Infobox website name Cuil logo Image Cuil logo.png screenshot File Cuil homepage.png 250px border Cuil homepage caption The Cuil homepage url http www.cuil.com www.cuil.com dead link commercial type Search engine language Languages Multilingual registration owner Cuil, Inc. author launch date July 28, 2008 current status Down revenue slogan alexa Cuil IPAc en icon k u l respell kool was a search ... pictures for many results. Cuil said it had a larger index than any other search engine , with about ... engineers debut Cuil way to search , Associated Press, 28 July 2008, retrieved 13 Dec 2009 ref It went live on July 28, 2008. ref name AP1 Cuil s servers were shut down on September 17, 2010, with later confirmations the service had ended. ref cite news author Michael Arrington title Cuil Goes Down, And We Hear It s Down For Good url http techcrunch.com 2010 09 17 cuil goes down and we hear its ... Supposed Google killer Cuil s reign of terror may finally be over url http venturebeat.com 2010 09 ... 09 17 ref ref name REF ID cite news title Cuil is Stone Cold Another Google Killer Bites the Dust ... ref ref cite news author Meow title Cuil is officially down for good url http chita.us community viewtopic.php?f 31&t 11553 publisher Chita date 2010 09 18 ref Cuil was managed and developed largely ... crunchbase http www.crunchbase.com company cuilCuil Profile . Crunchbase. Retrieved on 2011 06 15. ref Cuil s privacy policy, ref name priv unlike that of other search engines, ref cite news author Liedtke ... , Cuil, Last Modified July 13, 2009 ref History Cuil launched in July 2008 with an index of 121,617,892,992 web pages. ref cite news author DoesWhat title Cuil Internet ceases to expand url http www.doeswhat.com 2008 08 22 cuil internet ceases to expand work DoesWhat.com date August 22, 2008 accessdate 2008 08 22 ref About one month after launch, Cuil s Product VP and search technologist, Louis ... title Cuil s VP Product Bails Out A Month After Launch accessdate 2008 09 11 first ... more details
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Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image TyIonaBayAtTheBackOfTheOcean20030825r19f19.jpg thumb right Bay at the Back of the Ocean, Iona 2003 08 25 Image Camas Cuil an t Saimh.jpg thumb right Camas Cuil an t Saimh , Iona 2005 09 06 The Bay at the Back of the Ocean is the English language English translation for Camas Cuil an t Saimh Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic . It is a wide, west facing bay on the island of Iona , Argyll and Bute , Scotland , and is so named because the next westward stop is North America . Behind the beach is the machair , a wide grassed area that houses communal sheep grazing for the island, and the local golf course. It is the half way point of the most popular walk on the island. Coord 56.3261 N 6.432 W type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT Bay At The Back Of The Ocean Category Iona Argyll geo stub it Baia alle spalle dell Oceano ... more details
Thomas Costello or Tom Costello may refer to Tom Costello jockey 1866 ? , American jockey Thomas W. Costello born 1945 , politician from Vermont in the United States Thomas Costello hurler born 1978 , Irish hurler from Tipperary Tom Costello Galway fl. 2000s , Irish Labour Party politician, Mayor of Galway 2007 2008 Tom Costello, CEO and founder of Cuil Tom Costello journalist , NBC News journalist hndis name Costello, Thomas ... more details
File Louis Monier in 2008.jpg thumb Louis Monier in 2008. br Photograph by Steve Maller. Louis Monier born March 21, 1956 was a founder of the Internet search engine AltaVista . After he left AltaVista, he worked at eBay and then at Google . ref http blog.searchenginewatch.com blog 050622 132255 AltaVista Founder Louis Monier Moving To Google? , http blog.searchenginewatch.com SearchEngineWatch . ref He left Google in August 2007 to join Cuil , a search engine startup. ref http cuil.com founders.html Founders , Cuil . ref He was Vice President of Products at Cuil. One month after the launch, he left Cuil, citing differences with the CEO. ref name RESIGN1 cite news publisher washingtonpost.com url http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2008 09 11 AR2008091102551.html title Cuil s VP Product Bails Out A Month After Launch accessdate 2008 09 11 first Michael last Arrington date 2008 09 11 ref He also was the co founder and CTO of Qwiki with Doug Imbruce . Qwiki won the TechCrunch Disrupt Award in 2010. ref http techcrunch.com 2010 09 29 qwiki techcrunch disrupt winner Qwiki Wins TechCrunch Disrupt Information Consumption To Be Disrupted Techcrunch.com 2010 09 29 ref Monier received a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Paris Sud 11 University University of Paris XI , France ref http www.linkedin.com in louismonier Louis Monier on LinkedIn ref in 1980 and worked at Carnegie Mellon University , Xerox PARC , and Digital Equipment Corporation DEC s Western Research Laboratory. Louis currently is the Chief Scientist of Proximic . ref http techcrunch.com 2011 05 18 qwiki cofounder louis monier exits joins proximic Qwiki Co founder Louis Monier exits joins Proximic Techcrunch.com 2011 05 18 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Monier, Louis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1956 03 21 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Monier, Louis Category 1956 births Category University of ... more details
Other uses Coole disambiguation Coole Coole derive Irish Cuil corner is a Barony country subdivision barony in County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland . ref name PRONI To its west lies Lough Erne Upper Lough Erne , and it is bordered by three other baronies in Northern Ireland Knockninny to the west Magherastephana to the north and Clankelly . ref name PRONI It also borders three baronies in the Republic of Ireland Dartree to the east Tullygarvey and Loughtee Lower to the south. Coole is based upon the ancient territory of Cuil , which was frequently referred to as the residence of the O Cassidy s lang ga Caiside . The O Cassidys became the head physicians of the Maguires, and the territory was a collateral or dynastic branch of the Maguires. In the Annals is appears as Cuil na nOirear , which may have applied to an old half barony near Enniskillen. ref name CassidyClan List of main settlements Newtownbutler List of civil parishes File Barony of Coole.png thumb right 250px Civil parishes within the barony of Coole, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Below is a list of civil parishes in Coole ref name PRONI Parishes Gallon split with baronies of Clankelly and Knockninny Drummully split with barony of Clankelly References reflist refs ref name PRONI http www.proni.gov.uk index local history geographical index baronies .htm PRONI Baronies of Northern Ireland ref ref name PRONI Parishes http applications.proni.gov.uk geogindx ferm.htm PRONI CIvil Parishes of County Fermanagh ref ref name CassidyClan http www.cassidyclan.org odonovanletters.htm The Letters of John O Donovan ref County Fermanagh coord missing County Fermanagh Category Baronies of County Fermanagh Category County Fermanagh ... more details
, 3580 3656. Elle Lochmagh Cul Ard , in Magh Inis Cuil Fraechan Magh Techt Commar Cul Athguirt ... Cuil Feadha Reabh Congnaidhe , Tuath Eabha Cluain Cuas , in Teathbha Cluain Muirsge , in Breifne Two Battles of Cuil , in Argat Ross Ele Berra Seven Battles of Loch Lughdhach Two Further Battles of Argat Ross Three Battles of the Firbolgs Cuil Fothair Reign of Eochaidh Eadghadhach, 3664 67 ... Bhaiscinn Ros Fraechan , in Muirisc Carn Riceadha Cuil Ratha , in South Munster Sliabh Cua Ard ... more details
Peirce Caiside , Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish physician and writer , died 1504. Caiside was a member of a medical family of Fermanagh . The Annals of Ulster , sub anno 1504, state O Caiside of Cuil died this year namely, Pierce, son of Thomas O Caiside to wit, the medical ollam of Mag Uidhir and a recognised master in literature and in physic, in theory and in practice and a man that kept a general guest house for everyone. And he died of the King s Game. His father bore the same name as the 18th century friar, soldier and poet, Tom s Caiside , who s parents were natives of Ulster . See also Irish medical families External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100001C index.html DEFAULTSORT O Caiside, Pierce Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish medical doctors Category 16th century Irish people Category People from County Fermanagh ... more details
