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2024-03-29T09:40:36+00:00text/html2014-01-23T21:12:57+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney50.943931 -2.512930ST6416 : Sherborne station
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The station was opened by the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway (S&YR) on 7 May 1860, when the company extended its line from Gillingham to Sherborne. A level crossing across the line was at the east end of the platforms, and the goods yard with a goods shed at the west end; this and the main buildings were on the north side of the line to be nearer the town. Another siding on the other side of the line served the town’s gas works which had been established in 1836. A signal box was erected on the east side of the level crossing and to the south of the line in 1875.
The S&YR never operated any trains, instead they were provided by the London and South Western Railway, which bought out the S&YR in 1878. In 1923 this became part of the Southern Railway, which in turn was nationalised in 1948 to become the Southern Region of British Railways.text/html2014-01-23T20:57:13+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney50.968477 -2.471046ST6718 : The Gainsborough Arms
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Beautiful old pub with skittle alley.text/html2013-12-29T22:23:04+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.824123 -4.256440NS5861 : A view to Mount Annan Drive
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Nearby is the world famous Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadiumtext/html2013-12-28T22:18:48+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.838182 -4.264122NS5862 : Victoria Road Govanhill
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The history of the area is linked to the Dixon family. A prominent ironmaster, William Dixon opened blast furnaces to the North of Govanhill which became known as 'Dixons Blazes'. A company village called Fireworks Village was situated on the site of the later Burgh of Govanhill. The area itself was formed in 1877 and the main avenue that runs the length of it is called Dixon Avenue. Some of the local streets were name after the daughters of William Dixon Jnr; Allison Street, Daisy Street, and Annette Street. Successive waves of immigrants from Ireland, Pakistan and more recently Poland and Slovakia have given the area a rich multicultural identity.
Govanhill is home to one of Glasgow's original Carnegie libraries, deftly designed in the Edwardian Baroque style by James Robert Rhind. The library is situated on Langside Road at its junction with Calder Street.text/html2013-12-28T21:31:35+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.776936 -4.929418NS1657 : Indian Rock
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Further along past the Garrison, a striking 18th Century building currently being restored there is another record-breaker, Europe's smallest cathedral, The Cathedral of the Isles which seats 100. Carry on walking and there are many shops to peer into. Some of the newsagents are so old-fashioned they look like they might have a stash of Spangles in the back. Finally as the shops start to peter out look on the shore for local landmark Crocodile Rock, a jagged rock formation painted like a crocodile - a treat for kids and Elton John fans. For more painted rocks check out Indian Rock round the other side of the island on the way to Fintry Bay.text/html2013-12-28T20:06:39+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.945081 -4.803872NS2576 : Inverclyde Royal Hospital
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Inverclyde Royal Hospital, which opened in 1979, is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a large population area of 125 000 consisting of Inverclyde (including Greenock), Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula. Inverclyde is one of three main hospitals in the South Clyde area, alongside Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria and Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and is both owned and run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, previously NHS Argyll and Clyde.text/html2013-12-28T19:58:25+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.752753 -4.880104NS1954 : Hunterston
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Hunterston Terminal, in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is a coal-handling port located at Fairlie on the Firth of Clyde, and operated by Clydeport. It lies adjacent to Hunterston estate, site of Hunterston Castle.
The port, completed in 1979, was originally called Hunterston Ore Terminal and was intended to handle iron ore for British Steel's Ravenscraig steelworks. Existing facilities at General Terminus Quay on the upper River Clyde were unsuitable for increasingly large vessels, but Hunterston, with its one-mile long jetty, is able to handle modern ships of any size.text/html2013-12-28T15:39:26+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.181601 -7.057672C6037 : Moville Harbour
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In the second half of the 19th century, Moville was a significant point of embarkation for many travellers, especially emigrants, to Canada and the United States of America. Steamships of the Anchor Line, of Glasgow, and others en route from Glasgow to New York City regularly called at Moville to pick up additional passengers. Today, the town receives little maritime traffic; it retains its small fishing harbour, but the important commercial fishing port at Greencastle lies only a few miles away.text/html2013-12-28T14:58:21+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.058125 -7.404697C3823 : Kelly's Bar
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Burnfoot (Irish: Bun na hAbhann) is a small village on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It lies within the townland of Ballyederowen. It has a few local shops and a pub. It has a population of 398 (2006 census).
