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Newcestown Gaelic Footballers
Newcestown () is a small village located 35 km from the city of Cork in the western part of County Cork, Ireland. It is a village with a church, a school, a pub and GAA club. Newcestown is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Amenities The local Roman Catholic church is the Church of St. John the Baptist. It was built in 1872 in a Gothic revival style. The nearby Church of Ireland church is dedicated to St. Patrick and was built . The local national (primary) school is Bishop Galvin Central School, which is named for Bishop Edward J. Galvin, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Hanyang in China. Sport Newcestown GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. It was founded in 1959 and competes in both Senior hurling and Senior football competitions in Cork. The club won the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship in 1971, in 2001 and in 2010. In hurling, Newcestown were promoted to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship grade in 2015, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |