It drains by the Avon Dhu to Loch Ard, which is drained in turn by the Forth.

It is interesting that Brian is not referred to in the passage from the ' Book of Armagh ' as the ' Ard Ri ' — that is, High-King — but rather he is declared " Imperator Scottorum ," or " Emperor of the Irish " (" Scottorum " then being the common Late Latin term for the Irish: Ireland was usually referred to in Latin as " Scotia Major " while Scotland was referred to as " Scotia Minor ").

She is said to have given her name to the city of Armagh ( Ard Mhacha —" Macha's high place ") – where she was buried.

The resulting encounter ( comlond ) between the two warriors is a spectacular stone-throwing contest, described from the perspective of the Connacht troops, who witness many stones flying in opposite directions from the east and west ( Cotal and Ard Róich ) and colliding right above their heads.

County Kildare has the most, with five towers, at Kildare Cathedral ( which is high ), and also at Castledermot, Oughter Ard, Taghadoe ( near Maynooth ) and Old Kilcullen.

It is also the hometown of newly elected South Carolina Lieutenant Governor, Ken Ard.

A 2009 example is the Clan Cian web page ( see below ), which includes: " Clan Cian is Headed by the recognized Ard Tiarna.

He is named as king of Dál Riata in 627 when he won a victory over Fiachnae mac Demmáin, king of the Ulaid at Ard Corann.

Sa'd Bin Ard is a poet from Rangpur who wrote some English ruba ' is.

According to Sa'd Bin Ard, a writer of Bangla ruba ' is Rabindranath Tagore, the great Bangla Noble Prize winning poet has also written at least some ruba's in Bangla.

Sa'd Bin Ard has written many ruba ' is in Bangla.

Gildernew has been a member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle ( National Executive ) and is the party's spokeswoman on Health.

Its most prized item in its collection is the Minton peacock salvaged from the Loch Ard.

The town's theatre and arts centre is called Tuar Ard and was once the site of St. Patrick's Hall, yet another national school for a time.

She is a member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle ( party leadership ), as of 2001, and is the party's Vice President, replacing Pat Doherty following the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis on 22 February 2009.

While she demonstrates her gratitude with attempting sexual favors, they are interrupted by the minions of Ard, an immortal man who wants to obtain the Loc-Nar and use it to rule the world.

After becoming King of Munster, through conquest he established himself as Ard Rí na hÉireann ( High King of Ireland ).

" Ardfert has also been considered a corruption of Ard Ert, " the high place of Ert or Erc ", so called after the 5th century Irish Bishop Saint Erc, who made the place a bishop's seat.

On 11 January 1970, along with Seán Mac Stíofáin, he led the walkout from the 1970 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis ( party convention ) after the majority voted to end the policy of abstentionism ( though the vote to change the Sinn Féin constitution failed as a two-thirds majority was required to do so, whereas the motion only achieved the support of a simple majority of delegates votes ).

The most famous example of a senior figure who did not do so was Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh ( later President of Ireland ), who though a member of Fianna Fáil's National Executive ( also called its Ard Chomhairle ) in the 1930s never joined a cumann.

Den ends the battle by recreating the incident that drew him to Neverwhere, banishing Ard and the Queen, apparently back to Earth.

A month later he faced the Cenél nGabráin, led by their king Dúnchad Bec, also called king of Cenn Tíre ( Kintyre ), in a sea battle off Ard Nesbi.

Some of the late Irish annals record that he was part of an alliance that defeated and killed Ailill, but the more reliable Annals of Ulster report only his death in 507, perhaps at the battle of Ard Corainn.

* February 28 – In a single flight, U. S. Army Air Forces Captain Robert E. Thacker ( pilot ) and Lieutenant John M. Ard ( co-pilot ) in the North American P-82B Twin Mustang fighter Betty Jo make both the longest nonstop flight without aerial refueling by a fighter aircraft, about 4, 968 statute miles ( 7, 994 km ) from Hickam Field in the Territory of Hawaii to La Guardia Field in New York City, and the fastest flight between Hawaii and New York City up to that time, 14 hours 31 minutes 50 seconds at an average speed of 342 mph ( 550 km / hr ).

