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AVOCA , or OvocA, VALE OF, a See also:mountain glen of See also:county See also:Wicklow, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south-eastern See also:part of the county, formed by the junction of the small See also:rivers See also:Avonmore and See also:Avon-beg, which, rising in the central See also:highlands of the county, See also:form with their See also:united See also:waters the Ovoca See also:river, flowing south and south-See also:east to the Irish See also:Sea at See also:Arklow. The vale would doubtless See also:rank only as one among the many beautiful glens of the See also:district, but that it has obtained a lasting celebrity through one of the Irish Melodies of the poet See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Moore, in which its praises are sung. It is through this See also:song that the form " Avoca " is most See also:familiar, although the name is locally spelt " Ovoca." The glen is narrow and densely wooded. Its beauty is somewhat marred by the presence of See also:lead and See also:copper mines, and by the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Dublin & South Eastern railway, on which Ovoca station, midway in the vale, is 424 M. south of Dublin. Of the two " meetings of the waters " (the upper, of the Avon-more and Avonbeg, and the See also:lower, of the See also:Aughrim with the Ovoca) the upper, near the See also:fine seat of See also:Castle See also:Howard, is that which inspired the poet. At Avondale, above the upper " See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting," by the Avonmore, See also:Charles See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart See also:Parnell was See also:born.
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