Dr Douglas Hyde, the first Irish president, was born in County Roscommon and the GAA park in County Roscommon is named Hyde Park in his honor.

Campbell County is named in honor of John Campbell, an Irish immigrant who was a soldier, explorer, statesman and one of the drafters of the Kentucky Constitution.

Many of the original settlers were immigrants from Ireland and Scotland, and it is said that the town was named in honor of Lord Coleraine, an Irish peer.

Grattan Township was established in 1846, and named in honor of the great Irish orator and politician Henry Grattan.

In the source of Clonmacnoise, McMoylenamo is not only the king of Ireland, Wales, and protector of the honor Leah Coynn, but also the “ of the Danes of Dublin .” After the battle in 1014, Irish high kings actually ruled over the Danes of Ireland's five separate kingdoms.

The city of Cork's main shopping street is St. Patrick's Street and Limerick's, like Dublin, is also O ' Connell Street ( the name is used in a number of other Irish towns, as it is in honor of Daniel O ' Connell ).

After the finding of the body of St. Quentin, Bishop Eligius erected in his honor a church to which was joined a monastery under the Irish rule.

" Having been informed that works by Dubhaltach and his family were in the possession of the R. I. A., Mac Firbis stated that he " humbly hopes, from the honor and humanity of the Noblemen and Gentlemen composing the Royal Irish Academy, that he will be allowed some consideration for those works of his ancestors.

Being a foreigner, Eadulf's status in Ireland is originally that of cu glas ( which translates as " grey dog "), meaning a person without legal standing or honor price ( for a definition of this term, see " Status " in Early Irish Law ); however, his rank as techtaire ( emissary or ambassador ) between Archbishop Theodore and Fidelma's brother King Colgu gave him a high honor price of eight cumals ( a cumal being the value of three cows ) under Irish law ( see Our Lady of Darkness ) and since his marriage to Fidelma ( recognized and approved by her family ) he now has an honor price of half that of Fidelma's but he is not entitled to make legal contracts without her permission ( she is also responsible for any debts that he might incur ) or have any legal responsibility in the raising of Alchu.

A 36 year old Albin Vega sailboat, christened the St. Brendan in honor of the 6th-century Irish explorer monk, was used by Matt Rutherford of Annapolis, Maryland in his successful 309 day, 27, 077 mile solo circumnavigation of North and South America which was officially completed on April 18, 2012, when Rutherford crossed the start and finish line -- the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel outside of Norfolk, Virginia.

The centre is named in honor of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, author of Cré na Cille (' The Church-Yard Clay '), an important work of modern Irish language fiction.

The 1887 sale of 30 hectares ( 75 acres ) of land to the Mitre Railway led to the railway's extension under the direction of Irish Argentine engineer John Coghlan, in whose honor the train station was named.

Jack Vance's novel The Five Gold Bands is also entitled The Rapparee, in honor of its Irish protagonist.

He was also to examine the genealogical records and pedigree relating to Irish families, and to maintain the register of members of the Order of St Patrick, as the premier civilian honor for Irish peers and others.

The plurality of generous Irish laity as well as clergy led Riordan to name the seminary in honor of Saint Patrick of Armagh, the Apostle of Ireland.

Tlachtga is the name of a powerful druidess from Irish mythology and a festival celebrated in her honor in early Ireland.

Early in 1779, Governor Clinton issued a proclamation stating that the state of New York would honor the Wentworth grants, if the settlers would recognize New York's political jurisdiction over the Vermont territory.

* A group of villages in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, was named in Jenner's honor by early 19th century English settlers, including Jenners, Jenner Township, Jenner Crossroads, and Jennerstown, Pennsylvania

It was named in honor of William III of Orange, who was greatly esteemed by the English settlers of the region.

The county was named in honor of the Mingo Native American tribe, which had been the earliest known settlers of the region.

The county was given the Latin name for Scotland, in honor of the many settlers who claimed ancestry there.

The latter place had a population of about 1, 000 ( census of 1920 ), and received its name in honor of Robert Friar, one of its earliest settlers.

Originally known as the Town of Marengo, it was changed to Hohenlinden in 1823 to honor the county's earliest European settlers, French Bonapartist refugees to the Vine and Olive Colony.

A small assortment of log cabins soon arose near the large Creek village at the fall line of the river, which the new settlers named in honor of the legendary Chief Tuskaloosa of a Muskogean-speaking tribe.

James Madison (" Boss ") Hendry ( 1839 – 1922 ) named the town in honor of Arcadia Albritton ( 1861 – 1932 ), a daughter of Thomas H. and Fannie ( Waldron ) Albritton, pioneer settlers.

With 100 years of recorded history, the citizens of Tell City held a centennial celebration August 10 – 17, 1958 in honor of the early settlers and the founding of Tell City.

Lewisport was formerly called " Little Yellow Banks ," and was renamed Lewisport in 1839 in honor of John Lewis, one of the first permanent settlers of the area.

