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  YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Slane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Slane (Baile Shláine in Irish) is a village in County Meath, Ireland.
Slane Castle stands on the river about 1 km upstream from the center of the village.
In the grounds of Slane Castle are the ruins of St.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Slane   (987 words)

  
 The Hill of Slane, Co. Meath
Slane was also supposed to have been the location of a mythical healing well, which was used by the Tuatha Dé Danann to heal their wounds during battle.
Another intriguing story about Slane concerns a certain Dagobert II, heir to the throne of a Merovingian kingdom called Austrasie (in France), who was exiled to Ireland after his father's death in 656.
Dagobert is said to have grown into a man 'at the Monastery of Slane', and attended the court of the High King of Tara.
www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/slane   (411 words)

  
 Sri Lanka Association of New England
SLANE is funding the transportation for families to bring their children to the clinic and to get pain killing medication and nutritious food.
SLANE has been supporting this project for the past several years and this school is making considerable progress due to the efforts of the leadership and their dedicated staff.
SLANE will assure you that your money will go directly to children you are supporting and SLANE will establish a monitoring system that will report the progress of each child as well as highlight the difference your support makes in the lives of each child.
www.slaneusa.org /projects.htm   (844 words)

  
 Slane Farm Hostel
Slane Farm Hostel is perfectly located for visiting the towns, villages and attractions of County Meath and the Boyne Valley.
Slane Castle is the home of The Earl and Countess of Mount Charles and is well known as a venue for rock concerts every summer, courtesy of the owner, Lord Henry Mountcharles.
Slane is the birthplace of the poet Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917) and the Ledwidge Cottage Museum in Slane commemorates the writer.
www.slanefarmhostel.ie /boynevalley.html   (591 words)

  
 Will Slane Towers (Part 1) Affect Avon, Ohio?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Slane is president of Slane Telecom, a subcontractor to TRW Inc. of Cleveland, which the state selected to build the Multi-Agency Radio Communications System with Motorola of Schaumburg, Ill....
Slane was paid nearly $11,500 last year as chairman of the Ohio Board of Building Appeals, a job he still holds.
Slane's company could receive up to $8.1 million a year for 20 years by leasing radio towers to the state if officials exercise all their lease options with Slane, according to TRW's contract with the state.
www.centuryinter.net /tjs11/cityhall/slane1.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Hill of Slane
Atop the Hill of Slane are the ruins of a Franciscan Monastery built in 1512 by Christopher Fleming capped by the commanding belltower of Saint Patrick's Church.
As a height from which the Sea could be surveyed, as well as being along an ancient and fertile waterway, the Hill of Slane was a natural choice for the earliest wanderers to settle as a holy place where one's ancestors might be buried and where religious rites could be consummated.
It is said that in the Fifth century A.D. Saint Patrick came to the Hill of Slane early in his attempt to convert pagan Ireland to the light of christianity.
www.slane.com /hillofslane.htm   (467 words)

  
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Slane, 54, is founder and owner of The Slane Co., which develops, owns and operates 88 shopping centers and other commercial developments in 11 states.
Slane came to Ohio State from New York on a wrestling scholarship and earned his B.S. degree in business administration in 1964 and his J.D. degree in 1967.
In addition, Slane is a trustee of Hiram College, a liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio, and a director of The Campus, a for- profit hospital group with facilities in Columbus and Cleveland.
www.osu.edu /osu/newsrel/Archive/97-03-20_Slane_Named_Trustee   (505 words)

  
 Bradley University: Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts
In 1977, the School of Art, the School of Music, the Department of Journalism, and the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts merged to form the College of Communications and Fine Arts, under the leadership of founding Dean Phillip Weinberg.
Henry Pindell Slane, a life-long Peorian, served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Peoria Journal Star.
Carl Slane served on the Bradley University Board of Trustees from 1953 to 1969.
slane.bradley.edu /slane/history.html   (499 words)

  
 Tim's Lawn & Landscape Service : In the News and in the Community : Slane Wins MD Youth Entrepreneur Award (via ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Slane indicated that in connection with the award nomination, "I had to write a 500 word essay on what business is about, what I do, and how much I make-providing various statistics and information." He also had to submit additional paperwork and photographs documenting the growth of his business.
Slane business includes an impressive array of equipment including three commercial walk behind mowers, a tractor, a push mower, three weed whackers, two blowers and two snowblowers.
Slane likes to keep his customers well informed by doing such things as sending them bulletins in the spring to update them on his business and what services he has added.
www.tlsmd.com.cob-web.org:8888 /slane.htm   (630 words)

