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Cambrai, League of

(Encyclopedia)Cambrai, League of, 1508–10, alliance formed by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, King Louis XII of France, Pope Julius II, King Ferdinand V of Aragón, and several Italian city-states against the re...

Fastnet Rock

(Encyclopedia)Fastnet Rock făstˈnĭt [key], islet, Co. Cork, S Republic of Ireland. Its 160-ft (49-m) lighthouse is near the most southerly point of Ireland. It is the marker for the furthest leg of the Fastnet C...

Commonwealth of Nations

(Encyclopedia)Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated state...

Clogher

(Encyclopedia)Clogher klŏkhˈər [key], town, Co. Tyrone, central Northern Ireland, on the Blackwater Rive...

Kilmainham

(Encyclopedia)Kilmainham kĭlmānˈəm [key], suburb of Dublin, Co. Dublin, E Republic of Ireland. The commander of the British forces in Ireland had his headquarters in Kilmainham. Charles Stewart Parnell was impr...

Muckross

(Encyclopedia)Muckross, Republic of Ireland: see Killarney. ...

Queenstown

(Encyclopedia)Queenstown, Republic of Ireland: see Cóbh. ...

Aghrim

(Encyclopedia)Aghrim, Republic of Ireland: see Aughrim. ...

An Uaimh

(Encyclopedia)An Uaimh, Republic of Ireland: see Navan. ...

Dunleary

(Encyclopedia)Dunleary, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire. ...