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LISMORE , a See also:market See also:town and seat of a See also:diocese in Co. See also:Waterford, See also:Ireland, 43 M. W.S.W. of Waterford by the Waterford and See also:Mallow See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western Railway. Pop. (19o1) 1583. It is beautifully situated on a steep See also:eminence rising abruptly from the See also:Blackwater. At the See also:verge of the See also:rock on the western See also:side is the old baronial See also:castle, erected by 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 in 1185, which was the See also:residence of the bishops till the 14th See also:century. It was besieged in 1641 and 1643, and in 1645 it was partly destroyed by See also:fire. The See also:present fabric is largely See also:modern; while the See also:portico was designed by Inigo See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones. To the See also:east, on the See also:summit of the height, is the See also:cathedral of St Carthagh, of various See also:dates. There are portions probably of the 12th and 13th centuries, but the bulk of the See also:building is of the 17th century, and considerable additions, including the See also:tower and See also:spire, were made in the 19th. There are a See also:grammar school, a See also:free school and a number of charities. Some See also:trade is carried on by means of the See also:river, and the town is the centre of a See also:salmon See also:fishery See also:district.
The See also:original name of Lismore was Maghsciath. A monastery founded here by St Carthagh in 633 became so celebrated as a seat of learning that it is said no fewer than twenty churches were erected in its vicinity. The bishopric, which is said to have originated with this See also:foundation, was See also:united to that of Waterford In 1363. In the 9th and beginning of the loth centuries the townwas repeatedly plundered by the Danes, and in 978 the town and See also:abbey were burned by the men of See also:Ossory. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., after landing at Waterford, received in Lismore castle the See also:allegiance of the archbishops and bishops of Ireland. In 1518 the See also:manor was granted to See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh, from whom it passed to Sir See also:Richard See also:Boyle, afterwards See also:earl of See also:Cork. From the earls of Cork it descended by See also:marriage to the See also:dukes of See also:Devonshire. It was incorporated as a municipal 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 in 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:Charles I., when it also received the See also:privilege of returning members to See also:parliament, but at the See also:Union in 'Soo it was disfranchised and also ceased to exercise its municipal functions.
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