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Clonmore, County Armagh
Clonmore () is a hamlet and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is close to the banks of the River Blackwater. Clonmore shrine The Clonmore shrine was found on the banks of the Blackwater river which runs along the big meadow, and is Ireland's earliest Christian metal artifact. It is housed in the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Sport The local Gaelic football club is Clonmore Robert Emmet's GFC, which competes in Co. Tyrone competitions at Junior level. Underage boys' football is organised through an amalgamation with neighbors Collegeland O'Rahilly's GAA, Collegeland and Annaghmore. The teams play as Naomh Eoin. Girls and Ladies football is offered through the sister club Naomh Labhaoise. Former railway In 1858 the Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway opened Vernersbridge railway station, south of Clonmore. The Great Northern Railway Board closed the station in 1954 and the Ulster Transport Authority The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Armagh
County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 175,000. County Armagh is known as the "Orchard County" because of its many apple orchards. The county is part of the historic province of Ulster. Etymology The name "Armagh" derives from the Irish word ' meaning "height" (or high place) and '. is mentioned in '' The Book of the Taking of Ireland'', and is also said to have been responsible for the construction of the hill site of (now Navan Fort near Armagh City) to serve as the capital of the kings (who give their name to Ulster), also thought to be 's ''height''. Geography and features From its highest point at Slieve Gullion, in the south of the county, Armagh's land falls away from its rugged south with Carrigatuke, Lislea and Camlough mountains, to rollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegeland O'Rahilly's GAA
Collegeland O'Rahilly's Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Uí Raithiligh CLG, An Choláiste) is a Gaelic football club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is located on the Armagh-Tyrone county border just outside Charlemont and the Moy. Collegeland is part of the Armagh GAA and participates in Naomh Eoin CLG, the joint underage team fielded along with Annaghmore and Clonmore clubs. History A club of the same name existed in the early 1900s, playing in black and amber colours, and in the 1930s in green and gold. It went out of existence in the 1940s, but the club was reformed and has remained in existence since 1949. It adopted royal blue as its colour due to the prominence of Cavan football at the time. A driving force in the reformation of the club was Fr William McKnight after whom the current playing facility is named. The Club won the Armagh Junior championship in 2007, defeating Clady in Armagh. In 1997 and again 2000 it lost the Intermediate final, on each occasion by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Allan Publishing
Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan. In 1942 Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, decided he could deal with many of the requests he received about rolling stock by collecting the information into a book. The result was his first book, ''ABC of Southern Locomotives''. This proved to be a success, contributing to the emergence of trainspotting as a popular hobby in the UK, and leading to the formation of the company.Ian Allan…the man who launched a million locospotters ''The Railway Magazine'' issue 1174 February 1999 pages 20-27 The company grew from a small producer of books for train enthusiasts and spotters to a large transport publisher. Each year it published books covering subjects such as military and civil aviation, naval and maritime topics, buses, trams, trolleybuses and steam railways, including hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Transport Authority
The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland from 1948 until 1966. Formation and consolidation The UTA was formed by the Transport Act 1948, which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRTB) and the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR). Added to this in 1949 was the Northern Counties Committee (NCC), owned by the British Transport Commission's Railway Executive since its previous owner, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), had been nationalised in 1948. Branch railway closures In January 1950 the UTA closed almost the entire BCDR network except the Queen's Quay, Belfast – Bangor commuter line. In the same year it closed the Macfin – Kilrea section of the former NCC's Derry Central Railway and the freight-only former NCC line from Limavady to Dungiven. It also withdrew passenger services from the former NCC branch lines to Cookstown, Draperstown and Limavady and the Magherafelt – Kilrea section of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The governments of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly nationalised the company in 1953, and the company was liquidated in 1958: assets were split on national lines between the Ulster Transport Authority and Córas Iompair Éireann. Foundation The Ulster, D&D and D&BJct railways together formed the main line between Dublin and Belfast, with the D&BJct completing the final section in 1852 to join the Ulster at . The GNRI's other main lines were between Derry and and between Omagh and Portadown. The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway together with the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway enabled GNRI trains between Derry and Belfast to compete with the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway, and both this and the Dundalk route gave connectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colourpoint Books
