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    Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin...
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    Markree Observatory was an astronomical observatory in County Sligo, Ireland. The asteroid 9 Metis was discovered from this observatory in 1848 by Cooper's...
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  • Blorenge mountains, and to the River Usk. She is also known to have visited Markree Castle near Sligo, and some sources link Alexander's text with the surrounding...
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    discoverer of the asteroid 9 Metis. In 1842 Graham was appointed to work at Markree Observatory in County Sligo in northwest Ireland. The observatory had been...
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    Kilkenny, while the lowest temperature recorded was −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) at Markree Castle in Sligo. Rainfall is more prevalent during winter months and less...
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  • 9, 1996 Kushiro S. Ueda, H. Kaneda  · 13 km MPC · JPL 10598 Markrees 1996 TT11 Markrees October 13, 1996 Prescott P. G. Comba  · 3.7 km MPC · JPL 10599...
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  • 10596 Stevensimpson 1996 TS Steven Simpson (born 1958). JPL · 10596 10598 Markrees 1996 TT11 Mark B. Rees (born 1963), stepson of the discoverer, Paul G....
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    Kepler's rules for celestial motions. (See also #Computation of orbit) At Markree Observatory in Ireland, an E. J. Cooper used a Cauchoix of Paris lens telescope...
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  • 976 Leamington Spa Observatory - Leamington Spa 977 Markree Observatory, County Sligo - Markree 978 Conder Brow Observatory Lancashire Conder Brow 979...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    January 1918  Ireland (then part of the  United Kingdom) −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) Markree Castle, County Sligo 16 January 1881  Italy −49.6 °C (−57.3 °F) Busa Fradusta...
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    Kilkenny Castle, on 26 June 1887. The lowest temperature was –19.1 °C at Markree Castle on 16 January 1881. Six of the warmest ten years in Ireland have...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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  • formerly of Watford and Hawkswick pedigree "Ireland Game and Country Fair Markree Castle". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-02...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Visiting County Sligo in Ireland, he wrote a letter to his wife from Markree Castle in 1860: "I am haunted by the human chimpanzees I saw along that...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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  • Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Edward Joshua Cooper (category Cooper family of Markree)
    23 April 1863) was an Irish landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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  • London J. R. Hind FLO 147 km MPC · JPL 9 Metis — Metis April 25, 1848 Markree A. Graham FLO 190 km MPC · JPL 10 Hygiea — Hygiea April 12, 1849 Naples...
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    refractor on an equatorial mounting, a meridian transit, mural circle, etc. Markree Observatory added a 3-inch aperture Comet Seeker on an equatorial mount...
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    August 2004. Metis was discovered by Andrew Graham on 25 April 1848, at Markree Observatory in Ireland; it was his only asteroid discovery. It also has...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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  • Joshua Cooper (1732–1800) (category Cooper family of Markree)
    father's estate of Markree Castle near Collooney. He married Alicia Synge, daughter of Edward Synge, the Bishop of Elphin. On his death, Markree passed to his...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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    Castle Hazelwood House Glanleam House Kilronan Castle Lissadell House Markree Castle Menlo Castle Parke's Castle Strokestown House Tyrone House Westport...
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