Elphin Ail Finn
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WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53.85° N 8.2° W Irish Grid Reference M868889
Town population:	527 (2002)
Rural population:	711 (2002)
Elevation:	83 m
County:	Roscommon
Province:	Connacht

Coordinates: 53.85° N 8.2° WElphin (Irish Ail Finn) is a village in north County Roscommon, Ireland. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... GPS satellite in orbit, image courtesy NASA The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, is the only fully-functional satellite navigation system. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the Republic of Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. ... The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the Republic of Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The island of Ireland is divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced cun-day), the Republic of Ireland is made up of 26 of these; Northern Ireland is comprised of the remaining six. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Connaught redirects here. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ...

It forms the southern tip of a triangle with Boyle (11 miles) and Carrick-on-Shannon (8 miles) to the north west and north east respectively. Knock International Airport (Ireland West Knock Airport) is within close proximity of Elphin - approximately 40 minutes drive - and serves as a useful national and international travel gateway. For detailed geographic and climatic information about Elphin, you should consult this link. Boyle (Mainistir na Búille in Irish) is a town in County Roscommon, Ireland. ... Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc) is situated in County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland on the County Roscommon border. ... Knock International Airport (IATA Airport Code: NOC) formerly called Horan International Airport, is located at Knock near Charlestown, County Mayo, Ireland. ...

Elphin has historically been an important market town and the diocesan centre for the Diocese of Elphin. St Patrick is believed to have visited Elphin, consecrated its first church and ordained its first bishop, Asicus (subsequently the patron saint of Elphin). Information supporting the visitation of St Patrick is to be found in two important memorials of early Irish hagiography, the Vita Tripartita of St Patrick, and the "Patrician Documents" in the Book of Armagh. On his missionary tour through Connacht in 434 or 435, St Patrick came to the territory of Corcoghlan, present day Elphin. The chief of that territory, a noble Druid named Ono, gave land and afterwards his castle or fort to St Patrick to found a church and monastery. The place, which had hitherto been called Emlagh-Ono (a derivation of its owners name) received the designation of Ail Finn, which means "rock of the clear spring". This nomenclature was adopted on the basis of a large stone raised by St Patrick from a well opened by him in the land of Ono and placed on its margin. A copious stream of crystal water flowed from the well and continues to flow through Elphin to this day. St Patrick built a church called Tempull Phadruig (Patrick's church) and established an Episcopal See in Elphin. St Asicus remained as bishop of Elphin. St Patrick also founded an episcopal monastery or college at Elphin, believed to be one of the first monasteries founded by him. In pre-Reformation times, Elphin was host to a large number of religious orders and was a religious centre of international significance. This is supported by the appearance of Elphin in a number of pan-European maps in the middle ages. The Diocese of Elphin is a diocese of the Catholic Church lying in the counties of Roscommon, Sligo and Galway. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Assicus (Asicus, Assic) was the first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, and venerated as the patron saint of the city. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Hagiography is the study of saints. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... A page of text from the Book of Armagh. ... Connaught redirects here. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Two druids, from an 1845 publication, based on a bas-relief found at Autun, France. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

After the Reformation Elphin continued as the centre of a bishopric. A new bishop's residence was built in the 1720's to the central block and flanking pavilions plan that is very common in Irish country houses of this period. The main block of the bishop's house was destroyed by fire early in the 20th Century and was subsequently demolished, but the ruins of the pavilions survive together with the curtain walls that linked them to the main house. The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

The cathedral was also rebuilt in the eighteenth century. It was a modest building no bigger than a small parish church with a tall square clock tower at its west end. An apse was added in the 19th century. The cathedral was used for worship up to the early 1960's. It was badly damaged in a storm in 1962 and was demolished a few years later, but its partially restored ruins can still be seen. A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ...

Associated with the cathedral was Elphin Diocesan School, popularly known as 'The Latin School'. Its most famous students were Oliver Goldsmith and the eye surgeon Sir William Wilde the father of Oscar Wilde. The school was closed in the 1860's when the seat of the bishopric was moved to Kilmore, County Cavan. Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and She Stoops... Sir William Robert Willis Wilde (1815 - April 19, 1876), today best known for being the father of Oscar Wilde, was a man of prominence in his own day. ... It has been suggested that Wildes Manuscripts be merged into this article or section. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Cavan Code: CN Area: 1,931 km² Population (2002) 56,546 Website: www. ...

