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Topic: Shillelagh (town in Ireland)

	Encyclopedia: Shillelagh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A Shillelagh is a wooden club, typically made from a stout, knotty stick with a large knob on the end, that is associated with Ireland in folklore.
		They are traditionally made from flthorn (sloe) wood (Prunus spinosa) or oak (the Shillelagh forest in County Wicklow was a forest of oak and produced some fine examples).
		Shillelaghs may be hollowed at the heavy "hitting" end and filled with molten metal to increase the weight; this sort of Shillelagh is known as a 'loaded stick'.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shillelagh (266 words)

	Bicycling Ireland
		For centuries it was occupied by kings until the 12th century when religion gained a stronghold in Ireland and the church was given the grounds by the current king hoping for favors and a continued tenure at the castle.
		Ireland is blessed with the kind of beauty that renders mere words and photographs inadequate.
		Ireland's coastline is littered with small towns and scenic vistas, but it is not overpopulated and tired.
	www.outthereliving.com /Trips/Ireland.htm (13779 words)

	Seanad Debate - 11 December 2002
		Ireland has moved from 12th to second place in the world rankings of alcohol consumption and by next year we will probably be in first place.
		However, there is not a person in the Chamber who has not walked down the streets of their town and seen a misfortunate wino sitting on the road who has no future and is seen as being no different to a sack of refuse awaiting collection.
		Ireland had the highest increase in alcohol consumption according to the interim report of the strategic task force on alcohol, which was published last May. Between 1989 and 1999, alcohol consumption per capita in Ireland increased by 41%, while in ten other EU states there was a decrease.
	www.gov.ie /debates-02/s11Dec/Sect3.htm (19260 words)

	Ireland Unveiled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bray: Bray is an important town within the county, and is in fact one of Ireland’s biggest and longest established seaside resorts.
		He was extremely interested in developing the town of Bray due to the fact that it was located at the end of his lucrative eastern coast railway-line.
		Shillelagh: The village of Shillelagh is famous for the fact that it gave its name to the legendary rough cudgels of oak or flthorn which are a product of the town.
	www.irelandunveiled.com /county_detail.cgi?cid=32 (2445 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis
		The glebe-house, near the town, was built in 1824, by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £50 from the same Board, on a glebe of fifteen acres purchased by the Board and subject to a rent of £13.
		The Maigue is navigable up to the town by means of a short canal, and there are two quays, one at the termination of the canal in the town, the other about a mile down the river, both constructed at the expense of Lord Dunraven.
		The town soon afterwards became the seat of a diocese, comprehending the district of Ossory, and the church of the monastery was made the cathedral of the see of Aghaboe.
	www.booksulster.com /library/topog/a.php (18043 words)

	Welcome to East Coast & Midlands-Home Page Ireland’s East Coast & Midlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This Heritage town, in the south-west of County Wicklow is situated on the banks of the River Slaney...
		The county town is on the edge of a crescent curved coastline.
		The town is famed for its harbour that caters for the sailing /yacht club and the fishing trawlers...
	www.eastcoastmidlands.ie /content.asp?id=248 (522 words)

	Hacketstown Parish Counties Carlow & Wicklow, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1798 it sustained two attacks from the insurgent forces, one on the 25th of May, which was successfully repulsed by the yeomanry and a detachment of the Antrim militia ; the other on the 25th of June, when a body of insurgents, amounting to several thousands, advanced against it at five in the morning.
		The garrison, consisting of 170, mostly Yeomen, marched out to meet them, but, after a few volleys, were obliged to retreat, the cavalry by the road to Clonmore, and the infantry, 120 in number, into the barrack, where they maintained their position throughout the day behind a breastwork in the rear of it.
		The town was fired in several places by the rebels, who, after various ineffectual attempts to force an entrance to the barrack and a garrisoned house by which it was flanked, retreated, and in the night the garrison retired on Tullow.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/car/hackets.htm (580 words)

