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CARLOW , the See also:county See also:town of Co. Carlow, See also:Ireland, on the navigable See also:river See also:Barrow. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 6513. It is 56 m. S.W. of See also:Dublin by the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway. The See also:castle (supposed to have been founded by See also:Hugh de See also:Lacy, appointed See also:governor of Ireland in 1179, but sometimes attributed to 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 See also:John), situated on an See also:eminence overlooking the river, is still a See also:chief feature of attraction in the See also:general view of the town, although there is not much of the See also:original See also:building See also:left. It consisted of a hollow quadrangle, with a massive See also:round See also:tower at each See also:angle. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:College of St See also:Patrick (1793), a See also:plain but spacious building in a picturesque See also:park adjoining the Roman Catholic See also:cathedral of the See also:diocese of See also:Kildare and Leighlin; the See also:Protestant 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, with a handsome See also:steeple of See also:modern erection; the See also:court-See also:house, where the assizes are held, an octagonal See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone building with a handsome Ionic See also:portico; and other county buildings. The cathedral, in the Perpendicular See also:style, has a highly ornamented See also:west front, and a See also:monument to See also:Bishop 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 See also:Doyle (d. 1834). The See also:Wellington See also:Bridge over the river Barrow connects Carlow with the suburb of Graigue. Two m. N.E. of the town is one of the finest cromlechs in Ireland, and 3 M. to the west is the notable church, of See also:Norman and pre-Norman date, of Killeshin in See also:Queen's county. The See also:industries of Carlow consist of See also:brewing and See also:flour-milling, and a considerable See also:trade is carried on in the See also:sale of See also:butter and eggs.
Carlow was of See also:early importance. In the reign of See also:Edward III. the king's See also:exchequer was removed thither, and 500, a large sum at that See also:period, applied towards surrounding the town with a strong See also:wall. In the early See also:part of the reign of Queen See also:Elizabeth the castle was taken, and the town burned by the Irish chieftain, Rory Oge O'More. When summoned to surrender by See also:Ireton, the See also:Commonwealth general, during the See also:war of 1641, Carlow submitted without resistance. In the insurrection of 1798 the castle was attacked by an undisciplined See also:body of insurgents. They were speedily repulsed, and suffered severe loss, no See also:quarter being given; and, in the confusion of their See also:flight, many of theinsurgents took See also:refuge in houses, which the king's troops immediately set on See also:fire. Carlow obtained a See also:charter of See also:incorporation as early as the 13th See also:century, and was reincorporated, with enlarged privileges, by James I. The See also:corporation, which was styled " The See also:Sovereign, See also:Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
Borough of Catherlogh," was authorized to return two members to the Irish See also:parliament. The town returned one member to the Imperial parliament until 1885.
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