  
 Slane in ancient times
In such manner the earth was never left naked under them during all that time, every division of them under its king, and every band under its leader, and every king and every leader and every lord with the number of his force and his muster, his gathering and his levy apart.
Almost directly east of the Slane Motte, in nearby Drogheda, is another 'Norman' motte with significant prehistoric ties, known today as Millmount.
Another surprising revelation made by us at the Slane mound was the fact that the Rockabill islands, although lying some 38km away in the Irish Sea, are visible from the top of the mound.
www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/slane/ancient.html   (967 words)

  
 Slane Farm Cottages
Slane Farm Cottages are perfectly located for visiting the towns, villages and attractions of County Meath and the Boyne Valley.
In a sequestered valley four miles from the village of Slane stands the remains of the once magnificent and celebrated monastic foundation of Mellifont.
Run by Joanne and Paddy Macken, Slane Farm Cottages are situated on a working farm which is home to suckler cows, their calves, and sheep.
www.slanefarmhostel.ie /cottages/boynevalley.html   (591 words)

  
 Slane Wilcox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When Slane and Slade were two, Butch and Silvia kidnapped Dawn and kept her as their own, probably because Silvia whined that she wanted a little girl after having freakish twin sons.
Slade and Slane suffered the usual Wilcox parental abuse with Dawn for six years, honestly believing they were a set of triplets.
Eve Eliterfin: Slane likes Eve for her kindness and sense of humor, but again, he doesn`t always really see the point of showing affection by picking fights.
evade.hyperinsanity.co.uk /database/maindisplay.asp?ID=XONNLTVCKD   (864 words)

  
 Slane Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The writing was on the wall for Chris Slane's original career choice when he handed in an essay entitled "The Role of Cartoons in Town Planning".
Slane had been introduced to cartooning at primary school when it was Carl Barks’ Disney artwork and the War Picture Library series that first got him hooked.
Slane has since won several Qantas awards for his cartoons and is currently editorial cartoonist for the NZ Listener.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~cslane/slanecartoons/bio.html   (3860 words)

  
 Slane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruins of the friary church and collage on the Hill of Slane.
The Flemings were lords of Slane from the twelfth century until seventeenth century when the Conyngham family replaced them as lords of Slane during the Williamite Confiscations.
In Irish mythology, the well blessed by Dian Cecht so that the Tuatha Dé Danann could bathe in it and be healed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slane   (1003 words)

  
 bio_slane
Illustrated by Slane, authored by Robert Sullivan and published by Godwit Press, its longstanding sales record, including in the US market (via Antipodes Publishing), bought Slane to the attention of Dark Horse Comics.
Slane elected to take the character further: "I wanted to emphasise the uneasy predator-threat feeling you get looking at the movie Darth Maul - the camouflaged tiger stalking you in the jungle".
Chris Slane's interpretation of Darth Maul and associates was granted blessing by Lucasfilm's scrutineers, but, perhaps more importantly, was met with approbation and respect from his children.
swnz.dr-maul.com /moretext.php?request=bio_slane&name=Chris_Slane   (491 words)

  
 Slane Castle 2000
Slane was planned by the Conynghams, successors of the great Norman Lords of Slane.
It was here, from atop the hill overlooking the village, that St. Patrick lit the Paschal Flame on Easter Eve (in the second half of the fifth century), a symbol of the light of Christianity which was about to sweep away the old pagan order.
Slane Castle stands atop a commanding bank of the River Boyne about a mile west of the crossroads at Slane Village.
www.synowzik.de /karin/bryan/slane_eng.html   (932 words)

  
 U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle (2001)
The Slane shows also were a sad time for the band.
Slane includes seven songs that don’t appear in Elevation: “New Year’s Day”, “Out of Control”, “Angel of Harlem”, “Staring at the Sun”, “All I Want Is You”, “One”, and “Mysterious Ways”.
Although Slane lacks the bells and whistles of Elevation, it tosses in a few nice components.
www.dvdmg.com /u2gohome.shtml   (2256 words)

  
 Slane Concert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slane Concert (often referred as just Slane) is a concert held most years since 1981 in Slane Castle in Slane village, County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland.
The 2004 concert attracted protests from the people of Slane, as it was to be held on a Sunday.
The inhabitants were fearful of repeats of the civil unrest that had occurred the previous time a concert had been held on a Sunday, Bob Dylan in 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slane_Concert   (389 words)

  
 Slane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Slane Castle is located on the banks of the river Boyne, about a mile west of the crossroads at Slane Village, County Meath.
Slane is fairly close to New Grange and is easily accessible from Dublin.
The Castle gates, pictured here, are at the bridge crossing at Slane, and one of the first things you see in Slane when coming from Dublin.
homepage.eircom.net /~dowdstownhouse/slane.htm   (379 words)

