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See also:BIRR, or PARSONSTOWN , a See also:market-See also:town of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:county, See also:Ireland, on an acclivity rising above the Birr, and on a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway by which it is 87 m. W.S.W. from See also:Dublin. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4438. See also:Cumberland Square, in which there is a Doric See also:column surmounted by a statue of the See also:duke of Cumberland, to commemorate the See also:battle of See also:Culloden, is the point from which the several See also:principal streets diverge in See also:regular See also:form. The See also:fine See also:castle of Birr, beside its See also:historical See also:interest, has gained celebrity on See also:account of the reflecting See also:telescope erected here (1828-1845) by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, third See also:earl of See also:Rosse. This is 56 ft. in length and weighs 3 tons; and there is another smaller See also:instrument. Among institutions the See also:model and preparatory See also:schools of the See also:Brothers of the Presentation See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order are noteworthy. There is a See also:bronze statue by See also:Foley of See also:Lord Rosse (d. 1867). Some See also:trade is carried on in See also:corn and See also:timber, and in See also:brewing and distilling.
An See also:abbey was founded at Birr by St See also:Brendan (d. 573), to whom the See also:present See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church is dedicated. The district formed See also:part of See also:Ely O'See also:Carroll, and was not included in King's county till the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. A great battle is said to have been fought near Birr in the 3rd See also:century between Cormac, son of Cond of the See also:Hundred Battles, and the See also:people of See also:Munster. The castle was the See also:chief seat of the O'Carrolls. In the reign of James I. it and its appendages were assigned to See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:Parsons, See also:brother of See also:Sir William Parsons, surveyor-See also:general. From him the alternative name of the town is derived. The castle was more than once besieged in the time of See also:Cromwell, and was taken by See also:Ireton in 165o. It also suffered See also:assault in 1688 and 169o.
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