The Spanish settlers called the town " Nueva Iberia " in honor of the Iberian Peninsula, and the French referred to the town as " Nouvelle Ibérie " while the American settlers called it " New Town " after the Louisiana Purchase.

" Others referred to the city as " Hog's Hollow " or " McDougalville ," until a few years later it was finally named Utica by settlers from New York, in honor of the city of the same name in that state.

The new settlers named their community " Northampton " in honor of the home they had left in Massachusetts.

" But a brochure later put out by the Omaha Road stated that " the present name was given in honor of Brewster, a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which was named in honor of Elder William Brewster, one of the first settlers of Plymouth Colony.

Thus, on July 10, 1873, the name was officially changed to Ransom Township in honor of Ransom Humiston, agent for the National Colony, which brought large groups of settlers to Worthington from 1872 until 1876.

It was named in honor of Henry Hewitt, one of the first settlers to the area

The town's first settlers came from Kentucky in 1817 ; it was incorporated in 1832 and renamed to Brownsville in 1838 in honor of the man who owned the land on which the village stood.

European-American settlers founded the village in April 1885, naming it in honor of the Scottish politician and businessman Sir John Pender, a pioneer of the Transatlantic Cable.

White settlers built log cabins in the area in the first half of the 19th century, naming their settlement Chilletecaux in honor of a Delaware Indian chief who lived there.

Many speculators and early settlers were of Dutch descent from the New Amsterdam area ( especially Long Island ), which, after the British ousted the Dutch ( 1664 ), was renamed New York in honor of the Duke of York ( the future James II ).

# First Council of Nicaea ( 325 ) repudiated Arianism, declared that Christ is " homoousios with the Father " ( of the same substance as the Father ), and adopted the original Nicene Creed, fixed Easter date ; recognized primacy of the sees of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch and granted the See of Jerusalem a position of honor.

Shortly before his assassination, the Senate named him censor for life and Father of the Fatherland, and the month of Quintilis was renamed July in his honor.

It was founded by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882, and named in honor of Christopher Columbus.

Upon his death, the US Senate passed a resolution to honor Smalley, crediting him as the “ Father of Nanotechnology .”

While Worf decided to accept this dishonor, it was decided to keep Kurn's true identity secret in order to protect his honor ( TNG: " Sins of the Father ").

It is named in honor of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

The remains of Father ( later Monsignor ) St. John O ' Sullivan, who recognized the property's historic value and working tirelessly to conserve and rebuild its structures, are buried at the entrance to the cemetery on the west side of the property, and a statue raised in his honor stands at the head of the crypt.

Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford, wife of Leland Stanford, governor and U. S. Senator from California, though she was not a Roman Catholic herself, had a granite monument erected to honor Father Serra at Monterey.

Father Juan Crespí, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benedicto ( Saint Benedict ), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.

The Franciscan chaplain, Father Damien Massanet, with agreement General Domingo de Teran, renamed the river in his honor, and eventually a mission built nearby as well.

Originally part of Lancaster County ( 1729 ), then Cumberland County ( 1750 ), Franklin County became an independent jurisdiction on September 9, 1784, named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

Hennepin County is a county located in the U. S. state of Minnesota, named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin.

Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the " Father of Texas " and the republic's first secretary of state.

The present day Pere Marquette State Park, located near Grafton, is named in Father Marquette's honor, and a monument to him is located at the park.

In the 1700s the valley in which San Diego Country Estates is located received its name when Father Mariner of Mission San Diego de Alcalá discovered the location, proclaiming it a constant and beautiful valley, and named it in honor of Saint Vincent.

* Charles Allen Prosser-the Father of Vocational Education-C. A. Prosser School of Technology in New Albany is named in his honor.

Some Beech Grove streets have been named in honor of notable citizens, such as Byland Drive ( Mayor Richard Byland ); Fletcher Lane ( former Fire Chief, City Councilman and business owner Robert Fletcher ); Killian Drive ( Father Peter Killian ); Newcomer Lane ( Town Board member and businessman W. S. Newcomer ); and Ticen Street ( Town Board member Willard Ticen ).

The tip of the main island's northern section is named Hennepen Point in honor of the 17th century French explorer Father Louis Hennepin.

Seeing a need, the first Catholic church in Flint Hill was completed in 1883 and name in honor of Father Theodore Krainhardt.

When the post office was established in 1883, it was named Bally in honor of Father Augustin J. Bally, a Catholic priest and spiritual leader.

However, the building has been named The Father Gregg Center in his honor.

It was said that he Father Gallitzin would chastise any person who would call the town by that opprobrious name and he declared that it should be known as Jefferson ..." in honor of our third President.

40 ) resolved " to name the bridge which traverses the West Fork River in Marion County, located. 12 miles west of county route 27 / 2, the Father Everett Francis Briggs Bridge ", in honor of Briggs ' dedication to the forgotten victims of the 1907 tragedy and the mine widows.