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TRIM , a See also:market See also:town and the See also:county town of Co. See also:Meath, See also:Ireland, on the upper See also:waters of the See also:Boyne, 30 M. N.W. by W. from See also:Dublin on a See also:branch of the Midland See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901), 1513. The county buildings are here; monthly fairs are held, and there is considerable See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:flour; but the See also:chief See also:interest of the town lies in its See also:historical associations and remains, enhanced by a beautiful situation. It was the seat of a very See also:early bishopric. A See also:Norman See also:tower, called the Yellow See also:Steeple, is supposed to See also:mark the site of St See also:Patrick's See also:Abbey of St See also:Mary. Two See also:gates remain from the old town walls. 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's See also:Castle (incorrectly so called, as this monarch only resided here on the occasion of a visit) was originally founded by See also:Hugh de See also:Lacy in 1173, but a later date is assignable to the greater See also:part of the magnificent moated See also:building, of which the keep, flanking turrets, drawbridge, See also:- PORTCULLIS (from the Fr. Porte-coulisse, porte, a gate, Lat. porta, and coulisse, a groove, used adjectivally for " sliding," from couler, to slide or glide, Lat. colare; the Fr. equivalents are herse, a harrow, and coulisse; Ger. Fallgatter; Ital. saraci
portcullis and See also:barbican, still testify to its former strength, which was augmented by its frontage to the See also:river. Other smaller fortified buildings are See also:Talbot's and Scurlogstown Castles; the former erected by See also:Sir John Talbot, See also:lord See also:lieutenant of Ireland in 1415—afterwards See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, the latter dating from 1180. About a mile See also:east of the town, the ruins of the abbey of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul occupy both See also:banks of the river. These include the transitional-Norman See also:cathedral on the See also:north See also:bank, and a castle, guarding the See also:crossing of the river, on the See also:south, together with a See also:chapel and other remains. North of the town ruins maybe seen of a Dominican friary of the 13th See also:century. The tower of the old 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 See also:dates from 1449. In the See also:annals of Trim many famous names have a See also:place; See also:Humphrey of See also:Gloucester and 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 of See also:Lancaster were imprisoned here by See also:Richard II. before Henry came to the See also:throne; and Richard, See also:duke of See also:York, and See also:father of See also:Edward IV. held See also:court at the castle, where also several Irish parliaments met until the See also:middle of the 15th century, and a See also:mint was established in 1469. The See also:residence in a See also:house in Dublingate See also:Street of the famous duke of See also:Wellington is commemorated by a Corinthian See also:column and statue. Trim is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council. It was incorporated by
Edward III., and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament until the See also:Union in 1800.
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