent with a bucket of paint and a few drinks to mainly make it up as he went along.
home.connect.ie /dcc/newsltrs/spokesau2000/bend.html   (608 words)

  
 I Miss Finglas - Dublin.ie Forums
I love dublin and finglas and my memories of childhood and my teenage years are like a happy whirlwind dream full of laughs and tears but all memories are crazy and funny.
I remember getting the 42a back to the top of wellmount rd, buckled, singing and laughing so hard after a night in the appartments when i was 16 that i got sick on a horse asleep in the field at the side of dunns.
As bad as finglas is with the scangers anall i wouldnt b able to leave i love this place
www.dublin.ie /forums/showthread.php?p=545   (667 words)

  
 Finglas Historical Society
The society was founded in March 2003, when a small group of likeminded people, got together under the guidance of Paula and Anne-marie.
Paula was then chief librarian in Finglas Library and it was here that we had our first meeting.
We feel that the Finglas area is changing rapidly and we must do our utmost to protect what is left of the 'old' Finglas before it disappears under apartment blocks.
www.finglashistoricalsociety.com   (213 words)

  
 Finglas Motorsport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Finglas Motorsport thanks you kindly for taking time out to read about our race team.
Finglas Motorsport currently has sponsorship advertising space available.
Finglas Motorsport is a professional and progressive race team; your support through sponsorship will see your company or business name displayed resulting in maximum exposure.
www.finglasmotorsport.com   (182 words)

  
 Tógáil | Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A public draw was held on the 30th of September in Erin's Isle GAA club in Finglas to allocate the 86 affordable houses from this scheme.
All 59 houses were allocated as a result of a public draw held in September 2002.
We hope to be constructing more affordable housing in the Finglas area and anyone on our database will get information from us on these houses as they become available.
www.togail.com /togail/latest.htm   (1424 words)

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