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    Kilmacrennan (Irish: Cill Mhic nÉanáin or Cill Mhic Réanáin), also Kilmacrenan, is a village, townland and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland. The...
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    The Battle of Kilmacrennan was a skirmish fought near Kilmacrennan, County Donegal in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion. Sir Cahir O'Doherty was a traditional...
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  • Kilmacrennan railway station served the village of Kilmacrennan in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and...
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    traditionally inaugurated, from the 1460s onwards, at Doon Rock near Kilmacrennan. The O'Donnell's royal or chiefly power was finally ended in what was...
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    Derry in April 1608. O'Doherty was defeated and killed in the Battle of Kilmacrennan in July. The rebellion ended with the surrender of the last die-hards...
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    Kilmacrenan (Irish: Cill Mhic Réanáin), sometimes spelled Kilmacrennan, is a barony in County Donegal, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than...
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    identifies it as Cahir O'Doherty himself, who was killed in a skirmish near Kilmacrennan in 1608 (but was popularly believed to have wasted away while sequestered...
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    association football for Lagan Harps and Kilmacrennan Celtic as well as representing her school. In 2009, she helped Kilmacrennan Celtic win the WFAI Intermediate...
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  • United States 4147 Lennon, a main-belt asteroid Lennon, a river near Kilmacrennan, Ireland Lennon (Brazilian footballer) (born 1991), born Lennon Eduardo...
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    Burning of Derry, he was captured and executed following the Battle of Kilmacrennan. The MacDavitts were from Inishowen, in northern Donegal, directly north...
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    brief rebellion was ended by Sir Richard Wingfield at the Battle of Kilmacrennan. The rebellion prompted Arthur Chichester, the Lord Deputy of Ireland...
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    and burnt Derry. O'Doherty was defeated and killed at the Battle of Kilmacrennan and the rebellion quickly collapsed. In 1608 the absent earls' lands...
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    Doon Well at Kilmacrennan in County Donegal, Ireland, c.1900. On the left, two women are praying by the well. On the right, an array of crutches, bandages...
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    history. Their original homeland lay further to the north in the area of Kilmacrennan. From the 15th to the 17th century, they were an important part of the...
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    burning it to the ground. O'Doherty was subsequently killed in a battle at Kilmacrennan, and the rebellion swiftly collapsed. Cahir was the son of Sir John O'Doherty...
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    river in County Donegal, Ireland. It flows into the River Lennon near Kilmacrennan. 55°02′08″N 7°45′53″W / 55.0355°N 7.7648°W / 55.0355; -7.7648 v t...
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  • Letterkenny Personal details Born between December 1980 and July 1981 Political party Independent Residence Kilmacrennan Profession Businessman and developer...
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  • meaning valour. The leading line of the family were hereditary coarbs of Kilmacrennan, County Donegal. Before the introduction of Christianity, the family...
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    sense. It was simply a stopping point at the level crossing across the Kilmacrennan-Creeslough road, a few miles north of Termon. There was no station building...
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  • which was destroyed reopened temporarily elsewhere in Creeslough, with Kilmacrennan the closest post office until then. A "Together for Creeslough" concert...
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    Dunboy 1602 – Burning of Dungannon 1608- Burning of Derry 1608- Battle of Kilmacrennan: Ends Cahir O'Doherty's brief rebellion. 1608- Siege of Tory Island 1631-...
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    the northern coast of Ireland. Following their defeat at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, where their leader Sir Cahir O'Doherty had been killed, a group of survivors...
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    Craoslach, An Fál Carrach, Carraig Airt, Dún Fionnachaid, Kerrykeel, Kilmacrennan, Milford 87 Ballinasloe Galway GA Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Ballygar, Creggs...
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    by attacking and burning Derry. In the wake of O'Doherty's defeat at Kilmacrennan, a much larger plantation was undertaken.[citation needed] Cecil wrote...
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  • Rebellion. For his service, he was awarded 1,000 acres of land near Kilmacrennan in County Donegal, qualifying as a servitor. There was some resentment...
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  • Derry. O'Doherty was subsequently defeated and killed at the Battle of Kilmacrennan and the rebellion collapsed. Despite his loss of Culmore, Hart was rewarded...
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    by Leo XIII Rank Cardinal-priest Personal details Born 1 October 1840 Kilmacrennan, County Donegal, Ireland Died 19 November 1924 (aged 84) Armagh, County...
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    the early 16th century Status Túatha of Ailech (until 1185) Capital Kilmacrennan (royal inaugurations) and Donegal Castle (later seat of O'Donnell dynasty)...
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    Carrigart or Carrickart) is a small Gaeltacht village in the barony of Kilmacrennan to the north of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is on the R245 route...
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    territory of Fanaid stretched as far south as the River Lennon between Kilmacrennan and Ramelton. In 1835, the surveyor John O'Donovan referred to Rathmullan...
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