Killanny Geraldines are a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football team from Killanny parish, County Monaghan, Ireland. The club was founded in 1889. They have never won the Monaghan Senior Football Championship to date but have been runners-up on 3 occasions. Killanny have a senior team and Minor, U-16, U-14, U-13, U-12, U-10 and U-9 teams.
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Killanny is a civil parish in Counties Louth and Monaghan in the mid-east of Ireland. Killanny is also a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Clogher. It is named after Saint Enda of Aran, known by the diminutive Éanna. The civil parish consists of 31 townlands in County Monaghan and 11 in County Louth. The townland of Killany, which can also be spelled Killanny or Killaney, lies within County Louth and contains the old St. Ultan's parish church and graveyard.
The main Dublin–Derry road passes through Killanny. Several small lakes are to be found throughout the parish and the soil quality is superior to that of the north of Carrickmacross, reflecting the underlying limestone rock.
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Essexford railway station was on the Great Northern Railway in the Republic of Ireland.
The Great Northern Railway opened the station on 1 October 1887.
It closed on 10 March 1947.
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Annaghminnon Rovers GFC is a Gaelic football club from the small community of Stonetown in the parish of Louth, in County Louth. Founded in 1959, the club's colours are white and red. As of 2023, Rovers were competing in the Louth Junior Football Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues.
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Stonetown is a small rural community spanning the townlands of Stonetown Upper and Stonetown Lower in County Louth. It is in the civil parish of Louth, 14 km west of Dundalk, and 7 km east of Carrickmacross. The community consists of a small chapel, a primary school, a football field and a community centre.
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Lough na Glack is a lake in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is located 1.75 kilometres southeast of Carrickmacross.
The senior squad are currently in the Senior Football League in Monaghan. The minor team have recently reached the club's first Division 1 championship final since 1976 and successfully brought Fergal O'Hanlon to Killanny.