	Carnew parish, counties Wexford & Wicklow, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
		The insurgents, after spending several days in plundering the town and neighbourhood of Gorey, advanced to Carnew, which they destroyed, with the exception of a malt-house, in which the garrison had retired; and after several ineffectual attacks in which they sustained considerable loss, pursued their march to Kilcavan Hill.
		The town is situated on the road from Gorey to Tallow and Carlow, and on the side of a mountainous eminence that overlooks a little valley.
		A dispensary is supported in the customary manner; there is an association for employing the poor in spinning and weaving, superintended by the ladies of the town and neighbourhood ; and a loan fund was established in 1834.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/wex/carnew.htm (1083 words)

	SPRIG OF IVY, THE
		Shillelagh is a word that has become synonymous with the cudgel favored by Irish faction fighters in the 19
		The association of the name Shillelagh with ‘a club’ stems from the quality of wood that could be found in the oak forest at Shillelagh in County Wicklow (not far from Tinahely), from which a superior brand of cudgel could be fashioned.
		Note the shillelagh held by the dancer at center left in the style of faction fighters when dancing, also not the shillelagh at the foot of the chair of the sitting man with the tankard.
	www.ibiblio.org /fiddlers/SPRI_SRU.htm (2478 words)

	Irish News - Irish Independent Online - Sunday Independent , Irish newspapers, News Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		THE enchanting countryside around Killinure, Shillelagh is the setting for 'Astral Plane' a finely restored stone farmhouse on nearly 43 acres with spectacular views extending to the Blackstairs Mountains.
		THE RAPIDLY increasing population of Ennis indicates the demand for both residential and commercial property in the town, according to Sharon Cahir, solicitor and President of Ennis Chamber of Commerce.
		WHILE Ireland's town and city planners are finally realising the attractiveness of waterfront living, the country's lakeshore properties have always received keen interest from buyers.
	www.unison.ie /irish_independent/index.php3?ca=51&issue_id=11434 (2127 words)

	"Holiday Cottages in County Wicklow", Ireland, self catering accommodation in County Wicklow, Ireland, find holiday ...
		Comfortably furnished and set at the heart of the `Garden of Ireland', County Wicklow, this characterful property is just 2½miles from the beautiful village of Shillelagh.
		Adjoining the owners' home and standing within their grounds (with river flowing through for fishing), it has its own small garden and is perfect as a base for touring the south east.
		This spacious luxury town house, having rear views overlooking the lake and golf course, is situated in beautiful County Wicklow.
	www.hotels-accommodation.co.uk /ireland/county-wicklow-2.htm (1592 words)

	North Atlantic Skyline - December 2002
		True, Ireland does not have large dangerous beasts roaming wild any more (unless you count lads from Tuam!) but there is still a great variety of both flora and fauna.
		Ireland was the only country where prices would increase numerically after the changeover.
		It was an annus horribilis for the church in Ireland, capped by allegations last week that a Catholic priest helped organize an IRA bombing operation in 1972 and that the then Cardinal [Conway] in Ireland helped cover up his involvement.
	www.monasette.com /blog/december2002.htm (4804 words)

	Carlow Nationalist: Research shows Carlow as potential boom town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The population of the two towns figure about the same and, “therefore, the type of shopper we hope to attract would be very similar.”
		With traders and councillors invited to Newry to witness the benefits that are being reaped from O’Hare’s complex, Mr.
		But, in reality, the town is booming because passing traffic passes, and people who want to come into the town to shop, come into shop, knowing they don’t have to encounter 20 articulated lorries on the way.
	www.carlow-nationalist.ie /news/story.asp?j=5909 (680 words)

	Republic of Ireland Dalton Dolton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Until recently the county files for Northern Ireland and the Republic were combined under the Home page heading, Ireland.
		14 Sept. 1867: Bridget Dalton at Ballyshane, Shillelagh RD to Garrett Dalton (servant) and Catherine Doolan.
		New Ross: Kilkenny and Wexford; Shillelagh: Wexford and Wicklow.
	daltondata.0pi.com /republic_ireland_update_june_04.htm (5265 words)

	Hollingsworth Family History - pafg10.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Sarah Jane Hollingsworth was born on 26 Jul 1841 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland.
		Thomas Hollingsworth was born on 23 Feb 1832 in (Gorey) Ballycanew, County Wexford, Ireland.
		Richard was born in Wexford Town, County Wexford, Ireland.
	www.hollygardens.com /hollingsw/pafg10.htm (4171 words)

