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Blackrock Island (Mayo)
Blackrock Island (; ) is a rocky island rising to a height of 70 metres above sea level and located northwest of Achill Island approximately 12 miles west of Blacksod Bay. Typical rainfall is 72 inches per annum, and the island is often shrouded in mist. It is visible from near the Glosh Tower on the Mullet Peninsula, and, with reference to the other islands in the area, is sometimes described as the "one that looks like a volcano". There is a small rocky islet 125 m to the east with a length of 80 m. There are about five rocky islets including Fish Rock, Carrickaduff and Carrackabrown spread 1 km to 2 km in a generally westwards direction. Toponymy It is known locally as ''Tór Mór'', and is known as "Black Rock" by Irish Lights. Waters around Blackrock Island The waters around Blackrock Island are noted for large ocean swells and waves, as evidenced by the difficulties faced in relieving the lighthouse keepers and with Rescue 116 helicopter wreckage r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackrock (other)
BlackRock is a global investment management firm. Black Rock, Blackrock, Black Rocks, etc. may also refer to: Places Australia * Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains * Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * Blackrock, Queensland, a locality in Shire of Hinchinbrook * Black Rock (Western Australia), in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve * Black Rocks, Queensland, rocky islets south of Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait * Black Rocks, South Australia, an islet off the western Eyre Peninsula in Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park * South Black Rock, an island off north-west Tasmania Canada *Black Rock, Colchester County, Nova Scotia *Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia * Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia *Black Rock, Victoria County, Nova Scotia * Black Rock Mountain (Alberta) * Irish Commemorative Stone, also known as The Black Rock, a monument to Irish typhoid victims in Montreal Ireland * Blackrock, Cork, suburb of Cork city * Blackro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 1 () is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926. The total budget for the station in 2010 was €18.4 million. It is the most-listened-to radio station in Ireland. History The Department of Posts and Telegraphs opened 2RN, the first Irish radio station, on 1 January 1926. Station 6CK, a Cork relay of 2RN, joined the Dublin station in 1927, and a high-power transmitter at Athlone in County Westmeath opened in 1932. From the latter date the three stations became known as Radio Athlone, later being renamed Radio Éireann ("Irish Radio"/"Radio of Ireland") in 1937. Like most small European broadcasters at that time Radio Éireann had only been assigned a single high-power frequency (meaning only one channel could be broadcast), and had limited programming hours due to financial constraints. Until after the Second World War Radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime Incidents In Ireland
Maritime may refer to: Geography * Maritime Alps, a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps * Maritime Region, a region in Togo * Maritime Southeast Asia * The Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island * Maritime County, former county of Poland, existing from 1927 to 1939, and from 1945 to 1951 * Neustadt District, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, known from 1939 to 1942 as ''Maritime District'', a former district of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Nazi Germany, from 1939 to 1945 * The Maritime Republics, thalassocratic city-states on the Italian peninsula during the Middle Ages Museums * Maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum), a museum for the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. * Maritime Museum (Belize) * Maritime Museum (Macau), China * Maritime Museum (Malaysia) * Maritime Museum (Stockholm), Sweden Music * ''Maritime'' (album), a 2005 album by Minotaur Shock * Maritime (ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military History Of Ireland
The military history of Ireland comprises thousands of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing the island of Ireland. Ireland was never invaded by the Roman Empire, and the island remained a warring collection of separate kingdoms throughout its early history. Although it is known that the Romans traded with the Irish kingdoms, historically it was thought that the Romans never established a military presence in Ireland. In recent times the find of ruins of a possibly Roman fort in Drumanagh near Dublin has questioned this belief. After the November 2015 Paris attacks killed more than 130 people in France, the French government invoked a mutual defence clause of the Treaty of Lisbon, asking for military assistance from the European Union. The Irish government agreed to deploy peacekeeping troops to Mali in order to free up French troops stationed there for deployment elsewhere. Royal Air Force stations in Northern Ireland Former Royal Air Force airfields in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allies of World War II, Allied naval Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked from mid-1940 to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the German (navy) and aircraft of the (air force) against the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, United States Navy, and Merchant Navy (United Kingdom), Allied merchant shipping. Convoys, coming mainly from North America and predominantly going to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, were protected for the most part by the British and Canadian navies and air forces. These forces were aided by ships and aircraft of the United States beginning on 13 September 1941. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 In Ireland