There is a small industrial estate which, among other firms, houses E&I Engineering, a major local employer with over 300 employees.text/html2013-12-28T14:28:56+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney54.943236 -7.695695C1910 : Dry Arch Roundabout Letterkenny
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The Workers is a monument made from stainless steel and stone and is located at The Dry Arch Roundabout in the town. The monument was created in 2001 by Maurice Harron. The monument commemorates a generation of men who worked on building the original bridge and train track at the Dry Arch. The piece of stone in the monument, which the workers are lifting, is a piece saved from the original bridge.text/html2013-12-18T21:04:43+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.874316 -4.980723NS1368 : The QE 2 on a visit to the Clyde
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QE2 retired from active Cunard service on 27 November 2008. She was acquired by Istithmar, the private equity arm of Dubai World, which planned to begin conversion of the vessel to a 500-room floating hotel moored at the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. In July 2012, Istithmar announced that conversion would take about 18 months.
On 23 December 2012, it was reported that QE2 had been sold for scrapping in China for £20 million. However, Cunard dismissed the reports as "pure speculation".text/html2013-12-18T20:41:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.957818 -4.812966NS2477 : A view of Gourock from Lyle Hill
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As far back as 1494 it is recorded that James IV sailed from the shore at Gourock to quell the rebellious Highland clans. Two hundred years later William and Mary granted a Charter in favour of Stewart of Castlemilk which raised Gourock to a Burgh of Barony. In 1784 the lands of Gourock were purchased by Duncan Darroch, a former merchant in Jamaica. He built Gourock House near the site of the castle in what the family eventually gifted to the town as Darroch Park, later renamed by the council as Gourock Park.text/html2013-12-17T21:56:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.192110 -6.958188C6638 : A view to Magilligan Point
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Magilligan (named after "MacGilligans country") peninsula lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle. It is a huge 32 km2 coastal site, part British army firing range, part nature reserve.
A Martello Tower was built here in 1812, rather late in the British sequence, as the original plan for a fort at Magilligan point was impractical due to soft ground. A genuinely round tower mounting two 24 pounder (11 kg) guns, it has been beautifully restored but is normally locked.
It is close to Bellarena railway station and there is a ferry service which operates all the year around with Greencastle, County Donegal across the lough.
The famous Irish harpist Donnchadh Ó Hámsaigh lived in Magilligan.text/html2013-12-17T21:36:21+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney55.140136 -7.228633C4932 : A view from Cruckglass towards Lough Foyle
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The Lough Foyle Ramsar site (wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention), is 2204.36 hectares in area, at Latitude 55 05 24 N and Longitude 07 01 37 W. It was designated a Ramsar site on 2 February 1999. The site consists of a large shallow sea lough which includes the estuaries of the rivers Foyle, Faughan and Roe. It contains extensive intertidal areas of mudflats and sandflats, salt marsh and associated brackish ditches. The site qualified under Criterion 1 of the Ramsar Convention because it is a particularly good representative example of a wetland complex which plays a substantial hydrological, biological and ecological system role in the natural functioning of a major river basin located in a trans-border position. It also qualified under Ramsar criterion 2 as it supports an appreciable number of rare, vulnerable or endangered species of plant and animal. A range of notable fish species have been recorded for the Lough Foyle estuary and the lower reaches of some of its tributary rivers. These include Allis shad, Twait shad, smelt and sea lamprey, all of which are Irish Red Data Book species. Important populations of Atlantic salmon migrate through the system to and from their spawning grounds.text/html2013-12-17T21:03:39+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/94648danny kearney56.649111 -4.879931NN2354 : Buchaille Etive Mhor Glencoe
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Scotland's best known mountain