	Arklow On Bumpy Road To Tackling Boy Racers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Arklow is on the road to becoming the most ramped town in Ireland, as it grapples with the problem of boy racers speeding on its streets.
		IRELAND’S population is set to soar as the country continues to enjoy an economic boom.
		Timber frame homes now form a sizeable segment of Ireland's booming house building market and their penetration of the market place is growing all the time.
	news.peem.co.uk /Republic_of_Ireland/1058d1197d2 (851 words)

	Tomnafinnoge Wood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Tomnafinnoge Wood is said to be one of the only virgin oak forests in Ireland, owing partly to the poor quality of the wood.
		It is probably part of the Shillelagh Wood that was used to make shillelagh-clubs during medieval times.
		Shillelagh town is just off the right hand side of this photo.
	www.ccma.ca /~mbone/webtree/morton/tomnafinnoge-wood.htm (62 words)

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		Much of the medieval town wall (1211) survives, together with the keep of the castle (1235) and part of the Dominican priory (founded 1241), which was specifically exempted from Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.
		Only a few of the town's people—most of those had attended an earlier mass, I suspect—were to be seen in the village.
		In the Historic Centre—which three wonderful town ladies allowed us to visit, even though the exhibit was closing for the winter—we saw that long ago the fields of Athenry comprised about forty odd acres.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=12452 (5384 words)

	Tullow, Shillelagh, Aghold, Mullinacuffe Church of Ireland
		Tullow is a busy country town on the River Slaney.
		There are many attractions in the town and surrounding area including Tullow Museum, housed in a small stone church, Mount Wolseley's 18 hole golf course and a ringfort three miles outside of the village
		Shillelagh is a picturesque village, set among the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains.
	cashel.anglican.org /tullow.shtm (127 words)

	Trivia: St. Patrick's Day 2005
		Actually, the legend that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland may just be a colorful reference to the fact that he brought Christianity to the island, replacing paganism.
		It was one of the many catchphrases popularized in the turbulent political and social environment of 19th century Ireland, when the majority of the people still spoke Irish (Gaelic).
		The shillelagh was originally used to teach the Irish sword fighting when they were not permitted to use swords.
	www.hunterhome.net /triviamar05.html (3015 words)

	County Wicklow Towns - Wicklow Town, Wicklow
		The district was once covered by the extensive Shillelagh Wood, which was famous for its oaks (the oak roofing in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin came from here).
		Long after this the town was occupied by the Danes, who called it Wykinglo and made it one of their main maritime bases on the east coast.
		Until the seventeenth century the town was repeatedly attacked, as the O' Tooles and O'Byrnes contended with the English for it.
	www.countywicklow.com /wicklow_wicklow.htm (407 words)

	destinations-uk.com
		The town’s flowers and parks have contributed to its tidy village award.
		Three miles from Tullow on the road to Shillelagh is Rathgall stone fort, an extensive hillside fortification with 8th century outer walls and medieval inner walls.
		A tidy town winner, Clonegal, is a historic village set in tree clad hills by a river.
	www.destinations-uk.com /ireland.php?countyid=67 (715 words)

	County Wicklow Towns - Avoca, Wicklow
		Past president of Ireland, Erskine Childers, spent much time at nearby Glendalough House and is buried at Derrylossery, close to the village.
		The story is incredible, but known for truth in all that part of Ireland, where hundreds of people flocked to see me'.
		Arklow is one of the main seaside resorts on the east coast and is beautifully situated at the mouth of the River Avoca, in the extreme south of the county.
	www.countywicklow.com /wicklow_avoca.htm (565 words)

	Hoganstand - Wicklow GAA Football & Hurling
		Come on Shillelagh and Carnew, I’m sensing a bit of cockiness coming from further up the county, lets prove them wrong and show them that you don’t have to be from up there to be good at football and hurling........
		Townie on the contrary, I was delighted to see the Pats win the championship last year but I don’t think Shillelagh’s tactics were as rough as that, backs are not going to let the forwards out to the ball without a fight now are they.
		Bit of a joke that in the town the size of Arklow, they aren’t senior, or even in a good intermediate outfit.
	www.hoganstand.com /wicklow/MessageBoardForm.aspx?PageNumber=14 (920 words)