Tadhg Caiside , Gaels Gaelic Irish people Irish physician and Chief of the Name , died 1450. Caiside was a member of a brehon family based in what is now County Fermanagh . His great great grandfather, Gilla na nAingel Caiside , died 1335, and may in turn have been a descendant of the 12th century poet, Gilla Mo Dutu a Caiside The Annals of Ulster record Tadhg s death, sub anno 1450 Ua Caiside of Cuil, namely, Tadhg, son of Joseph, son of Tadhg Mor, son of Gilla na naingel Ua Caiside, died this year to wit, the chief physician of the Fir Manach, and so on. See also Irish medical families External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100001C index.html DEFAULTSORT O Caiside, Tadhg Category Medieval Gaels Category Irish medical doctors Category People from County Fermanagh Category 15th century Irish people ... more details
The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the South Lochaber Area of Search for North Lochaber see List of SSSIs in North Lochaber . For SSSIs elsewhere in Scotland, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search . Ard Trilleachan Ardgour Pinewoods Ardnamurchan Ardsheal Peninsula Beinn Iadain and Beinn na H Uamha Callert Carnach Wood Claish Moss Doire Donn Drimnin to Killundine Woods Eas na Broige Garbh Shlios Glen Coe Glencoe Inninmore Bay Kentallen Kentra Bay and Moss Kingshouse SSSI, Lochaber Kingshouse Leven Valley Loch Aline Loch Moidart Loch Shiel Onich Dry Gorge Onich Shore Rannoch Moor River Moidart Rudha Cuil Cheanna St John s Church, Lochaber St John s Church Strontian Mines Strontian River Sunart SSSI, Lochaber Sunart SSSI AOS lists Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in South Lochaber Category Lists of SSSIs by Area of Search South Lochaber Scotland SSSI stub ... more details
For the village of Culnady Culnady Culnady derive Irish Cuil Cnadaidhe nook of the sluggard ref name PlaceNames is a townland lying within the civil parish of Maghera civil parish Maghera , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . It lies in the north east of the parish and is bounded in the north east by the Grillagh river. It is also bounded by the townlands of Ballymacilcurr , Crew, County Londonderry Crew , Curragh, Maghera civil parish Curragh , Drummuck, Maghera civil parish Drummuck , Tirgarvil , and Tirnageeragh . It was apportioned to the Worshipful Company of Vintners Vintners company and The Crown Crown freeholds. ref name Munn The townland in 1926 was part of Upperland District Electoral Division of Magherafelt Rural District . As part of Maghera civil parish, Culnady also lies within the former barony of Loughinsholin . See Also Maghera References reflist refs ref name Munn Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry , 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry ref ref name PlaceNames http www.placenamesni.org resultsdetail.phtml?entry 1922 Place Names NI Culnady ref County Londonderry Londonderry geo stub coord missing County Londonderry Category Townlands in County Londonderry Category Civil parish of Maghera Category Barony of Loughinsholin ... more details
Infobox GAA club club gaa Coolera Strandhill irish Cuil Iorra Leathr s crest founded 1886 province Connacht county Sligo colours Red and White grounds Ransboro pattern la whitecuffpiping pattern b pattern ra whitecuffpiping leftarm FF0000 body FF0000 rightarm FF0000 shorts FFFFFF socks FF0000 Coolera Strandhill is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Coolera peninsula comprising the parish of Strandhill and Ransboro in County Sligo , Republic of Ireland . Honours Sligo Senior Football Championship 1907, 2005 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship 1989, 1995 Sligo Junior Football Championship 1916, 1949, 1971, 2007 Sligo Under 20 Football Championship 2002, 2009 Sligo Minor Football Championship 1932, 1939, 1964 Sligo Under 16 Football Championship 1962, 1981, 1988, 1992 Sligo Under 14 Football Championship 1980, 1990 Sligo Senior Football League Division 1 1939, 1942, 1946, 1953 Sligo Senior Football League Division 2 2005, 2007 Sligo Intermediate Football League Division 3 ex Div. 2 1989, 1995 Sligo Junior Football League Division 5 1971, 1990 Kiernan Cup 1992, 2005 Sligo clubs Category Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Sligo Connacht GAA club stub ... more details