Colourpoint Creative are an independent publisher based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. They specialise in local history (Colourpoint Books) and educational textbooks (Colourpoint Educational). Colourpoint are the primary supplier of educational textbooks for new CCEA A-level, GCSE and Key Stage 3 Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland the ... specifications in Northern Ireland and are the largest publisher of educational textbooks in Northern Ireland. External links * – Colourpoint Creative * – Colourpoint Books * – Blackstaff Press * – Colourpoint Educational *{{official, http://www.aprilsky.co.uk – April Sky Design Book publishing companies of Northern Ireland Companies based in Newtownards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernersbridge Railway Station
Vernersbridge railway station was a railway station in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The station was about south of Clonmore and about east of a substantial viaduct by which the railway crossed the River Blackwater. History The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) opened the station in 1858 as Verner's, named after local landowner William Verner. Mr Verner did not want a standard PD&O station building as at and , so at his request Verner's station was built to match his home at Churchill. The station had no signal box and its signals were worked by a ground frame. The newly formed Great Northern Railway (GNR) absorbed the PD&O in 1876 and doubled the track through Vernersbridge in 1899–1902. Vernersbridge was served by GNR passenger trains between and via . The GNR was nationalised in 1953 as the GNR Board, which closed Vernersbridge station in 1954. The Ulster Transport Authority The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portadown, Dungannon And Omagh Junction Railway
The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) was an Irish gauge () railway in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). Early development Building of the PD&O line started from Portadown in 1855 and reached Dungannon in 1858. This first section of line opened with temporary termini at both Portadown and Dungannon. At Dungannon the delay was in order to build a half-mile tunnel because Viscount Northland objected to smoky locomotives traversing his land. In due course the PD&O succeeded in gaining access to the Ulster Railway's Portadown station and in 1861 opened for traffic not only Dungannon Tunnel but also the remainder of the route to Omagh, where it formed a junction with the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. In so doing it completed the railway route between Portadown and Derry that came to be informally known as the "Derry Road". Besides Dungannon Tunnel, the PD&O's most significant engineering features were an iron lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annaghmore Pearses GFC
Annaghmore Pearses Gaelic Football Club ( ga, CPG Na Piarsaigh Eanach Mór) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is based in the village and townland of Annaghmore, near Portadown, and is part of Armagh GAA. The club is named in honour of the Irish revolutionaries Pádraic and Willie Pearse. The Club has appointed a new owner as of 20/06/22, DAVID BOGUSZ. Annaghmore currently plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Senior Championship. The club's underage teams are amalgamated with Clonmore and Collegeland O'Rahilly's, and play as Naomh Eoin. History Annaghmore won the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1970 and again in 1989.Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Peile Sóisearach'' (JFC final programme), 29 September 2012 On both occasions this earned promotion to the Intermediate ranks. The high point in Annaghmore's footballing history to date came in 1990, when it reached the final of the Armagh Intermediate Football Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonmore Robert Emmet's GFC
Clonmore Robert Emmet's Gaelic Football Club ( ga, CLG Roibeard Eiméid, An Chluain Mhór website, Robert Emmet's GFC) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Armagh GAA. It is based in the hamlet (place), hamlet and townland of Clonmore, County Armagh, Clonmore, in the north-west of County Armagh. It is named in honour of the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet. History A Gaelic football team has existed in the area around from at least 1916, becoming a founding member of the first North Armagh League in 1917. From this time up until 1953 Clonmore's participation in organised Gaelic football was sporadic due to the limited availability of players. However throughout this time there were many successful periods particularly during the 1930s. During these years Clonmore al ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungannon
Dungannon () is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 14,340 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the town, though since 2015 it has been covered by Mid-Ulster District Council. For centuries, it was the 'capital' of the O'Neill dynasty of Tír Eoghain, who dominated most of Ulster and built a castle on the hill. After the O'Neills' defeat in the Nine Years' War, the English founded a plantation town on the site, which grew into what is now Dungannon. Dungannon has won Ulster in Bloom's Best Kept Town Award five times. It currently has the highest percentage of immigrants of any town in Northern Ireland. History For centuries, Dungannon's fortunes were closely tied to that of the O'Neill dynasty which ruled a large part of Ulster until the 17th century. Dungannon was the clan's main stronghold. The traditional site of inauguration f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goals (3 points) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground (1 point). Players advance the football up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking, hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals. A point is awarded for kicking or hand-passing the ball over the crossbar , signalled by the umpire raising a white flag. A goal is awarded for kicking the ball under the crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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