	The Coast Star (09.30.04): Irish hatmaker talks about his country’s heritage during visit to Spring Lake
		Hanna Hats was founded in 1964 in Donegal Town, Ireland, by Mr.
		Hanna hats are, according to John Hanna, “genuinely Irish and honestly tailored by factory workers in Donegal Town and cottage-based workers in counties Donegal, Derry and Mayo.”
		Hanna is concerned with the reputation of Ireland’s textile products due to the fact some companies outsource their labor force.
	www.thecoaststar.com /weekly/2004/09.30.04/hats.html (656 words)

	The Wicklow People Newspaper - County Wicklow, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With all their recent troubles, the last thing Dundalk will be relishing is the thought of facing a resurgent Eamon Zayed.Last season, the Republic of Ireland under-21 striker claimed five goals in three games against the Louth side including an eight minute hat-trick.
		Shillelagh Graham Carroll (0-2); Noel Murphy (0-1), Ger Murphy (0-1), Richard Doyle (0-1).
		A bit of warmth in the breeze; the distant hum of a lawn mower; a two hour search for the sunglasses you haven't see since last September only to find them squashed under the couch cushions with 4.73 in loose change and a few bits of popcorn.It's championship time.
	www.unison.ie /wicklow_people/index.php3?ca=37&issue_id=10870 (1289 words)

	The mauve decade, ch. 4: Dear Harp (1926) by Thomas Beer
		In a middling city infected by golf a family whose wealth had enriched the town for two generations was nervously requested not to appear at the new golf club laid out on land donated to the game by the family itself!
		Over on the edge of town was Irish Hill, where the 'bog trotters' lived, a stinking slum that started every epidemic in X and sold its votes to the dirty German politician who ran the Democratic machine in X. Americans think in generalities.
		My secretary at this moment is a pretty girl born in a small town of south Ireland whose family disapproves of dancing — so much so that she and her brothers have invents a friend on whom they are calling at night when they want to go to a dance.
	gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca /programs/arts/english/gaslight/MauveX4.htm (7226 words)

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		A stunning 12th Century Castle, Kilkea is one of the oldest castle hotels in Ireland situated in the rolling Kildare countryside, an hours drive from Dublin.
		Forster Court - Forster Court is a cosmopolitan hotel in the centre of lively Galway and is ideal for sampling the delights of this upbeat town and the splendid Connemara countryside surrounding it.
	www.12travel.com (305 words)

	EPPI LCSH Listing for Housing - Ireland:
		Correspondence between Master in Chancery in Ireland and Board of Guardians of Poor Law Union of Gort, in County Galway, with Reports of Sanitary and Medical Officers on Condition of Tenants' Houses on Estates of Martin's Minors, in Chancery
		Bill for improving the condition of tenants in towns in Ireland [by the acquisition of reversions and freeholds]
		Bill to extend the Jurisdiction of County Courts in Ireland to the fixing of tenures and of judicial rents on town holdings in Ireland, and the adjustment of compensation for improvements thereon
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /browse/eppiLCSH/351_1.html (2318 words)

	Fairy Legends and Traditions by Thomas Crofton Croker : Arthur's Classic Novels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It so happened that he was once journeying, in the county of Limerick, towards " the Balbec of Ireland," the venerable town of Kilmallock; and just at the foot of Knockfierna he overtook a respectable4ooking man jogging along upon a white pony.
		Tom's father had, in the good old times, when a hundred pounds were no inconsiderable treasure, either to lend or spend, accommodated his landlord with that sum, at interest; and obtained, as a return for the civility, a long lease, about half a dozen times more valuable than the loan which procured it.
		The luxury of ice was then unknown in the south of Ireland; but the superiority of cool wine had been acknowledged by all men of sound judgement and true taste.
	arthurwendover.com /arthurs/fairy/farilt10.html (15120 words)

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