primarysources date November 2010 unreferenced date November 2010 The Harvester42 is a meta search engine project hosted at KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . br Harvester42 queries over 30 major search engines in parallel and presents a large result page with the individual search engine results. The name Harvester42 originates from the Bioinformatic Harvester project, a meta search engine for genes and proteins from several species. Harvester42 is based on the same method integrating several distributed data sources. Introduction Currently no search engine covers the entire internet. Often a search across several search engines is more successful than a single search engine search. Meta search engines usually integrate several search engines with complementing indices. Harvester42 covers popularity based search engines Google , proprietary search algorithms cuil , open source search engines YaCY , product search engines Directindustry, Google products , Video search youtube and powerful meta search engines Polymeta, Allplus, Mamma . Harvester42 integrated search engines Clusty Exalead Entrez EB eye YIF nextbio Bioinformatic Harvester Google News addictomatic technology review wikipedia wikiwix 123people eurekalert ScienceDaily physorg google books Google Scholar GoPubmed Scirus.com Sciencenet XClustering iSEEK YouTube ovguide Allplus Stumbleupon Delicious YaCy Cuil Jove Deepdyve CiteULike Twenga Thefind Ebay Google patents XCluster ...and several more. Harvester42 technical details All search results are presented in so called iframes without any modification of the original search engine result. Each iframe can be manipulated individually. Literature cite journal author Liebel U, Kindler B, Pepperkok R title Harvester a fast meta search engine of human protein resources journal Bioinformatics volume 20 issue 12 pages 1962 3 year 2004 month August pmid 14988114 doi 10.1093 bioinformatics bth146 url http bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org cgi pmidlookup?view lo ... more details
Campaignbox Clan Cameron Clan Mackintosh feud The Battle of Bun Garbhain was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1570, in the Scottish Highlands , between the Clan Cameron and the Clan Mackintosh . ref name BunGarbhain http www.clan cameron.org battles 1570.html The Battle of Bun Garbhain Clan Cameron.org ref Donald Dubh Cameron, XV Chief of Clan Cameron, had died, leaving an infant son, Allan, at the head of the clan. The chief of Clan MacKintosh, leading 200 men, invaded the Cameron lands near Loch Arkaig . A bloody battle ensued. Though outnumbered, the Camerons had the high ground and soon the field was littered with MacKintoshes both dead and injured. The remainder of their army was put to flight. MacKintosh led his men in retreat around the head of Loch Eil to the Ardgour shore and rallied his men. The Camerons were in swift pursuit and a second engagement took place, with similar results as the first. In the midst of this action, the chief of MacKintosh is believed to have been killed by Donald Taillear Dubh na Tuaighe Cameron , son of the XIV Chief of Clan Cameron , with a fearsome Lochaber axe . MacKintosh s followers took their stricken chief and fell back to Bun Garbhain Bun Garvan . Both sides met once again for an indeterminate time, before disengaging for the night. The MacKintoshes made camp in a small hollow called Cuil nan Cuileag, and thought that they were safe. However, the Camerons were not done with their mortal enemies, stormed the encampment and fell upon them. Not a single MacKintosh would leave that hollow and the Cameron victory was absolute. Interestingly, the mother of Allan Cameron, the infant chief of Clan Cameron was in fact a MacKintosh. After the battle, Taillear Dubh came to give her an account of the fighting. Enraged with the news of all the dead MacKintosh, she tried to kill her son, but Taillear Dubh intervened in time. Allan Cameron was safe, but his mother was banished from Lochaber forever. ref name BunGarbhain References refli ... more details
Infobox settlement settlement type Village name Coolkenno other name Pad top italic Cuil Chaonaigh image skyline CoolKenno.jpg image caption Entering Coolkenno village from the South East pushpin map Ireland pushpin label position left pushpin map caption Location in Ireland coordinates display inline,title coordinates type dim 100000 region IE latd 52.782 longd 6.596 blank name sec1 Irish Grid Reference blank info sec1 iem4ibx S946712 subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name Republic of Ireland Ireland subdivision type1 Provinces of Ireland Province subdivision name1 Leinster subdivision type2 Counties of Ireland County subdivision name2 County Wicklow unit pref Metric elevation m 