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Inver, County Donegal
Inver () is a small village in County Donegal, Ireland. The village lies on the N56 National secondary road midway between Donegal town to the east and Killybegs to the west. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. History St Natalis (or Naail), who died in 563, was the abbot of a monastery in Invernayle (Inver). In the 1460, a Franciscan monastery was founded on the same site. The graveyard dates back to 1731. A Church of Ireland Anglican church was built in 1622, with a new building completed in 1807. There was a recognised settlement in Inver in 1837. At that time it was noted that 11,785 people lived there, with five schools teaching 360 children. Inver was an important whaling post in the past, with a whaling station in the Port of Inver, 3km (2 miles) from the town. Its ruins can still be seen in the port to this day. Today there are 24 main species of whale and dolphin in the waters off Ireland's West Coast, and whale and dolphin spotting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Ireland
There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, 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 enumerates the five earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Inver Grove Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 35,801 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was formed on March 9, 1965, with the merger of the village of Inver Grove and Inver Grove Township. It is one of 186 cities and townships in the seven-county Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. Inver Grove Heights is southeast of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul; nearby communities are South St. Paul, Minnesota, South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Minnesota, West St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Minnesota, Sunfish Lake, Eagan, Minnesota, Eagan, Newport, Minnesota, Newport, and Saint Paul Park, Minnesota, Saint Paul Park (the last two across the Mississippi River). History After the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, settlers from Ireland and Germany quickly staked claims in the rolling countryside west of the Mississippi River. Those of Irish descent farmed the eastern part of the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
