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Douglas Hyde

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The source records Castlerea as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

Douglas Hyde
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Birthplace
Castlerea
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Why this person is known: first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)

From Wikidata Q237951

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Children's playground331 ydComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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The Old MillMill (water) · 466 yd

Explorer Tom The Old Mill has caught my eye in Castlereagh, County Roscommon. I bet a mill (water) with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

P. McLoughlinHouse · 489 yd

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CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 4.6 mi

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The Mórrígan: OweynagatLegend location · 8.0 mi

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Granlahan PlaygroundChildren's playground · 8.1 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Queen Medb: RathcroghanLegend location · 8.4 mi

Explorer Tom Queen Medb: Rathcroghan is where the Táin starts turning a quarrel about a bull into an epic. Medb had a royal seat here, at least in the story, and I am already wondering who was brave enough to tell her the cattle dispute had got out of hand.

Bawn in Glinsk (ballymoe By.)Bawn · 8.4 mi

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Hawthorn9.1 mi

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IndicatedRound tower · 9.1 mi

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European ash9.2 mi

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CashelFairy fort / stone ringfort · 11 mi

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