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Slébte
Sletty, Sleaty, or Slatey (''Sléibhte'', 'mountains', in Irish), is a civil parish in County Laois, Ireland. It is situated some 2 km north-north-west of the town of Carlow. It was once the see of a bishopric, founded by Saint Fiacc in the fifth century, but this was later transferred to Leighlin. It was at Sletty, according to James Joyce in his novel ''Ulysses'', that Cormac mac Airt 'suffocated by imperfect deglutition of aliment', i.e. that he choked on a fishbone. Since 1969, Sléibhte is a Catholic titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi .... References Bibliography * Lewis, S. (1837) Topographical Dictionary of Ireland' Civil parishes of County Laois Catholic titular sees in Europe {{Europe-RC-titularsee-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruins Of Sletty Church, Queen's County (IA Jstor-30003953) (cropped)
Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate destruction by humans, or uncontrollable destruction by natural phenomena. The most common root causes that yield ruins in their wake are natural disasters, armed conflict, and population decline, with many structures becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging. There are famous ruins all over the world, with notable sites originating from ancient China, the Indus Valley, ancient Iran, ancient Israel and Judea, ancient Iraq, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, ancient Yemen, Roman, ancient India sites throughout the Mediterranean Basin, and Incan and Mayan sites in the Americas. Ruins are of great importance to historians, archaeology, archaeologists and anthropology, anthropologists, whether they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
