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Carysfort (1766), Levant (1758) RMG J6599
Carysfort can refer to: * Carysfort, County Wicklow former borough now called Macreddin ** Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency) * Earl of Carysfort, and Baron Carysfort, Irish peerage of the Proby family * Carysfort Reef, Florida Keys ** Carysfort Reef Light * Carysfort Island, a name for Tureia * Cape Carysfort Cape Carysfort is a headland in the north east of East Falkland between Macbride Head and Volunteer Point. Lochhead Pond is behind it. In 1921 it was the site of the shipwreck of '' SS Guvernøren'', a whale oil tanker which, under its former n ..., East Falkland island * HMS ''Carysfort'', five ships of the Royal Navy * Carysfort College former teacher training college in Dublin {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carysfort, County Wicklow
Macreddin (; logainm.ieMacreddin East formerly also Moycreedin; formerly officially Carysfort, also Cariesfort), is a hamlet in County Wicklow, in the southern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, 4 km north of Aughrim on the back road to Greenan. The historical borough is in the townland of Macreddin West in the civil parish of Ballykine, barony of Ballinacor South. It also gives its name to the adjacent townland of Macreddin East. Wicklow County Council's 2010 development plan recognises the site as an "area of archaeological potential and significance" as "site of one of the few 17th century Plantation Towns established in Leinster". The pre-1800 parliamentary borough of Carysfort and the title Earl of Carysfort derive from Carysfort. History The name Macreddin is believed to come from the Irish ''Magh Chrídáin'' "plain of Cridan". In 1875, John O'Hanlon identified him as a Celtic Christian saint "Criotan, Credan, Credanus, or Cridanus", son of Iladon, who was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carysfort (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Carysfort was a borough constituency for Carysfort, now Macreddin, in County Wicklow represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II James II may refer to: * James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade * James II of Majorca (died 1311), Lord of Montpellier * James II of Aragon (1267–1327), King of Sicily * James II, Count of La Marche (1370–1438), King C ..., Carysfort was represented with two members. Members of Parliament, 1634–1801 *1634–1635 Guildford Slingsby. and John Hoey *1639–1649 Philip Mainwaring and Francis Cosbie *1661–1666 Thomas Maule and John Boswell 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{coord missing, County Wicklow Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wicklow 1629 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Carysfort
Earl of Carysfort was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort. The Proby family descended from Sir Peter Proby, Lord Mayor of London in 1622. His great-great-grandson John Proby represented Huntingdonshire and Stamford in the House of Commons. His son and namesake John Proby was a Whig politician and notably served as a (civilian) Lord of the Admiralty. In 1752 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Carysfort, of Carysfort in the County of Wicklow. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was also a politician and was created Earl of Carysfort in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789. In 1801 he was further honoured when he was made Baron Carysfort, of the Hundred of Norman Cross in the County of Huntingdon, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, which gave him a seat in the British House of Lords. His eldest son and heir apparent, William Proby, Lord Proby, predeceased him. Lord Carysfort was therefore succee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carysfort Reef
Carysfort is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the east of Key Largo, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area, which is immediately to the east of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). The reef is northeast of The Elbow. The reef is named after , which ran aground there (but did not sink) in 1770. The Carysfort Reef Light Carysfort Reef Light is located approximately six nautical miles east of Key Largo, Florida. The lighthouse has an iron screw-pile foundation with a platform, and a skeletal, octagonal, pyramidal tower, which is painted red. The light is above ... is near the center of the SPA. References NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East External links {{Authority control Coral reefs of the Florida Keys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carysfort Reef Light
Carysfort Reef Light is located approximately six nautical miles east of Key Largo, Florida. The lighthouse has an iron screw-pile foundation with a platform, and a skeletal, octagonal, pyramidal tower, which is painted red. The light is above the water. It was the oldest functioning lighthouse of its type in the United States until it was decommissioned in 2015, having been completed in 1852. Carysfort Reef is named for , a 20-gun Royal Navy post ship that ran aground on the reef in 1770. The light currently installed is a xenon flashtube beacon. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Caesar and Florida The original Carysfort Reef light was a lightship named ''Caesar'', starting in 1825. Caesar was built in New York City. While being sailed to its station, it went aground near Key Biscayne during a storm, and its crew abandoned the ship. The ship was salvaged by wreckers and taken to Key West, Florida. The owners bought the ship back and it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tureia
Tureia (also called Papahena) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of ; its total land area is 8 km2. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef. The lagoon has no navigable entrance. The village of Hakamaru (or Fakamaru) is the only settlement on Tureia, at the northern tip of the atoll. Almost all of the arable land on Tureia is dedicated to growing coconuts. The population in this atoll has risen to 275 in 2017; in 1977 there were only 121 inhabitants. History The first recorded European to arrive at Tureia was Captain Edward Edwards in 1791, during his search for the Bounty mutineers. Edwards called the atoll "Carysfort", after John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort. From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the ''Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique'', the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 115 km south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Carysfort
Cape Carysfort is a headland in the north east of East Falkland between Macbride Head and Volunteer Point. Lochhead Pond is behind it. In 1921 it was the site of the shipwreck of '' SS Guvernøren'', a whale oil tanker which, under its former name ''SS Imo'', had been involved in the massive 1917 explosion that caused severe damage to Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The .... The Spanish name for the cape is Cabo Corrientes. References Headlands of East Falkland {{Falklands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Carysfort
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Carysfort'': * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1766 and sold in 1813 * was a 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1836 and sold in 1861 * was a screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1899 * was a light cruiser launched in 1914 and scrapped in 1931 * was a destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ... launched in 1944 and sold in 1970 {{DEFAULTSORT:Carysfort Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
