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CLONMACNOISE , one of the most noteworthy of the numerous See also:early religious settlements in See also:Ireland, on the See also:river See also:Shannon, in 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, 9 M. S. of See also:Athlone. An See also:abbey was founded here by St Kieran in 541, which as a seat of learning gained a See also:European fame, receiving offerings, for example, from See also:Charles the See also:Great, whose See also:companion See also:Alcuin the See also:scholar received See also:part of his See also:education from the great teacher Colcu at Conmacnoise. Several books of See also:annals were compiled here, and the See also:foundation became the seat of a bishopric, but it was plundered and wasted by the See also:English in 1552, and in 1568 the See also:diocese was See also:united with that of See also:Meath. The most remarkable See also:literary See also:monument of Clonmacnoise is the See also:Book of the Dun Cow, written about 1roo, still preserved (but in an imperfect See also:form) by the Royal Irish See also:Academy, and containing a large number of romances. It is a copy of a much earlier See also:original, which was written on the skin of a favourite cow of St Kieran, whence the name of the See also:work. The full See also:title of the foundation is the " Seven Churches of Clonmacnoise," and remains of all these are extant. The Great 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, though rebuilt by a See also:chief named McDermot, in the 14th See also:century, retains earlier remains in a See also:fine See also:west See also:doorway; the other churches are those of Fineen, Collor, St Kieran, See also:Kelly, Melaghlin and Dowling. There are two See also:round towers; O'Rourke's, lacking the roof, but occupying a commanding situation on rising ground, is dated by See also:Petrie from the early loth century, and stands 6a ft. in height; and McCarthy's, attached to Fineen's church, which is more perfect, but rather shorter, and presents the unusual feature of a doorway level with the ground, instead of several feet above it as is customary. There are three crosses, of which the Great See also:Cross, made of a single 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 and 15 ft. in height, is splendidly carved, with See also:tracery and See also:inscriptions. It faces the See also:door of the Great Church, and is of the same date. A large number of inscribed stones dating from the 9th century and after are preserved in the churches. There are further remains of the See also:Castle and Episcopal See also:palace, a fortified See also:building of the 14th century, and of a nunnery of the See also:lath century. In the neighbourhood are seen striking examples of the glacial phenomenon of eskers, or See also:gravel ridges.
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