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Guess the Village/Town/City Thread 3 (read post 1)

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    #272
    feargale
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    Kilkishen?


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    #273
    byhookorbycrook
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    Clashmore?


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    #274
    byhookorbycrook
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    If anyone has one to post, fire away.


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    #275
    Mefistofelino
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    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    Clashmore?
    Yup

    St Mochua's , Clashmore


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    #276
    byhookorbycrook
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    Presume all ye youngsters never heard of this poem, but it was a staple in primary when I was a child.


    The Little Pets of St. Mochua

    When St. Mochua knelt to pray
    Each morning at the break of day
    There always was about the house
    A rooster, fly and little mouse

    Three willing slaves to serve him well
    And share his solitary cell
    The rooster every morn would crow
    And waken him for matins, though
    When he slept too sound to hear
    The mouse came forth and nipped his ear

    And though he never had a clock
    The mouse would call him or the cock
    And if he had to leave a book
    From out some dusty hidden nook
    A fly, with patience and with grace
    Would sit for hours and mark the place.


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    #277
    feargale
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    byhookorbycrook wrote: »

    The Little Pets of St. Mochua.

    How did he cope with the bird flu, the salmonella and the dysentery?


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    #278
    New Home
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    Anti-virals and antibiotics as needed. Duh. :pac:


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    #279
    feargale
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    Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »
    Feargale, just out of interest, how'd you determine it was a CofI church?

    Smallish church
    Not modern
    A square tower with no spire
    Surrounded by a cemetery, though that is not an infallible guide
    No conspicuous cross
    Not a drop of holy water to be had!


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    #280
    New Home
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    And, usually, made of grey stone with ogival arch windows.


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    #281
    byhookorbycrook
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    So no-one posted. Here's a really easy one.


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    #282
    Three More Big Sleeps
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    Hmm, Munster again. Somewhere along the N71. Bandon?


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    #283
    josip
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    Further along I think. Glengarriff?

    https://goo.gl/maps/D5u6zRhKhFE2


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    #284
    Oops!
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    Ballyvourney?


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    #285
    Three More Big Sleeps
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    josip wrote: »
    Further along I think. Glengarriff?

    https://goo.gl/maps/D5u6zRhKhFE2

    Aye. Thanks to Feargale and New Home*, I'm now savvy to CofI architecture, but what in the world is/was the denomination of the turquoise building amid the gravestones?

    * Kudos to NH for teaching me a new word: ogival. Also, damnation for sucking me into the warren of mostly random information that is wikipedia: https: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogive


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    #286
    mikeymouse
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    Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »
    Aye. Thanks to Feargale and New Home*, I'm now savvy to CofI architecture, but what in the world is/was the denomination of the turquoise building amid the gravestones?

    * Kudos to NH for teaching me a new word: ogival. Also, damnation for sucking me into the warren of mostly random information that is wikipedia: https: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogive
    If this is what you mean;
    http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20910404
    It's early Roman Catholic, I remember looking it up a few years back.


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    #287
    josip
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    It's churches you're after?

    EEtpkfm.jpg

    In case anyone is looking for something less domestic, here's a plug for the other thread.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057770105&page=85


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    #288
    byhookorbycrook
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    Ah Feic ye !😅😅


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    #289
    GrumpyMe
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    josip wrote: »
    It's churches you're after?

    EEtpkfm.jpg
    In case anyone is looking for something less domestic, here's a plug for the other thread.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057770105&page=85


    Moneybeg / Gweedore?


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    #290
    josip
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    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    Moneybeg / Gweedore?


    Well done, in the shadow of Errigal for those who don't know it.
    Your turn


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    #291
    GrumpyMe
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    28ib0hi.jpg


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    #292
    byhookorbycrook
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    Can we have a hint?


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    #293
    GrumpyMe
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    An Irish high with one who is willing to give and receive dishonest help.

    [URL="[IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/28sn7dj.jpg[/IMG]"]28sn7dj.jpg[/URL]
    [URL="[IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/ou5bfk.jpg[/IMG]"]ou5bfk.jpg[/URL]


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    #294
    Three More Big Sleeps
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    Ard... something? (It's not Ardtruaillithe anyway!)


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    #295
    New Home
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    Ballymote?


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    #296
    GrumpyMe
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    Three More Big Sleeps wrote: »
    Ard... something? ...


    A good start is halfway to success... ;)


    "one who is willing to give and receive dishonest help." maybe a sort of sidekick but politically speaking...


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    #297
    GrumpyMe
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    New Home wrote: »
    Ballymote?


    No, sorry. More central than that.




    This village's other place of worship went West about 50Km West.


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    #298
    williestroker1
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    Ardcroney, Tipp.


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    #299
    GrumpyMe
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    Spot on!
    You're up.


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    #300
    Rows Grower
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    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    Spot on!
    You're up.

    Fair play with the cryptic clues, very good!

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #301
    Truckermal
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    Rows Grower wrote: »
    Fair play with the cryptic clues, very good!

    I pass through it regularly and would have never guessed! Great to see the thread alive again!


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