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Killeen (Holywood)
Killeen may refer to: Places ;Northern Ireland * Killean, County Armagh, a village in County Armagh * Killeen, County Down, a townland in County Down * Killeen, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone ;Ireland * Killeen, County Cork, a village in County Cork * Killeen, County Laois, a village in County Laois * Killeen, County Meath, a village in County Meath * Killeen, County Tipperary, a townland in County Tipperary * Killeen, County Westmeath, a townland in the civil parish of Castletownkindalen, barony of Moycashel ;United States * Killeen, Texas, a city in Bell County, Texas ** Killeen Air Force Station, Killeen, Texas Other uses * Killeen (surname) * Killeen Castle (other) See also * Cillín A cillín (plural cilliní) are historic burial sites in Ireland, primarily used for stillborn and unbaptized infants. These burial areas were also used for the recently deceased who were not allowed in consecrated churchyards, including the men ...
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Killean, County Armagh
Killeen"Killeen" is the official name of the townland. or Killean () is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Killeavy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about four miles (6.5 km) south of Newry, near the border with County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 75 people. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area. McKeever Park lies within Killean on the Bog road. It is home to the Armagh LGFA and was Saint Michael's Killean GFC before Armagh ladies. It is the only ladies' Gaelic football club to have their own home pitch. History For more information, see The Troubles in Killeen, which includes a list of incidents in the area during "the Troubles" resulting in two or more fatalities. Education The sole school within the village is St Michael's Primary School, 29 Killean School Road. Places of worship The primary place of worship in the village is St. Michael's Chapel, a Roman Catholic chu ...
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County Meath
County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the southwest, Westmeath to the west, Cavan to the northwest, and Monaghan to the north. To the east, Meath also borders the Irish Sea along a narrow strip between the rivers Boyne and Delvin, giving it the second shortest coastline of any county. Meath County Council is the local authority for the county. Meath is the 14th-largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties by land area, and the 8th-most populous, with a total population of 220,296 according to the 2022 census. The county town and largest settlement in Meath is Navan, located in the centre of the county along the River Boyne. Other towns in the county include Trim, Kells, Laytown, Ashbourne, Dunboyne, Slane and Bettystown. Colloquially known as "The Royal County", the historic ...
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Killeen (surname)
Killeen is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Caroline Killeen (born 1926), American activist * Donald Killeen (1923–1972), Irish-American criminal * Evans Killeen (born 1936), American baseball player * Graham Killeen (born 1980), American filmmaker and critic * Gretel Killeen (born 1963), Australian television personality * Henry Killeen (1872–1916), American baseball player * J. J. Killeen (born 1981), American golfer * James Jerome Killeen (1917–1978), American Roman Catholic bishop * Jason Killeen (born 1980), Irish basketball player * John Killeen (1920–2005), Irish hurler * Len Killeen (1938–2011), South African rugby league footballer * Lewis Killeen (born 1982), English football (soccer) player * Liam Killeen (born 1982), English professional mountain biker * Mark Killeen, British actor * Neil Killeen (born 1975), English cricketer * Oliver Killeen (born 1937), Irish bigamist and fraudster * Peter Richard Killeen (born 1942), ...
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Killeen Air Force Station
Killeen Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-192) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located west-southwest of Killeen, Texas. It was closed in 1961. History Killeen Air Force Station came into existence as part of Phase III of the Air Defense Command (ADC) Mobile Radar program. On October 20, 1953, ADC requested a third phase of twenty-five radar sites be constructed. It was constructed on the existing Robert Gray AFB to provide radar protection for the Fort Hood area. The 814th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to Killeen AFS on 14 February 1957. It operated AN/FPS-20 search radar and an AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars at the station, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning station. As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes. In addition to the main facility, Killeen operated two A ...
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Killeen, Texas
Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is the principal city of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area. Killeen is north of Austin, southwest of Dallas, and northeast of San Antonio. Killeen is directly adjacent to the main cantonment of Fort Hood. Its economy depends on the activities of the post, and the soldiers and their families stationed there. It is known as a military "boom town" because of its rapid growth and high influx of soldiers. History In 1881, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway extended its tracks through central Texas, buying a few miles southwest of a small farming community known as Palo Alto, which had existed since about 1872. The railroad platted a 70-block town on its land and named it after Frank P. Killeen, the assistant general mana ...
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Castletownkindalen
Castletownkindalen () is a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about south–west of Mullingar. Castletownkindalen is one of 8 civil parishes in the barony of Moycashel in the Province of Leinster. The civil parish covers . Castletownkindalen civil parish comprises the village of Castletown Geoghegan and 41 townlands: Adamstown, Ballybrennan, Ballybrown, Ballyhast, Ballykilroe, Ballynacoska, Ballynagore, Balrath, Benalbit and Derryroe, Bredagh, Castletown, Clonsingle, Cloonagh, Conranstown, Dooraheen, Dromore, Garhy, Glengorm, Gneevebeg, Gneevebrack, Keelbeg, Kilbalraherd, Kilhugh, Killalea, Killeen, Killinlahan, Kippinduff, Knockacurra, Lissakilly, Lurrig, Mabrista, Rathdrishoge, Rathnugent, Shurock, Sraduff, Sraneeg, Teernacreeve, Toorlisnamore, Tullaghanmore, Tullaghansleek and Tullaghnacrossan. The neighbouring civil parishes are: Churchtown, Conry and Dysart (all in the barony of Rathconrath) to the north, Clon ...
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Killeen, County Tipperary
Killeen ( ga, An Coillín) is a townland in the civil parish of Borrisokane, in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of eight townlands in County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ... sharing the name Killeen. References Townlands of County Tipperary {{Tipperary-geo-stub ...
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County Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix. Laois County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2022 census, the population of the county was 91,657, an increase of 56% since the 2002 census. History Prehistoric The first people in Laois were bands of hunters and gatherers who passed through the county about 8,500 years ago. They hunted in the forests that covered Laois and fished in its rivers, gathering nuts and berries to supplement their diets. Next came Ireland's first farmers. These people of the Neolithic period (4000 to 2500 BC) cleared forests and planted crops. Their burial mounds remain in Clonaslee and Cuffsborough. Starting around 2500 BC, the people of the Bronze Age lived in Laois. Th ...
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