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KINSALE , a See also:market See also:town and seaport of Co. See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south-See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the east See also:shore of Kinsale See also:Harbour (the See also:estuary of the See also:Bandon See also:river) 24 M. south of Cork by the Cork Bandon & South See also:Coast railway, the See also:terminus of a See also:branch See also:line. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4250. The town occupies chiefly the acclivity of See also:Compass See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, and while of picturesque See also:appearance is built in a very irregular manner, the streets being narrow and precipitous. The See also:Charles Fort was completed by the See also:duke of See also:Ormonde in 1677 and captured by the See also:earl of See also:Marlborough in 169o. The 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 of St Multose is an See also:ancient but inelegant structure, said to have been founded as a conventual church in the 12th See also:century by the See also:saint to whom it is dedicated. Kinsale, with the neighbouring villages of Scilly and See also:Cove, is much frequented by summer visitors, and is the headquarters of the South of Ireland Fishing See also:Company, with a See also:fishery See also:pier and a commodious harbour with 6 to 8 fathoms of See also:water; but the See also:general See also:trade is of little importance owing to the proximity of See also:Queenstown and Cork. The Old See also:Head of Kinsale, at the See also:west of the harbour entrance, affords See also:fine views of the coast, and is commonly the first See also:British See also:land sighted by See also:ships See also:bound from New See also:York, &c., to Queenstown.
Kinsale is said terderive its name from cean taile, the headland in the See also:sea. At an See also:early See also:period the town belonged to the De Courcys, a representative of whom was created See also:baron of Kinsale or Kingsale in 1181. It received a See also:charter of See also:incorporation from See also:Edward III., having previously been a 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 by See also:prescription, and its privileges were confirmed and extended by
various subsequent sovereigns. For several centuries previous to the See also:Union it returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament. It was the See also:scene of an engagement between the See also:French and See also:English fleets in 138o, was forcibly entered by the English in 1488, captured by the Spaniards and retaken by the English in 16o1, and entered by the English in 1641, who expelled the Irish inhabitants. Finally, it was the scene of the landing 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 II. and of the French See also:army sent to his assistance in 1689, and was taken by the English in the following See also:year.
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