157 population as of 2006 population total 562 population note population of Shillelagh rural area region Coolkenno Irish place name Cuil Chaonaigh is a village in County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is roughly located between Tullow in County Carlow and Shillelagh, County Wicklow Shillelagh in County Wicklow . The village is served by Ballyconnell National School 2.5 km and Tullow Community School 8 km . Local monuments include the ruined Clonmore, County Carlow Clonmore Castle , Rath Gall hilltop ring fort, and Saint Finian s monastery at Aghowle. Mount Wolsley Hilton golf course is 8 km away at Tullow and Rathwood Home and Garden Centre is 3 km away. The local pub is Byrnes a second pub, The Fleece formerly Fannings Bar , is now closed. Coolkenno GAA History The hurling club Killinure Emmets, were the earlier starters of hurling around the Shillelagh district. Coolkenno are also believed to have represented the area as well as Ballyraheen and Derry Rovers. From the beginning of the century, however, Shillelagh dominated as the name of the district team. The history of local football goes back much further than 1980. In 1890 Crecrin Harps played Graiguecullen in the County Carlow final. The Harps men were beaten by a one point scored between two posts ... more details
refimprove date October 2011 onesource date October 2011 Infobox UK disused station name Duror other name image name caption original Callander and Oban Railway Callander and Oban Railway br Ballachulish Branch pregroup Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway postgroup London Midland and Scottish Railway LMS locale Duror borough Highland council area Highland latitude 56.63546 longitude 5.30171 years 24 August 1903 events Opened ref name butt years1 28 March 1966 events1 Closed ref name butt platforms 2 latterly 1 Duror was a railway station on Cuil Bay on the east shore of Loch Linnhe at Duror in Highland council area Highland region. History This station opened on 24 August 1903. ref name butt Butt 1995 , p.86 ref It was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop . There was a Rail siding siding to the north of the station, on the east side of the line. One platform was taken out of use on 8 April 1927 along with the crossing loop . The station closed in 1966, ref name butt when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed. Railway signalling Signalling Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric Token railway signalling token system . Duror signal box , which had 18 levers, was located on the Up platform, on the east side of the railway. The signal box and crossing loop were taken out of use on 8 April 1927. Historical Rail Start rail line previous stnlnk Appin br small Line and station closed next stnlnk Kentallen br small Line and station closed route Callander and Oban Railway Callander and Oban Railway br small Ballachulish Branch br p style background Caledonian light small Caledonian Railway col Caledonian colour end box References Notes reflist Sources Butt Stations Fryer CandO Jowett Atlas Scotland railstation stub Category Lochaber Category Railway stations opened in 1903 Category Railway stations closed in 1966 Category Disused railway stations in Highland ... more details
Ruaidr Gadhra , King of Sliabh Lugha and Chief of the Name , died 1256. During Ruaidr s lifetime the territory of Sliabh Lugha was conquored by the Sheriff of Connacht , Jordan de Exeter died 1258 , ancestor of the Clan Mac Si rt in . Sliabh Lugha would from this time become known as Tir Mac S urt in Mac Jordan s Country , in time becoming the Barony of Gallen . As a result of this, the Clan Gadhra were forced north into Cuil Ui Fionn barony of Coolavin, County Sligo , which would become their new home. The Annals of the Four Masters record record a number of incidents concerning the Gadhra family during Ruaidhri s reign M1228.2. A great war broke out in Connaught between the two sons of Roderic O Conor, Hugh and Turlough, after the death of the Hugh above mentioned, for the younger son did not yield submission to the elder and they destroyed Connaught between them, and desolated the region extending from Easdara Ballysadare, southwards, to the river of Hy Fiachrach, excepting only a small portion of Sliabh Lugha, and the territory of the people of Airtech. M1228.5. Murtough, the son of Flaherty O Flanagan, was slain by the sons of Teige O Gara. M1237.9. A prey was taken by Conor, son of Cormac, from Rory O Gara, and Rory s brother was slain. M1241.8. Teige, the son of Rory O Gara, died. In 1256, Ruaidhri was slain by David, son of Richard Cuisin , who was apparently of the family that would go on to produce dhamh C is n , a scribe and genealogist who lived c. 1400 and was a compiler of Leabhar Ua Maine . Ruaidhri was succeeded by Ruaidri Gadhra . start box succession box before Donn Sl ibhe Gadhra title Kings of Sliabh Lugha King of Sliabh Lugha after Ruaidri Gadhra years 1227? 