Events from the year 1940 in Ireland. Incumbents * President: Douglas Hyde * Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera ( FF) * Tánaiste: Seán T. O'Kelly ( FF) * Minister for Finance: Seán T. O'Kelly ( FF) * Chief Justice: Timothy Sullivan * Dáil: 10th * Seanad: 3rd Events * January – The Irish Naval Service acquired the first of its six motor torpedo boats, the ''M1''. * 3 January – Tomás Óg Mac Curtain shot and mortally wounded Detective Garda Síochána John Roche in Cork city centre. He had been disarmed by Garda Pat Malone in 1935. He was spared the death penalty in view of his father's history. * 17 January – The ''Enid'' (Captain Wibe) of neutral Norway sailing from Steinkjer to Dublin, 10 miles north of Shetland, went to assist SS ''Polzella'' which had been torpedoed by German submarine ''U-25'' which then shelled and sank ''Enid''. * 7 February – The ''Munster'' (Captain R. Paisley) was mined and sunk in the Irish Sea while entering Liverpool. * 9 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of County Mayo
This articles lists the islands of County Mayo, the mainland of which is part of the island of Ireland. Included in this list are named offshore and freshwater islands as recorded by Ordnance Survey Ireland or the Placenames Database of Ireland. Additionally, areas of ecological significance related to both offshore and freshwater islands, designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland), National Parks and Wildlife Service, are also listed. Although County Mayo has hundreds of offshore and freshwater islands, only a handful of islands and island groups are large enough to be distinguishable on a typical map of the county, namely Achill Island, Clare Island and Inishturk, along with the island clusters of Duvillaun, Inishkea islands, Inishkea, Clew Bay and the major loughs. There are over 100 islands which are greater than in area. The largest island is Achill, which extends to , making it Ireland's largest offshore island. Due to its abundance of bays, inlets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Island Books
New Island Books is an independent Irish publisher of literary fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and books on politics and social affairs. History It was founded as ''Raven Arts Press'' in 1977 by Dermot Bolger. In 1982, Raven Arts closed and was re-founded as New Island Books by Bolger with Edwin Higel and Fergal Stanley. It is a member of Publishing Ireland (Clé), the support organisation of Irish publishing, sharing information, expertise and resources. Successes It has published several bestsellers including Joseph O'Connor's ''The Secret World of the Irish Male'' and Nuala O'Faolain's memoir of the life of an Irishwoman, ''Are You Somebody?''. It has been described as "a major force in Irish publishing. Authors * Dermot Bolger * Anthony Cronin * Patrick Galvin * Roddy Doyle * Nick Hornby * Martin Malone * Cecelia Ahern * Aidan Higgins * Joseph O'Connor * Tom MacIntyre * Christine Dwyer Hickey * Maeve Binchy * Mary Kenny * Richard Downes * Stephen Price * Adi Roche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data. The DBMS additionally encompasses the core facilities provided to administer the database. The sum total of the database, the DBMS and the associated applications can be referred to as a database system. Often the term "database" is also used loosely to refer to any of the DBMS, the database system or an application associated with the database. Before digital storage and retrieval of data have become widespread, index cards were used for data storage in a wide range of applications and environments: in the home to record and store recipes, shopping lists, contact information and other organizational data; in business to record presentation notes, project research and notes, and contact information; in schools as flash c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrain
Terrain (), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of land. In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientation of terrain features. Terrain affects surface water flow and distribution. Over a large area, it can affect weather and climate patterns. Bathymetry is the study of underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. Importance The understanding of terrain is critical for many reasons: * The terrain of a region largely determines its suitability for human settlement: flatter alluvial plains tend to have better farming soils than steeper, rockier uplands. * In terms of environmental quality, agriculture, hydrology and other interdisciplinary sciences; understanding the terrain of an area assists the understanding of drainage divide, watershed boundaries, drainage basin, drainage characteristics, drainage system ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Accident Investigation Unit
The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) () is part of the Department of Transport of Ireland, and is responsible for the investigation of aircraft accidents and serious incidents within Ireland, and Irish-registered aircraft outside the jurisdiction. The Air Accident Investigation Unit has its head offices at the Department of Transport buildings on Leeson Lane in Dublin. It was previously located at Transport House in Dublin. " Air Accident Investigation Unit. 5. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. "A.A.I.U., Transport House, 44 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland." Se Map Gallery < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 Crash
In the early hours of 14 March 2017, a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter operated by CHC Helicopter under contract to the Irish Coast Guard (call sign Rescue 116) crashed into the sea while supporting a rescue operation off County Mayo, on Ireland's west coast. All four crew members on board, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Chief Pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby, and winch man Ciarán Smith were killed. The Air Accident Investigation Unit released its final report on 5 November 2021. It concluded that the probable cause was that while the helicopter was flying towards its intended landing spot at 200 ft, at night, in poor weather, the crew was unaware of the presence of a 282-foot obstacle in their flight path. Events During the evening of 13 March 2017, the Malin Head Coastguard took a call from the captain of a fishing boat off the west coast, who reported that one of his crew had suffered an accident in which he had lost part of his thumb. The decision was made to evacu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
