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Broadford Rovers , a motorcycle racing venue in Victoria, Australia
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Broadford may refer to: Places *Broadford, Victoria, Australia *Broadford, County Clare, Republic of Ireland *Broadford, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland *Broadford, Skye, Scotland *Broadford, Pennsylvania, United States *Broadford, Virginia, United States *Shire of Broadford, a former local government area of Victoria, Australia Other *Broadford Airfield on the Isle of Skye, Scotland *Broadford Football Club, an Australian Rules Football club in Victoria, Australia *Broadford GAA, Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Ireland *Broadford railway station, Victoria, Australia *Broadford Track Broadford Track is the popular name of Broadford State Motorcycle Sports Complex in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Hume Freeway, approximately from Melbourne near the town of Broadford. Opened in 1975, Broadford Road Circuit (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, Victoria
Broadford is a small town in central Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Broadford had a population of 4,076. The town is the headquarters of the Shire of Mitchell local government area and is approximately north of the state capital, Melbourne. Broadford lies on the major transport routes between Melbourne and Sydney. The town is bypassed to the east by the Hume Freeway and the railway line linking the two cities passes through Broadford. Broadford is built on the banks of Sunday Creek, a tributary of the Goulburn River. History The original inhabitants of Broadford are the Taungurong people, a part of the Kulin nation that inhabited a large portion of central Victoria including Port Phillip Bay and its surrounds. A 1934 document recalling the 1870s notes the "Puckapunyal tribe, and there were about twenty in number. … I knew four of them fairly well, one of whom was called Billy Hamilton (and claimed to be the son of the Chief of the Puckapunyal tribe) his lubra, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, County Clare
Broadford () is a small village in eastern County Clare, Ireland and a Catholic parish of the same name. The R466 road passes through the village of Broadford between O'Callaghan's Mills and O'Briens Bridge. It is tucked into the Glenomra Valley on the southern slopes of the Slieve Bearnagh Mountains near Doon Lough. The Catholic parish of Broadford is in the Diocese of Killaloe. It originated in the medieval parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy Killokennedy ( ga, Cill Ó gCinnéide) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Location Killokennedy lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare, about west of Killaloe. It is on the road from Killaloe to Ennis. In 1837, as applotted .... Part of Killokennedy was amalgamated with Kilseily to form what is now the parish of Broadford. The parish today has three church buildings, which as of 2014 served about 800 parishioners. See also * List of towns and villages in Ireland References {{Authority control Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, County Limerick
Broadford ( - "the mouth of the ford") is a village in the west of County Limerick in Ireland. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford. In the 2016 census, the resident population of Broadford village was 276, and the population of the Broadford electoral division was 960. According to records, the village is relatively new, and was first recorded by cartographers in 1837. Prior to its current name, it was known as ''"Killaliathan"'' or ''"Killagholehane"''. This name derives from Killaliathan Church, located 1.6 km (1 mile) to the south, a medieval church now partially ruined. See also * List of towns and villages in Ireland References External links Dromcollogher / Broadford. Parish- Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: ''Deoise Luimnigh'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, Skye
Broadford ( gd, An t-Àth Leathann), together with nearby Harrapool, is the second-largest settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Lying in the shadow of the Red Cuillin mountains, Broadford is within the parish of Strath. A long meandering village historically consisting of a few buildings on either side of the Broadford River, the many small townships around the wide sweep of the bay have grown together and Broadford now stretches for around the southern side of Broadford Bay. History Like many places in Skye, Broadford derives its name from Old Norse. To the Vikings, this was ''Breiðafjorðr'' – the wide bay. The Gaelic name is of modern derivation and assumes that the "ford" element meant a river crossing. West of Broadford in Glen Suardal, on the lower slopes of Beinn na Caillich, is Goir a' Bhlàir, 'the field of battle' ( ). The battle concerned was apparently a decisive action by the Gaelic Clan Mackinnon against the Norsemen. From the late 1700s Broadford wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, Pennsylvania
