The county contains the extreme west point of Ireland, Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula, or including islands, Tearaght Island, part of the Blaskets.

Private schools in other towns though receive Olyphant students, among them La Salle Academy in Jessup ( K-8 ), Bishop O ' Hara High School in Dunmore and Scranton Preparatory School in Scranton.

* Rory Sweetman, ' A Fair and Just Solution: A history of the integration of private schools in New Zealand, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 2002.

* Carol Ann Drazba, a 1961 graduate of Dunmore High School, was one of the first two American women to be killed in Vietnam when the helicopter that she and fellow nurse Elizabeth Ann Jones of Allendale, S. C., were riding in crashed on February 18, 1966, killing all seven people on board.

Graduated from Dunmore High School, Dunmore, Pennsylvania, in 1982 ; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1987 and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1991.

High school students attend Eagle Butte High School in Dunmore, or enter the Medicine Hat School District No. 76 or Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20 for grades 10 through 12.

720: Student bus route ( Cumberland High School Dunmore Ave to Calder Road )

* http :// www. dunmore. ie / Enterprise Dunmore starts the program to renovate the old Technical School

’ The Master ,’ as he was known far and wide from his days as a teacher at Strawberry Hill National School in the parish of Dunmore, had earlier been labelled ’ The Boy Wonder ’ when he gave a stirring midfield performance to inspire St. Jarlath ’ s College to their first Hogan Stand success in 1947 beating St. Patrick ’ s, Armagh, in the All-Ireland at Croke Park.

Image: harbourislandjunkanoo. jpg | Dunmore School kids in Junkanoo 2008 Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking East

Image: GovernmentDock. png | Sunset over Government Dock and harbour, Harbour Island Bahamas, looking West from Dunmore School

Image: DunmoreSchool. png | Dunmore School of Harbour Island, Bahamas, looking East from harbour shoreline

* Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore ( 1872 – 1962 ), Scottish soldier, politician and Victoria Cross recipient

* link = R684 road ( Ireland ) – Blenheim Cross, Waterford city – Dunmore East, County Waterford

Dunmore is noted for Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, also known as Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, on 7 November 1775, whereby he offered freedom to slaves who abandoned their Patriot masters to join the British.

At the outset of the Revolutionary War, Henry led militia against the Royal Governor Lord Dunmore in defense of some disputed gunpowder, an event known as the Gunpowder Incident.

The Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, responded by launching an expedition against the Mingos and Shawnees, in the conflict known as Dunmore ’ s War.

The fort was originally known as Fort Fincastle and was named for Viscount Fincastle, Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia.

Alexander Edward Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore VC, DSO, MVO, DL ( 22 April 1872 – 29 January 1962 ), more commonly known by the courtesy title Viscount Fincastle, which he bore until 1907, was a British soldier and politician.

In 2001, Keewaydin Temagami and Keewaydin Dunmore were united under the same non-profit organization, known as the Keewaydin Foundation.

After details of the sale became known to RBC Centura Bank, a major Dunmore Homes creditor, the bank sued on November 7.

The bestowal of this gift was apparently made at the occasion of a festive gathering at Dunmore ; The Bishop of St Andrews William de Lamberton, the Abbot of Lundoris, Sir David de Berkeley ( of Cullairnie ), Sir Alexander of Seton, the Governor of Berwick, Alex of Claphain, and others, were present as witnesses ; most of whom had borne their part in the great struggle for Independence .-- The Chartulary of Balmerino, pp. 40, 41.

In its campaign literature, the CEC claims to associate itself with " a tradition " including such Australian figures as the Rev John Dunmore Lang, King O ' Malley, William Guthrie Spence, Frank Anstey, Daniel Deniehy, Jack Lang, Ben Chifley and John Curtin.

It was founded in August 2002, and focusses on the economic thought of Lyndon LaRouche as well as what they regard as Australia's republican tradition, including figures such as John Curtin, King O ' Malley, and John Dunmore Lang.

** John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, ( Lord Dunmore ) ( d. 1809 )

* October 10 – Dunmore's War – Battle of Point Pleasant: Cornstalk is forced to make peace with Dunmore at the Treaty of Camp Charlotte, ceding Shawnee land claims south of the Ohio ( modern Kentucky ) to Virginia.

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore ( 1732 – 25 February 1809 ) was a British peer and colonial governor.

John was the eldest son of William and Catherine Murray, and nephew of John Murray, second Earl of Dunmore.

In 1756, after the deaths of his uncle and father, John became the fourth Earl of Dunmore, and sat as a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790.

Soon after his appointment, however, in 1770, Virginia's governor, Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt ( Lord Botetourt ) died, and Dunmore was named to replace him.

Dunmore actively served as royal governor of the Colony of Virginia from 25 September 1771 until his departure to New York in 1776 ; he continued to hold the position and to draw his pay until 1783 when American independence was recognized.

Despite growing issues with Great Britain, Lord Dunmore had been a popular governor in Virginia, even though he served only five years.

Lacking in diplomatic skills, Dunmore maintained a contentious relationship with the colonists.

In response, Dunmore again dissolved the House.

From 1774, Dunmore was continually clashing with colonial leaders.

Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and sought to deprive Virginia militia of supplies needed for insurrection.

Dunmore issued a proclamation against electing delegates to the Congress, but did not take serious action.

" speech at the Second Convention and the accompanying resolution calling for forming an armed resistance made Dunmore " think it prudent to remove some Gunpowder which was in a Magazine in this place.

" Dunmore gave a key to Lieutenant Henry Colins, commander of H. M. S.

That day, Dunmore evacuated his family from the Governor's Palace to his hunting lodge, Porto Bello in York County, adjacent to the York River.

On 6 May, Dunmore issued a proclamation against " a certain Patrick Henry.

As hostilities continued, Dunmore left Williamsburg himself on 8 June 1775, retreating to Porto Bello where he joined his family.

As governor of Virginia, Dunmore had withheld his signature from a bill against the slave trade.

However, after the Battle of Kemp's Landing, Dunmore became overconfident, which precipitated his defeat at the Battle of Great Bridge, 9 December 1775.

On New Year's Day in 1776, Dunmore gave orders to burn waterfront buildings in Norfolk from which patriot troops were firing on his ships.