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  • Dolphin's Barn

    Dolphin's Barn (Irish: An Carnán, meaning "the parcel") is an inner city suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city in the Dublin 8, and partially in the Dublin 12, postal district. Its name derives from a family named Dolphyn …

  • D'Olier Street

    D'Olier Street /dəˈlɪər/ is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It and Westmoreland Street are two broad streets whose northern ends meet at the southern end of O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey.

  • Courtmacsherry

    Courtmacsherry (Irish: Cúirt Mhic Seafraidh, meaning "MacSherry's Court") often referred to by locals as Courtmac, is a picturesque seaside village in County Cork, Ireland, on the southwest coast. It is about 30 miles southwest of Cork, and 15-20 mi…

  • Collins Barracks, Cork

    Collins Barracks is a military barracks on the Old Youghal Road on the north side of Cork in Ireland. Originally serving as a British military barracks from the early 19th century, it was surrendered to the Irish military following the Irish War of …

  • Bunbeg

    An Bun Beag (anglicised as Bunbeg), meaning "a small river mouth", is a small Gaeltacht village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is officially the smallest townland in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), but today the name Bunbeg is used to describ…

  • Broadstone, Dublin

    Broadstone (Irish: An Clochán Leathan) is one of the three neighbourhoods that make up present-day Phibsboro. The most southerly of these, Broadstone, lies just two km due north of the Liffey Bridge at Ormond Quay Dublin, Ireland. The area is triang…

  • Brittas Bay

    Brittas Bay (Irish: Cuan an Bhriotáis) in County Wicklow, Ireland is a 4 km stretch of beach on the Irish Sea coast. The beach is accessed from the R750 regional road which runs parallel to the beach, separated from it by extensive areas of sand dun…

  • Boyle Abbey

    Boyle Abbey (Irish: Mainistir na Búille) was the first successful foundation in Connacht of the Cistercian order which had opened its first Irish house at Mellifont, County Louth, in 1142.

  • Blanchardstown Centre

    Blanchardstown Centre is a large shopping centre located in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 1996 and was extended in 2004 to create extra retail space.

  • Bellacorick

    Bellacorick or Bellacoric (Irish: Béal Átha Chomhraic, meaning "ford mouth of the confluence") is a townland in County Mayo, Ireland. It comprises an area of 800 acres (3.2 km2). The area is remote, virtually uninhabited blanket bog which was once u…

  • Bawnboy

    Bawnboy (Irish: an Bádhún Buí, meaning "the yellow bawn") is a small village in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. The current population is about 250. A bawn is the defensive wall s…

  • Battle of Bantry Bay

    The Battle of Bantry Bay was a naval engagement fought on 11 May 1689 during the Nine Years' War. The English fleet was commanded by Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington; the French fleet by François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault.

  • Ballyhoura Mountains

    The Ballyhoura Mountains (Irish: An Sliabh Riabhach) are located in south-east County Limerick and north-east County Cork in central Munster, running east and west for about 6 miles on the borders of both counties.

  • Ballycroy National Park

    Ballycroy National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Bhaile Chruaich) is located in the Owenduff/Nephin Mountains area of the Barony of Erris in northwest County Mayo, Ireland. It is one of the largest expanses of peatland in Europe, consisting of 117.79…

  • Ballybough

    Ballybough is an inner city district of north east Dublin city, Ireland. Situated north of the Summerhill Parade /N.C.R. intersection to Drumcondra and east of the that N.C.R. to the River Tolka at Fairview, adjacent areas include the North Strand a…

  • Ardbraccan

    Ardbraccan is an ancient place of Christian worship in County Meath, Ireland. It is the location of the former residence of the Roman Catholic, then, after the Reformation, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath.

  • Alexandra College

    Alexandra College is a private, single-sex girls' school located in Milltown, Dublin, Ireland, operating under a Church of Ireland ethos. It serves girls from ages 4 to 18 as boarding or day pupils. The school is one of the most prestigious in Irela…

  • Tyrrelstown

    Tyrrelstown (Irish: Baile an Tirialaigh) is a townland in the civil parish of Mulhuddart, located 13 km northwest of the city of Dublin in Ireland and often considered as part of the greater Blanchardstown area. It is the site of a planned suburban …

  • Tydavnet

    Tydavnet (Irish: Tigh Damhnata, meaning "house of Davnet") is a small village and townland in northern County Monaghan, Ireland, and also the name of the parish in which the village sits.

  • The George, Dublin

    The George is a pub and nightclub on South Great George's Street in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1985—eight years before homosexuality was legalised in Ireland—it is one of the nation's oldest gay bars and clubs. It is regarded as o…

  • The Black Valley

    The Black Valley in County Kerry, is a remote location in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks situated south of the Gap of Dunloe and north of Moll's Gap.

  • Terryglass

    Terryglass (Irish: Tír Dhá Ghlas, meaning "land of the two streams") is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R493 regional road on the north-eastern shore of Lough Derg near where the River Shannon enters the Lough. …

  • St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin

    St. Mary's Abbey was a former Cistercian abbey located near Abbey Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the River Liffey until it met the sea. It also owned large estates in other parts o…

  • Sligo Abbey

    Sligo Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Shligigh), a ruined abbey in Sligo, Ireland, (officially called the Dominican Friary of Sligo) was originally built in 1253 by the order of Maurice Fitzgerald, Baron of Offaly. It was destroyed in 1414 by a fire, ravage…

  • Slea Head

    Slea Head (Irish: Ceann Sléibhe) is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland. It belongs to Munster's province (County Kerry) and is served by the R559 r…

  • Shehy Mountains

    The Shehy Mountains (Cnoic na Síofra in Irish, meaning Hills of the animal hides") are a range of low mountains situated on the border between County Cork and County Kerry, in Ireland.