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Carbery Rangers Gaelic Footballers
Carbery or Carbury may refer to: ;People: * Brian Carbury (1918–1961), New Zealand fighter ace * Douglas Carbery (1894–1959), British soldier and airman * Ethna Carbery (1864–1902), Irish writer * James Joseph Carbery (1823–1887), Irish Dominican, Bishop of Hamilton, Canada * Joe Carbury (1926–2017) Canadian rodeo announcer * Joey Carbery (born 1995), Irish rugby union player * Mary Carbery (1867-1949), English author * Spencer Carbery (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player * Thomas Carbery (1791–1863), mayor of Washington, D.C. ;Places: * Carbery (barony), former barony in County Cork, Ireland; location of:— ** Carbery East, barony ** Carbery West, barony ** Carbery's Hundred Isles, archipelago ** Ross Carbery, town * Carbury (County Kildare barony), location of:— ** Carbury, County Kildare, village ** Carbury Castle, County Kildare * Carbury, County Sligo, barony * Carbury, North Dakota, USA, unincorporated community in Bottineau County ;Titles: * Baron Carbery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Carbury
Brian Carbury, (27 February 1918 – 31 July 1961) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was officially credited with destroying enemy aircraft. Born in Wellington, Carbury joined the RAF in 1937 after being rejected by the Royal Navy. After completion of his flight training, he was posted to No. 41 Squadron where he learnt to fly Supermarine Spitfires. He was later sent to No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron to train its pilots how to handle the Spitfire. During the early stages of the Second World War, the squadron was based in Scotland and patrolled the North Sea during which time Carbury was credited with damaging at least three bombers. The squadron shifted south in August 1940 to join in the Battle of Britain. He shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter on 28 August and another the following day. On 31 August he destroyed five enemy aircraft, one of three RAF pilots to achieve this feat during the Battle of Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury (County Kildare Barony)
Carbury () is a barony in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. Etymology Carbury derives its name from the village of Carbury, which in turn is named for the Cairbre Uí Chiardha. Location Carbury barony is found in northwest County Kildare, enclosed by the River Boyne, Enfield Blackwater and Bog of Allen. History Ó Ciardha (O'Keary or O'Carey, O'Carry. ), lords of Carbury about the time of the Norman invasions, were of the Southern Uí Néill group. It is believed they were a recent 12th century intrusion following Breifne pressure on their original territory in north-east Longford around Granard.Byrne, Francis John "Irish kings and High Kings" (Dublin : Four Courts, 2001; 2nd ed.), p xvi. (Note to p.84). The Carbury area is dominated by the ruins of the great Tudor mansion of Carbury Castle set atop Carbury Hill, which was also known as Fairy Hill. The motte on the hill was probably built by Meiler FitzHenry who was granted the area by Strongbow in 1174. It was acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury GAA
Carbury GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in County Kildare, Ireland, winner of 11 Kildare county senior football championships and participants in eight successive county finals between 1965 and 1972. Ollie Crinnigan and (an All Star in 1978) and Pat Mangan (replacement All Star on two occasions) were on the Kildare football team of the millennium. History Though the present Carbury club was founded in 1925, local tradition holds that football was played in the parish since pre-GAA times. RIC records from 1890 show that Kirkpatrick CJ Kickhams club had 30 members, with the officers listed as Michael Mooney, Walter Broderick and John Tracey. Carbury teams reached the quarter-finals of the championship in 1897 and 1905. Gaelic Football The Bourke family, including Dermot (after whom the county senior football championship trophy is named) and John and William Hynan were the backbone of early Carbury teams. After winning the Intermediate Championship in 1930 Carb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbery Rangers GAA
Carbery Rangers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of Gaelic football. History Located in Rosscarbery in West Cork, Carbery Rangers was founded on 10 November 1887. The club played its first match just under a month later in a field which was part of the lands of Downeen Castle. Carbery Rangers first came to countywide notice when they contested and lost back-to-back Cork SFC finals in 1905 and 1906. Carbery Rangers spent much of the following century operating in the junior grade, winning ten West Cork JAFC titles between 1937 and 2003. The last of these victories was subsequently converted into noth Cork JAFC and Munster Club JFC titles, before losing the All-Ireland final to Wolfe Tones. Life in the intermediate grade yielded further successes, including consecutive Munster Club IFC titles as well as the All-Ireland Club IFC title in 2005. After finally earning se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbery GAA
Carbery GAA is a Gaelic football and Hurling division in the south-west area of County Cork, Ireland. The division is one of eight divisions of the Cork County Board and a division is responsible for organising competitions for the clubs within the division from Under 12 up to adult level The winners of these competitions compete against other divisional champions to determine which club is the county champion. In addition, the division selects football and hurling teams from the adult teams playing at junior level or county intermediate level, and these then compete for the Cork GAA Senior Football Championship and Cork Senior Hurling Championship. The Carbery division consists of 26 clubs from Bandon in the east to Bantry Blues in the west. List of clubs * Argideen Rangers * Ballinascarthy * Bandon * Bantry Blues * Barryroe * Carbery Rangers * Castlehaven * Clann na nGael * Clonakilty * Diarmuid Ó Mathúnas * Dohenys * Gabriel Rangers * Goleen * Ilen Rovers * Kilbrittain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princes Of Carbery