1256 end box start box succession box before Donn Sl ibhe Gadhra title Chief of the Name Gadhra after Ruaidri Gadhra years 1227? 1256 end box External links http www.ucc.ie celt published T100010A index.html DEFAULTSORT O Gadhra, Ruaidr Category Irish chieftains Categor ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Kunshan Senior High School ref http web.archive.org web 20090531214338 http www.jsskszx.com xx.asp . Jsskszx.com. Retrieved on 2011 11 13. ref is one of the four star high school s in Suzhou , Jiangsu Province . It is located in Kunshan , which is a county level city under Suzhou. Kunshan Senior High School is in the downtown, right beside the only hill in Kunshan Ma an Hill, so it s rather easy to get there from every corner of the city. After the transformation of the campus in 2001 the campus now covers an area of 130 acres and has a construction area of over 86,000 square meters. History It was first established in 1946, with a history of 65 years. The first president is Chen Qike. At that time, it was named Dongfanghong Middle School . Later on, the school was renamed as Kunshan Senior High School. In 1980, it was listed as one of the key schools by the government of Jiangsu province. Though heavily damaged by the Red Guards China Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution , the school still reserves some of the buildings. These structures are still in good condition and in use. There are many old trees in the campus, creating an atmosphere of quietness and serenity. Famous people graduated from the school Kunshan senior high school has many famous alumnus such as Dong Taiqian, ref http baike.baidu.com view 306914.htm ref Su Huiyu, ref http baike.baidu.com view 1326411.htm ref Zhang Shaoji and Sun Shaozhen. ref http baike.baidu.com view 295040.htm ref They all got great developments while they were in high school. The School Today The school has won a great reputation and got many awards since it was founded. It s school spirit is cuil, pragmaticism, diligence and forwardlooking . The school distinct is in reconstruction in 2011 and a lot of new buildings have been brought into existence. The School Library The school library was first built in 1946 and was awarded as first rate library in Jiangsu Province in 2000. ref http www ... more details
and Newgrange were the earliest in Ireland. Excavation of other tombs in the Cuil Irra area ... the coast of Cuil Irra. The Carrowmore megaliths were sometimes re used and re shaped by the people ... of the Cuil Irra peninsula and its hinterlands is dotted with such tombs, often on hilltops, which ... more details
Cleanup date November 2010 A backsword is a sword with a blade on one edge, or an edge and a quarter. ref name myarmoury cite web url http www.myarmoury.com feature euroedge.html publisher MyArmoury.com title Forms of European Edged Weaponry ref The back of the sword is often the thickest part of the blade and acts to support and strengthen it. The term refers more specifically to early modern European weapons, usually straight, and typically with complex protective hilt s as used in George Silver s manuscripts. ref cite web url http www.mymartialheritage.org manuals.html title Historical Manuals publisher The Company for Historical Combat ref It can also refer to the singlestick , which is used to train for fighting with the backsword, or to the sport or art of fighting in this fashion. ref name Winn cite book title Broadsword and Single stick first R. G. last Allanson Winn coauthor Phillipps Wolley, C. location London publisher George Bell year 1890 ref Backswords were often the secondary weapons of European style cavalry men beginning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. ref name myarmoury Though some claim the weapon s name was derived from the practice of slinging the weapon in a scabbard behind the trooper s back while riding in order to prevent