The Burning of Wildgoose Lodge was an arson and murder attack on Wildgoose Lodge, County Louth, Ireland, on the night of 29–30 October 1816, in which eight occupants were killed, including an infant aged five months. The house was near the County Monaghan border, in the townland of Reaghstown, civil parish of Philipstown, barony of Ardee.
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Westerns GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that was founded in 1951 and fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. The club is based in the parish of Reaghstown, close to the town of Ardee and the Louth/Monaghan border.
Westerns have reached the final of the Louth Junior Football Championship four times, in each case being unsuccessful in winning the Christy Bellew Cup.
As of 2023, the club competes in the Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Anthony Durnin is the manager of the senior team.
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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. 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.
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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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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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Tallanstown is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It is on the banks of the River Glyde, 13 km southwest of Dundalk. The village is on the R171 road, at the junction with the R166 road. It was the winner of the 2010 Tidy Towns competition. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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Eighteen men were executed for the crime, many of them innocent. The event inspired an 1830 short story by William Carleton (1794–1869) and the circumstances have been the subject of historical and political debate.