According to legend, it was close to Elphin that the mythological figure of Oisin fell from his horse upon his return from Tir na nOg (The Land of Eternal Youth). Within four miles of Elphin is Cruachan (otherwise Rathcroghan), the famous palace of Queen Meave (she of the Táin Bó Cúailnge and a prominent figure in Irish mythology, notably the Ulster Cycle) and the Connacht kings. The well of Ogulla (otherwise the Virgin Monument), scene of the famous conversion and baptism of Aithnea (Eithne) and Fidelm, the daughters of Leoghari, monarch of Ireland in the time of St Patrick, is also situate near Elphin. It is reputed that the gold and riches of Ned Kelly are buried in foothills just outside of Elphin. Ossian is a legendary warrior bard who appears as the narrator in the Celtic legends of Fionn mac Cumhail. ... In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (plain of joy), also called Tir na nOg (land of young), was the underworld. ... Cruachan (Cruachu, Cruachain, Ráth Cruachain) is the ancient capital of the kingdom of Connacht, and the seat of Medb and her husband Ailill of Lenister in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ... (, Medb, Medhbh, Meabh, Maeve, Maev) is queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. ... Táin Bó Cúailnge (the driving-off of cows of Cooley, more usually rendered The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is the central tale in the Ulster Cycle, one of the four great cycles that make up the surviving corpus of Irish mythology. ... The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. ... The Ulster Cycle, formerly the Red Branch Cycle, is a large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster. ... Connaught redirects here. ... Statue of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (died March 17, 462, 492, or 493), is the patron saint of Ireland. ... Ned Kelly the day before his execution Edward Ned Kelly (c. ...

Percy French, the performer, poet, and water colour artist was born at Cloonyquin, approximately three miles outside of Elphin as was his kinsman Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) the lawyer, playwright and biographer of Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding and David Garrick. Murphy's better known contemporary Oliver Goldsmith spent much of his childhood at Ballyoughter, approximately one mile to the south of Elphin and may have been born at his mother's family home, Smith Hill, just outside of the village of Elphin. Fergus O'Mulconry, one of the authors of the Annals of the Four Masters was born at Cloonahee about two miles from Elphin. Elphin is also the birthplace of Roderick Flanagan (1828-1862) the Australian-Irish journalist, historian and anthropologist. William Percy French (May 1, 1854–January 24, 1920) was one of Irelands foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. ... Arthur Murphy (December 27, 1727 _ June 18, 1805), was an Irish writer, known by the pseudonym, Charles Ranger. ... Samuel Johnson circa 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... Portrait of David Garrick David Garrick (February 19, 1717 – January 20, 1779) was an English actor, dramatist, theatrical producer and theatrical manager, and a friend and pupil of Samuel Johnson. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and She Stoops... An eighteenth century farmhouse situated about 1. ... An early nineteenth century house situated about 1. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Roderick Flanagan (1 April 1828 – 13 March 1862) was an Australian historian, anthropologist, poet, newspaper proprietor and journalist. ...

Elphin is home to the Orchard Park, a Gaelic Athletic Association ground. Elphin has produced many GAA figures of significance over the years both in playing and administrative capacities, the most notable being Dr Donal Keenan, a former president of the GAA and John Collins, one of the great corner forwards of his generation. Elphin has a proud GAA tradition and continues to produce many successful under-age and senior Gaelic football teams. The Orchard Park is also the venue for prizegiving at the end of Elphin's annual Goosebumps Festival. A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting gaelic games: that is, Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... GAA redirects here. ... GAA redirects here. ... GAA redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Elphin has an active Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann branch and has hosted the County Roscommon Fleadh Cheoil on many occasions. Members of the Elphin branch have enjoyed success at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in recent years. Elphin also has a fully restored and operational eighteenth century windmill, one of the oldest of its kind in Ireland. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Society of Irish Musicians in English), refers to an organisation in Ireland which is dedicated to the promotion of the music, song, dance and language of Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Roscommon Code: RN Area: 2,547 km² (983 mi²) Population (2006) 58,700 Website: www. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Fleadh. ... As an attributive, All Ireland emphasises the entire island of Ireland, as opposed to either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Fleadh. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ...

Oddly enough, Elphin is also the given name of a Polish Irish dancing troupe. Girls in traditional costume performing Irish dance in a St. ...

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