it from clanging against his or the horse s side as they galloped, this is incorrect. It is simply a reference to the flat back or spine of the unsharpened edge. Cavalry armed with a sword carried them either slung from the waist or attached to the saddle, as common sense and a little practice demonstrates that wearing the blade down the back would make the weapon very difficult to draw, and could at worst lead to a very nasty cut or the loss of an ear. Backswords were also carried by some infantrymen, including irregulars like the Highland Scots , who likewise wore them slung from the hip, most often in an across the shoulder baldric or sword belt. In Scottish Gaelic, they are called claidheamh cuil back sword , ... more details
F amnach , or Fuamnach , is Midir s first wife and a witch of the Tuatha D Danann in the medieval Irish text Tochmarc ta ne The Wooing of ta n . The text describes her as being intelligent g eth , cunning trebar and versed in the knowledge and power of the T atha D Danand , explaining that her fosterfather had been the wizard druid Bresal Etarl m . ref Gantz, Early Irish Myths and Sagas . pp. 44 5. engus warns Midir that she is a woman of dreadful sorcery, a woman of all the knowledge and skill and power of her people. p. 44. ref She is said to be of the progeny clann of B othach son of Iardan l, who is probably identical with B othach son of Iarbonel, the father of the T atha D Danann in the Lebor Gab la renn . Summary When Midir fell in love with ta n and married her, F amnach got so jealous that she cast several spells on her as soon as the couple arrived in Midir s residence in Br L ith First, having welcomed the couple and having seated t in in the centre of the house, she struck her wand of scarlet rowan c erthann on her, transforming her rival into a pool of water. When ta n changed from being a pool to a worm and subsequently a beautiful scarlet fly cuil corcrai , she joined Midir once more as his companion. Second, on a visit to Midir escorted by Lug, the Dagdae and Ogmae , F amnach announced that she would drive ta n away from him and employed a spell which she had learnt from her fosterfather she conjured up a mighty wind which blew ta n through the air for the duration of seven years, after which she came to engus Mac c in the Brug. He lovingly kept her with him in a specially designed, protective bower grian n . Third, on discovering what had come of ta n, F amnach deceived Mac c into coming to Br L ith on the pretext that she desired to establish peace between them. However, as Mac c was on his way, F amnach travelled to the Brug by an alternative route and conjured up yet another wind which forced ta n to roam another seven years w ... more details
Infobox UK place country Scotland official name Coldbackie scots name gaelic name Callbacaidh population os grid reference NC631597 map type Sutherland latitude 58.50477 longitude 4.35059 unitary scotland Highland council area Highland lieutenancy scotland constituency westminster constituency scottish parliament post town Lairg postcode district IV27 4 postcode area IV dial code Coldbackie lang gd Callbacaidh is a crofting township Scotland township in Sutherland and is in the Scotland Scottish council area of Highland Council area Highland Scotland . Geography Coldbackie lies at the head of the Kyle of Tongue, two miles north east of Tongue, Highland Tongue . It sits under the Watch Hill, looking north over a spectacular beach to the Rabbit Islands, Scotland Rabbit Islands . It is one of a series of crofting township Scotland townships , running from Tongue, Highland Tongue , through Coldbackie, StrathTongue, Dalharn, Blandy and Scullomie to the deserted township of Slettel that sit on the eastern fringes of the Kyle of Tongue. South of here lies the area known as Braetongue . Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is modest in height at 1008 feet, but offers dramatic Old Red Sandstone conglomorate cliffs, and impressive views along the north coast of Scotland , from Durness to Orkney . Etymology Back, the old Norse ON word for a hill or ridge is a quite straightforward translation Gaelic G bac a bank, ON Old Icelandic OI bakki a ridge, Danish D , bakke Swedish Sw backe a hill, hillock . There is a Back in Lewis, and a Backie in East Sutherland near Golspie. The Cold in Coldbackie is somewhat more problematical. A number of Scottish place name commentators have translated it as the G coil or cuil, meaning a nook or corner. Cuille G a wood is also mentioned. This would give us the nook or corner under the ridge or woody ridge, both accurate and descriptive. There is a problem with this approach however, in that it clearly combines a Gaelic and Norse root to form a word. This is not ... more details
