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Foure
Fore () is a village, next to the old Rule of St Benedict, Benedictine Abbey ruin of Fore Abbey, situated to the north of Lough Lene in County Westmeath, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village, (sister parish of nearby St. Mary's Collinstown, County Westmeath, Collinstown) is situated within a valley between two hills: the Hill of Ben, the Hill of Houndslow, and the Ankerland rise area. There can be found the ruins of a Christianity, Christian monastery, which had been populated at one time by France, French Benedictine monks from Évreux, Normandy. Fore is the English language, anglicised version of the Irish language, Irish name that signifies "the town of the water-springs" and was given to the area after Saint Feichin’s spring or well, which is next to the old church a short distance from where the ruined monastery still stands. It was Saint Feichin, St. Feichin who founded the ancient Fore Abbey around 630. By 665 (the time of the Plague_of_Justinian, yellow plagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh De Lacy, Lord Of Meath
Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, 4th Baron Lacy (; before 1135 – 25 July 1186), was an Anglo-Norman landowner and royal office-holder. He had substantial land holdings in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Following his participation in the Norman Invasion of Ireland, he was granted, in 1172, the lands of the Kingdom of Meath by the Anglo-Norman King Henry II, but he had to gain control of them. The Lordship of Meath was then the most extensive liberty in Ireland. Early life Hugh de Lacy was the son of Gilbert de Lacy (died after 1163) of Ewyas Lacy, Weobley, and Ludlow. He is said to have had a dispute with Joscelin de Dinan as to certain lands in Herefordshire in 1154. He was in possession of his father's lands before 1163, and in 1165–66 held fifty-eight and three-quarters knights' fees, and had nine tenants without knight service. Career in Ireland In October 1171 Lacy went over with Henry II as part of an Anglo-Norman force to invade Ireland, and early in 1172 he was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
