Elphin may refer to:
Places
Canada
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Elphin, Ontario, a hamlet in North Sherbrooke, Lanark County
Ireland
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Elphin, County Roscommon
Elphin (; ) is a small town in north County Roscommon, Ireland. It forms the southern tip of a triangle with Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon to the north west and north east respectively. It is at the junction of the R368 and R369 regional ro ...
, Ireland
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Diocese of Elphin
The Diocese of Elphin () was established following the Synod of Rathbreasail in the year 1118. In that year the see for east Connacht was moved from Roscommon. Elphin was the traditional site of a monastic house established by St Patrick , altho ...
, a diocese in Ireland
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin
The Diocese of Elphin (; ga, Deoise Ail Finn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the western part of Ireland. It is in the Metropolitan Province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. The current bishop is Kevin Doran wh ...
Scotland
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Elphin, Highland
Elphin ( gd, Ailbhinn, which possibly derives from a combination of Norse and Gaelic ''fjell'', "cliff" or "rock", and ''fionn'', "bright") is a crofting township in Assynt, in the Sutherland area of Highland in Scotland. It lies about north o ...
, a village in Highland council area
People
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Saint Elphin Elphin of Warrington (died 679) was a Christian saint who lived in the North West of England in the 7th century, and is considered the patron saint of the town of Warrington.
Life
Little is known about his life, but according to tradition he was a ...
, after whom is named:
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St Elphin's Church, Warrington
St Elphin's Church is the parish church of the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the ...
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St Elphin's School
St Elphins School was a boarding school for the daughters of the clergy of the Church of England. It was originally based in Warrington, Lancashire, England. It moved to Darley Dale, a rural area near Matlock, Derbyshire, in 1904, as the Warringt ...
, a former boarding school in Derbyshire
See also
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Elffin ap Gwyddno
:''The variant spelling 'Elphin' may refer to Saint Elphin, the town of Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland or the Diocese of Elphin, cathedral in Sligo Town, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Elphin is also a village in Sutherland, Scotland.''
In Welsh mytholo ...
, a character in Welsh mythology
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Elfin (disambiguation)
Elfin may refer to:
*ELFIN, a CubeSat developed by University of California, Los Angeles
*Elfin (steamboat), a steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1891 to 1900
*Elfin of Alt Clut, ruler of Alt Clut, seventh century Scotland
*Elfin, a charac ...
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