The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach (anglicised ''MacCarthy Reagh'') dynasty are a branch of the MacCarthy dynasty, Kings of Desmond, deriving from the Eóganacht Chaisil sept. History The Mac Cárthaigh Riabhach seated themselves as kings of Carbery in what is now southwestern County Cork including Rosscarbery in the 13th century.Butler, "The Barony of Carbery" Their primary allies in the initially small territory itself were O'Donovans, and members of the Ui Chairpre; both were recent arrivals, gaining their lands from the O'Mahonys of Eóganacht Raithlind and the O'Driscolls of Corcu Loígde. The historical record for this period is very confused and a precise sequence of events cannot be reconstructed. A portion of Carbery was conquered around 1232 by Donal Gott MacCarthy, King of Desmond, from whom the dynasty descend. His son Donal Maol Mac Carthaigh, was the first ruler of the new principality. Their descendants would expand their territories considerably and forge a small, wealthy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Carbery
Earl of Carbery, in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 August 1628 for the Welsh courtier and politician John Vaughan, 1st Baron Vaughan. He had already been created Baron Vaughan, of Mullingar in the County of Westmeath, on 13 July 1621, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, Richard, the second Earl. He fought as a Royalist in the English Civil War. On 25 October 1643 Charles I created him Baron Vaughan, of Emlyn in the County of Carmarthen, in the Peerage of England, which entitled him to a seat in the English House of Lords. His eldest son Francis Vaughan, Lord Vaughan sat as Member of Parliament for Carmarthen but predeceased his father. Lord Carbery was therefore succeeded by his second son, John, the third Earl. He notably served as Governor of Jamaica between 1675 and 1678 and as President of the Royal Society between 1686 and 1689. He had no surviving male issue and the titles became extinct on his death i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Carbery
Baron Carbery, of Carbery in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1715 for George Evans, with remainder to the heirs male of his father and namesake George Evans, a supporter of William and Mary during the Glorious Revolution, who had earlier declined the offer of a peerage. After his elevation to the peerage Lord Carbery represented Westbury in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Westbury. His grandson, the fourth Baron, briefly represented Rutland in Parliament. He was succeeded by his uncle, the fifth Baron. On his death the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron, who had previously succeeded his father as second Baronet, of Castle Freke. Lord Carbery sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1824 to 1845. His nephew, the eighth Baron, was an Irish Representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury, North Dakota
Carbury is an unincorporated community in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is located along North Dakota Highway 14 in the eastern part of the county, east of Souris. The town is virtually abandoned, and the 2000 Census did not record a population. The post office closed in 1984, and it is now part of zip code 58783 covered by the post office in Souris. Carbury is also designated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency as a port of entry between the United States and Canada. History Carbury is named after the village of Carbury in County Kildare, Ireland. Founded in 1901 as a station on the Great Northern Railway, the post office first opened April 16, 1906. Though the town has been known as Carbury since its founding, it was originally intended to be named Roth, which is a town roughly to the west. However, due to a mixup by railroad officials or the Secretary of State, depending on who tells the story, the townsite names were accidentally s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury, County Sligo
Carbury (Irish: ''Cairbre Drumcliabh'') is a barony in north County Sligo, Ireland. It corresponds to the ancient túath of Cairbre Drom Cliabh. Location The barony is in the north of County Sligo, bordering County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the .... History References Baronies of County Sligo {{Sligo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury Castle, County Kildare
Carbury Castle is a castle situated in the townland of Carbury, County Kildare, Carbury, on the borders of Kildare and Offaly Carbury Castle was built in the 13th century by Pierce St. Leger. Carbury is called after Cairbre son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The chieftain is supposed to have entertained St. Patrick but instead of serving up a lamb or venison or other suitable roast he served up a greyhound on a dish. This was done out of disrespect for St. Patrick. The Saint, however, before commencing to dine blessed the food and immediately the greyhound came back to life and walked off the table and out the door. Carbury was married to Boinne after whom the Boyne is called. The Boyne rises in the grounds of Newberry Hall now owned by Mr Robinson. Near the source of the Boyne is a Holy Well called Trinity Well, the water of which is supposed to cure Tooth Aches. The Bermingham's occupied the Castle for 200(?) years after which it passed to the Collies or Cowleys' ancestors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbury, County Kildare
Carbury (), also formerly spelt "Carbery", is a rural community in north-west County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the R402 regional road between Enfield and Edenderry, near the border with County Offaly, and includes the smaller hamlets of Derrinturn, Ticknevin and Killina along the Grand Canal (Ireland). The source of the River Boyne is located just north of the village. Places of interest Carbury Hill This prominent hill just north of the village of Carbury has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. Although partly silted up, at least two barrows from that time can still be found on top of the hill. The site was anciently known as Sídhe Neachtain or “The Mansion of Neachtain”, from Nuadha Neacht, a leader of the mythological Tuatha de Danann who became King of Leinster for a year In 45 AD according to the Annals of the Four Masters. He and his brothers were the keepers of the well at the foot of the hill, (now Trinity Well at Newberry Hall, Carbury, County Kildar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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