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St. Pius X National School
Templeogue () is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south. Geography Location The centre of Templeogue is from both the city centre to the north and the Wicklow Mountains, Dublin Mountains to the south, and to the coast at Dublin Bay on the Irish Sea. It is above sea level and occupies an area of 534 hectares. Suburbs adjacent to Templeogue are Ballyboden, Ballyroan, Dublin, Ballyroan, Firhouse, Greenhills, Dublin, Greenhills, Kimmage, Knocklyon, Perrystown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, and Terenure. Transport The three main routes through the suburb are the R112 road (Ireland), R112 regional road (Templeville Road), the R137 road (Ireland), R137 regional road (Templeogue Road), and the R817 road (Ireland), R817 regional road (Cypress Grove Road and Wainsfort Road). Dublin Bus operates the following bus routes through Templeogue: 15, 15A, 15B, 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Ireland
There have been four Provinces of Ireland: Connacht (Connaught), Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. The Irish language, Irish word for this territorial division, , meaning "fifth part", suggests that there were once five, and at times Kingdom_of_Meath, Meath has been considered to be the fifth province; in the medieval period, however, there were often more than five. The number of provinces and their delimitation fluctuated until 1610, when they were permanently set by the English administration of James VI and I, James I. The provinces of Ireland no longer serve administrative or political purposes but function as historical and cultural entities. Etymology In modern Irish language, Irish the word for province is (pl. ). The modern Irish term derives from the Old Irish (pl. ) which literally meant "a fifth". This term appears in 8th-century law texts such as and in the legendary tales of the Ulster Cycle where it refers to the five kingdoms of the "Pentarchy". MacNeill enumer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