The first three finishers in 1903 — Ard Patrick, Sceptre and Rock Sand — had won seven Classics between them.

Faced with an impending split between its monarchists and republicans, a compromise was brokered at the 1917 Ard Fheis ( party conference ) whereby the party would campaign to create a republic, then let the people decide if they wanted a monarchy or republic, subject to the proviso that if they wanted a king, they could not choose someone from Britain's Royal Family.

Popular attractions include Creveelea Abbey ( found a short distance across the foot bridge found behind the hotel ), the Tour De Humbert Cycling Trail ( which passes through the village ), Ard Nahoo Health Farm, Parke's Castle situated beside Lough Gill on the Sligo-Dromahair road ( R286, 5 km NW of the village ) and the Wild Rose Waterbus which offers tours of Lough Gill between Sligo and Parke's Castle.

She joined Ógra Fianna Fáil aged fifteen and spoke at her first Ard Fheis two years later.

The earth al -' Ard in the feminine gender bears forth of how her lord revealed the final secret to her.

In the 20 years since the events chronicled in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Grianne Ohmsford has become High Druid, or Ard Rhys, of the new Druid Council, but not without misgivings by many over her former life as the evil Ilse Witch.

These changes within the military wing of the Republican Movement were accompanied by changes in the political wing and at the 1986 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis ( party conference ), which followed the IRA Convention, the party's policy of abstentionism, which forbade Sinn Féin elected representatives from taking seats in the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland, was dropped.

A meeting called by Count Plunkett on 19 April 1917 led to the formation of a broad political movement under the banner of Sinn Féin which was formalised at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis of 25 October 1917.

No one was detained, and most had alibis, as they were at an Ard Coiste meeting at Gardiner Place at the time of the assault and had been seen entering and leaving the building by the Special Branch men who constantly watched that premises.

The former Lieutenant Governor, Ken Ard, resigned his office amid a ethics investigation and then was convicted after pleading guilty to seven charges of using campaign money fraudently and using his personal money to enhance his campaign by giving it to friends who returned the money as campaign contributions.

Griffith resigned the party leadership and presidency at that Ard Fheis, and was replaced by de Valera.

Versions of Tafl, comprising Hnefatafl, Alea Evangelii, Tawlbwrdd ( Wales ), Brandubh, Ard Ri and Tablut, were played across much of Northern Europe from earlier than 400 CE until it was supplanted by Chess in the 12th century.

He made a royal progress throughout Ireland, and when he arrived in Desmond or South Munster was formally acknowledged Ard Righ or High King of Ireland by many of the leading families there, Gaelic and Norman alike, with few exceptions.

In the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising the party's ranks were swelled by participants and supporters of the rebellion as they were freed from British gaols and internment camps, and at its 1917 Ard Fheis ( annual conference ) de Valera was elected leader and the new, more radical policy adopted.

On Orval and Ard Nev the weathered basalt and granophyre has been sorted by frost heaving into circles 50 centimetres in diameter and weathering on Barkeval has produced unusual rock sculptures.

According to the Annals of the Four Masters, in the year 457: Ard Mhacha was founded by Saint Patrick, it having been granted to him by Daire, son of Finnchadh, son of Eoghan, son of Niallan.

Many of the balls are put on display in the local pubs during the game for the public to view ; traditionally these pubs are divided by team ( The Wheel Inn being a popular Down ' Ard base, and the Old Vaults for the Up ' ards, for example ).

They duly arrived at Wexford in 1169 by invitation from Dermot Mac Murrough Ri of Leinster who was at war with the Ard Ri, Ruari O ' Conor and Tighernan O ' Ruairc, Prince of Breffni who together had unseated him.

They were presented by Gerry Adams to the 1998 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis as ‘ our Nelson Mandelas ’, and were released together with Brendan Dowd and Liam Quinn in 1999 as part of the Good Friday Agreement.

It was first formulated by Sinn Féin organiser Danny Morrison at the party's Ard Fheis ( Annual Conference ) in 1981, when he said:

God Dethroned was formed in 1991 by singer and guitar player Henri Sattler, with Hans Leegstra ( guitar ) and Ard de Weerd.