Scotshouse
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Scotshouse is in the townland of Aghnahola (Template:Langx, meaning 'field of the apples').[2][3] Finn Bridge, a border crossing on the Finn River, is west of Scotshouse.
Churches
There are two churches in Scotshouse; St. Andrew's Church (Church of Ireland) and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic).
The former, St. Andrew's Church, celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010.[4] It contains a memorial stained glass window for those who died in the First World War and a memorial plaque to Ernest Waldron King, an assistant purser with the White Star Line who died when the Titanic sank. The church and its graveyard are both protected regional structures (reference numbers 41401610 and 41401615, respectively).[5]
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1924, is a gable-fronted structure of Romanesque appearance. The church has a stained glass window and a carved plaque with a Celtic cross motif.[6] It is a protected regional structure (reference numbers 41401608).[5]
People
- Thomas Fitzpatrick (1918–2006), former chairman of the Dáil[7]
- Hugh MacMahon (1660–1737), Archbishop of ArmaghScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Éamonn Ó Ciardha, lecturer in University of Ulster in Magee Campus, Derry CityScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Séamus P. Ó Mórdha (1915–2005), professor of Irish in St Patrick's College, DublinScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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- ↑ Achadh is the Scottish Gaelic for field and the Ulster dialect of Gaelic is close to the Scottish, and NahAlban is Gaelic for Scottish; the more logical name for Scotshouse in Gaelic would be Achadh nahAlban, field of the Scots
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