File CarrowkeelIreland.jpg thumb Two of the tomb s at Carrowkeel. Carrowkeel is a Neolithic passage tomb cemetery in the south of County Sligo , near Boyle, County Roscommon . An Cheathr Chaol in Irish language Irish means the Narrow Quarter . Circumstantial Carbon 14 dating places the tombs at between 5400 and 5100 years old, so that they predate the Egyptian pyramids Pyramids on Egypt s Giza plateau by 500 800 years. Carrowkeel is one of the big four passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland the other three are Br na B inne , Lough Crew , and Carrowmore . Carrowkeel is set on high ground above Lough Arrow, and the tombs seem to be oriented towards the area of Cuil Irra, Knocknarea and Carrowmore . There are fourteen passage tombs in Carrowkeel. Some can be entered by crawling through a narrow passage. Six more passage tombs are located close by in the Keshcorran complex. A particular type of crude pottery found in passage tombs has been titled Carrowkeel Ware, having first been recorded in the Carrowkeel Monuments. Close to Lough Arrow and just north of Carrowkeel is another, apparently related, giant passage tomb, Heapstown Cairn. This is part of the legendary Moytura , site of battles between the Tuatha D Danann , the ancient gods of Ireland, and the demonic Fomorians . The mountain range containing Carrowkeel is called the Bricklieve Mountains, meaning the speckled mountains in Irish, a possible reference to their appearance when more quartz rock survived on the outside of the cairns, causing them to sparkle in the sun. The tombs were opened by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister R.A.S. Macalister in 1911, accompanied by Robert Lloyd Praeger and Edmund Clarence Richard Armstrong. Although Macalister was acquainted with contemporary archaeological methods, he acted hastily at Carrowkeel and his removal and disturbance of the chamber floors have hampered investigators who followed him. In The Way That I Went , 1937, Praeger gives an eerie account of the first entry i ... more details
Infobox family name name McClanahan image Rue McClanahan book signing.jpg imagesize 200 px caption Actress Rue McClanahan at a book signing pronunciation McClanahan meaning derived from Mac Lennach in, The son of he who owns Mantle vesture mantle s, or Mac Gille Onchon, The son of the servant of Oncho region Gaels Gaelic origin Ireland Scotland related names MacClannachan, MacClenaghan, M Clenaghan, McClenaghan footnotes ref http www.census.gov genealogy names names files.html 1990 Census Name Files Bot generated title ref McClanahan is an Irish surname that is derived from several anglicized forms of the Irish language gaelic surname Mac Lennach in or Mac Gille Onchon. ref name mac MacLysaght, Edward. More Irish Families. Irish Academic Press, 1982 ref Etymology The New Dictionary of American Family Names translates Mac Lennach in as the son of little Leannach and Mac Gille Onchon as The Son of the servant of Oncho. ref name new Smith, Elsdon C. New Dictionary of American Family Names. Harper and Row, 1973 ref Leanach means possessing mantles . ref name mac Mac Lennach in is sometimes written as MacClannachan, with variations including MacClenaghan, McClenaghan, M Clenaghan. ref Black, George F. The Surnames of Scotland. , 1946 ref Gille is a Gaelic word meaning servant , more specifically a professional guide for sportsmen, especially in fishing and deerstalking . ref name smith Smith ref Onchu, meaning Mighty Hound , was an Irish warrior who participated in the Irish battle of Cuil Corra in 649 CE. ref name smith Family motto The family motto , as recorded in the McClanahan Coat of Arms, is Virtue Is My Honor. ref name baker Baker, S.M. The McClanahan Families From Tennessee to Missouri . LofC 79 111740 ref Points of origin The McClanahan name is also Orange or Protestant Irish, mostly coming from the Ulster area. ref name baker It is quite possible that the McClanahan family are Scotch Irish, descended from those whose blood is a mixture of the native Irish and ... more details
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