  
 Pat Slane: Pulsar Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Devil is in the Details: Compact Structures in Pulsar Wind Nebulae (P. Slane) - Advances in Space Research, in press.
Particle Acceleration in Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (P. Slane) - to appear in the proceedings of the XXII Moriond Astrophysics Meeting "The Gamma-Ray Universe"
ROSAT Observations of PSR 1642-03 and PSR 0355+54 (P. Slane) in "New Horizon of X-Ray Astronomy", Tokyo, 1994.
hea-www.harvard.edu /~slane/psr/papers_psr.html   (666 words)

  
 Francis Ledwidge Centre - Slane
Whatever early buildings were on Slane Hill have disappeared and the present buildings of a church and college date from the Restoration of 1512.
The first monks to occupy the college were the Franciscans and later in 1631 the Capuchins came but within twenty years they were expelled by Cromwell.
There is an interesting story concerning a certain Dagobert II, heir to the throne of a kingdom called Austrasie in eastern Gaul (France) who was exiled to Ireland after his father's death in 656 AD.
www.francisledwidge.com /html/aboutslane.htm   (238 words)

  
 Slane Marine (High Point, NC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Under the direction of Tom Slane, beginning in 1984, Slane Marine has been restoring and repairing older and damaged boats to bring them up to the "state of the art" in yachting.
Slane has specialized primarily in the reconstruction of Hatteras vessels, which is a natural relationship as Tom is the son of the late Willis Slane, founder of the legendary Hatteras Yachts Company.
Slane Marine offers a wide variety of marine related products and services to the discriminating yacht owner including damage repair, brokerage, vessel surveys, propulsion system upgrades, interior refits and even complete "to the stringers" reconstruction!
www.yachtworld.com /slane/index.html   (214 words)

  
 Slane family home page
At this time, our website is limited to information about the descendants of Daniel Slane settled in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1783.
However, we would like to publish information about other Slane families, including the family of Charles Slane who is enumerated in the 1790 Census of Huntington Town of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
This is an online genealogical reference which enables Slane family historians and genealogists to publish their family histories, genealogies, research, and related materials.
www.slanehistory.com   (352 words)

  
 Stephen D. Slane
Cartar, L., Hicks, M., and Slane, S. Women's reactions to male sexual touch as a function of initiator attractiveness and level of coercion.
Allen, P.A., Madden, D.J., and Slane, S. Visual word encoding and the effect of adult age and word frequency.
Milic, L., and Slane, S. Quantitative aspects of the Century of Prose Corpus.
www.csuohio.edu /psy/faculty/slane.html   (196 words)

  
 Welcome to Simon Jewelers
Simon Jewelers maintains one of the largest selections of Slane and Slane designs in the country.
Sisters Heath and Landon Slane began designing jewelry in 1995, with the vision of creating a line of fine sterling silver jewelry.
The classic jewelry designs of Slane & Slane are inspired by both modern and ancient influences.
www.simonjewelers.com /featureddesigner/slaneslane.asp   (351 words)

  
 Slane
The tune Slane and the text "Be Thou My Vision"--both in the original Gaelic and in English translation--are in the public domain.
If you like, you can hear a MIDI file of "Slane".
Slane / Revised 16 April 2004 / ©; Copyright 2004, Elizabeth T. Knuth / URL: http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/mandotab/slane.html
www.users.csbsju.edu /~eknuth/mandotab/slane.html   (182 words)

  
 Slane, Ireland. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
SLANE village, set on a steep hillside running down to the Boyne a mile or so west of Knowth, is an enchanting little place which packs a surprising amount of interest.
The scene is set at the village centre, where four three-storey eighteenth-century houses stand at the four corners of a crossroads, each virtually identical (with arched entrance courtyards to the side) and built of rough-cut grey limestone.
Comfortable budget accommodation, with dorms, private rooms and bike rental, can be found at Slane Farm Hostel, which is well signposted both from the village and opposite the castle gates (tel 041/988 4985, paddymacken@eircom.net; under 50/£30).
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/ireland/slane   (124 words)

  
 Crossing the Ford, Slane/Rossnaree - The Battle of the Boyne (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
At dawn, a force of 10,000 men, led by Count Meinhard Schomberg and General James Douglas, left the Williamite camp near Tullyallen and marched upstream to attack the Jacobite left wing.
Slane bridge had been broken down by James's troops, and the Williamites forded the river at a point between Rosnaree and Slane which "led to a very fine plain"
A charge by a regiment of Jacobite dragoons (mounted infantry) held up their advance for half-an-hour, until the Jacobite commander, Sir Neal O Neill, was gravely wounded.
www.battleoftheboyne.ie.cob-web.org:8888 /CrossingtheFordSlaneRossnaree   (157 words)

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