Located in the South East region, it is part of the province of Leinster and bordered by Tipperary, Waterford, Carlow, Wexford, and Laois. County Kilkenny was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraighe). Kilkenny is the anglicized version of the Irish Cill Chainnigh, meaning Church (Cell) of Cainneach or Canice, believed to be related to the church and round tower, now St Canice's Cathedral. The Kingdom of Ossory existed from the 2nd century until the 13th century AD. There are many beautiful architectural buildings and attractions within the County of Kilkenny to explore.","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Ireland was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet.","County Sligo, (Sligo, Contae Shligigh)
Located in the province of Connacht, County Sligo has a lovely shoreline and borders County Mayo, County Roscommon, and County Leitrim. Initially formed in 1585, County Sligo did not come into effect until 1603. Its boundaries reflect the Ó Conchobhair Sligigh confederation of Lower Connacht (Irish: Íochtar Connacht) as it was, at the time, of the Elizabethan conquest. The Caves of Kesh, famous in Irish mythology, are in south County Sligo. The recently uncovered work of Marinus of Tyre and Ptolemy shows Sligo as the likely location of Nagnata, an important place of assembly in the Iron Age.","Landlocked in the West Midlands, Staffordshire (Staffs.) is bordered by Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and West Midlands County (est. 1974) as well as Worcestershire and Shropshire. The historic county now covers what is known as West Midlands. Historically the boundaries of Staffordshire included what is now known as West Midland County, then in 1888 the towns of Tamworth (partly Warwickshire) and Burton upon Trent (partly in Derbyshire) became united with Staffordshire. Changes came about again in 1911, 1928, and 1907 with the largest change in 1926 and a reorganization in 1966. The Local Government Act 1972 see more boroughs become part of the new West Midlands County.","With coast line along the English Channel and access routes to the Isle of Wright, Hampshire (Hants) has two of the largest cities well known in history, Southampton and Portsmouth which are administered separately. Originally named after Southampton which was a settlement, it is now one of the most affluent counties in England. Home to famous writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, as well as the childhood home of Florence Nightingale and birth place of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It has been occupied since the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 BCE when sea levels were lower and the land bridge was too attached to Europe. ",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/castle1.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_kilkenny.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/island_of_ireland_sligo.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Staffordshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Hampshire England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Hinch","sU":"HINCH","oC":"SC","o":"Scottish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/HINCH/SC/Hinch/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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