Broadford or Broad Ford is an unincorporated community in Connellsville Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States. Broadford is on the Youghiogheny River downstream from Connellsville. Galley Run, a tributary to the Youghiogheny River, joins here. History Broadford was formerly the site of an A. Overholt and Company Distillery, maker of Old Overholt rye whiskey once run by Pittsburgh industrialist H. Clay Frick. (The other was at West Overton, Pennsylvania.) Ruins and some extant buildings are present in the town.Michael Cope"Old Overholt Distillery burns: Seven fire companies respond." ''The Daily Courier''. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2010. Broadford was also once the junction of the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad which ran along the Youghiogheny and the Mount Pleasant & Broad Ford Railroad spur to Mount Pleasant (both railroads later part of B&O, now CSX). Today, Amtrak's ''Capitol Limited'' operates through B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford, Virginia
Broadford is an unincorporated community in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. Broadford is located along Laurel Creek at the junction of Virginia State Route 42 and Virginia State Route 91 northwest of Marion. Broadford has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 24316. References Unincorporated communities in Smyth County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{SmythCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Broadford
The Shire of Broadford was a local government area about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1869 until 1994. History Broadford was first incorporated as a road district on 29 January 1869, and became a shire on 24 December 1874. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. On 18 November 1994, the Shire of Broadford was abolished, and along with the Rural City of Seymour, the Shire of Pyalong, and parts of the Shire of McIvor, was merged into the newly created Shire of Mitchell. The King Parrot and Strath Creek districts were transferred to the newly created Shire of Murrindindi. Wards The Shire of Broadford was divided into three ridings, each of which elected three councillors: * East Riding * North Riding * South Riding Towns and localities * Broadford* * Clonbinane * Petersons * Reedy Creek * Strath Creek * Tyaak * Waterford Park Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford Airfield
Isle of Skye (Broadford) Airfield (also known as Ashaig Airstrip or Broadford Aerodrome) is a small airfield on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, with a single runway. It is next to the hamlet of Ashaig, near the village of Broadford. History The airport was constructed by the Corps of Royal Engineers and opened in 1972 to serve as a gateway to the Isle of Skye. Loganair operated a scheduled service from the airfield to Glasgow from 1972. However this service was discontinued in 1988. No commercial services have existed since then, and the airfield is usually deserted. The airport is occasionally used by NHS Highland and the Scottish Ambulance Service for transferring patients to hospitals in Inverness or Glasgow. In 1980 the airport was used as a filming location for the opening scene of ''Flash Gordon''. In recent years the airfield has been used for storage of large wind turbine components. It is also used for land sailing activities. Music festival Between 2005 and 2007 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford Football Club
The Broadford Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Roos'', is an Australian rules football and netball club and located 88 km north of Melbourne in the town of Broadford and is affiliated with the AFL Outer East. History Broadford was warned by the VCFL to clean up its act after ten players had fronted the tribunal during the year. One opposition player had his jaw broken in a behind the play incident. The Broadford coach, Paul Tilley, was suspended for two years because of his actions. On 17 September 2019, at the third and final Special General meeting, 52 eligible members cast their vote opting for Outer East (47) as their home of choice over the Riddell District Football Netball League (5). Football competitions *1908–1915 North East Football Association *1919-1919 Mernda Football Association *1921–1937 Waranga North East Football Association *1938–1940 Hume Highway Football Association *1941-1944 Broadford FC in recess due to World War Two *1945-1946 Hume H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford GAA
Broadford is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland, winners of two senior hurling and 16 senior camogie titles. It enlists players from a radius of twenty miles from the Boyne bridge in Edenderry, Leinster bridge in Clonard, Blackwater bridge in Enfield and Barney Bridge in Allenwood. Mick Moore was selected at full-forward on the Kildare hurling team of the millennium. History Balyna (described in 1908 as the only purely hurling club in the county) and Moyvalley were affiliated in 1907. Garriskar also competed in the 1910s and Johnstownbridge in the 1920s and 1930s. Broadford affiliated in 1923 but had been in existence for three years beforehand, winning a gold medal tournament in Meath with seven Bourkes on the team. Patsy Loughrey was one of the founding fathers, and Father James organised a house to house collection that yielded IR£2 10''s.'' for the club's first set of jerseys. Dermot Bourke, brother of dual All Ireland medalist Frank, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadford Railway Station, Victoria
Broadford railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Broadford, and opened on 18 April 1872.Broadford Vicsig History Broadford station was opened when the North-East line was opened as far as School House Lane. The duplication of the line was carried out north to in 1883, and then south to in 1886. The first s ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
