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PORTARLINGTON , a See also:market See also:town situated partly 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 but chiefly in See also:Queen's county, See also:Ireland, on both See also:banks of the See also:river See also:Barrow, here the county boundary. Pop. (1901), 1943. The railway station, a mile See also:south of the town, is an important junction, 42 M. See also:west by south from See also:Dublin, of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western See also:system, where the See also:branch See also:line to See also:Athlone leaves the See also:main line. Monthly fairs are held, and there is considerable See also:local See also:trade. After the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes a See also:colony of See also:French refugees was established here in the reign of 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 III., and the beautiful 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 See also:Paul (rebuilt in 18J7) was devoted to their use, services being conducted in the French See also:language, for which See also:reason the church is still spoken of as the " French Church." The former name of the town was Cooltetoodera, but on the See also:property passing into the hands of See also:Lord See also:Arlington in the reign of See also:Charles II. the name was changed. Emo See also:Park, 5 M. south of the town, is the See also:fine See also:demesne of the earls of Portarlington, a See also:title granted to the See also:family of See also:Dawson in 1785. An See also:obelisk on See also:Spire 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 near the town is one of the many See also:famine See also:relief See also:works in Ireland. On the river, See also:close to the town, there are picturesque remains of See also:Lea See also:Castle, originally built c. 126o. Portarlington was incorporated in 1667, and was a See also:parliamentary 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 both before the See also:Union and after, its See also:representation in the imperial See also:parliament (by one member) being merged in that of the county by the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885.
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