23-578: Adair may refer to: People [ edit ] Adair (name) , a surname and given name Adair baronets in the Baronetage of the UK Places [ edit ] Adare Manor , a manor house in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland Bahia Adair or Adair Bay, a bay in the municipality of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora Magh Adhair , archaeological site located near
46-403: A 1915 song by Anatole Friedland and L. Wolfe Gilbert Adairs Covered Bridge , Perry County, Pennsylvania Dr. John H. Adair House , Owatonna, Minnesota Adair County High School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Adair . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
69-508: A 5,178-foot (1,578 m) double summit mountain in Alaska Other uses [ edit ] USS Adair (APA-91) , a World War II attack transport Adair (band) , a post hardcore band from St. Louis, Missouri Adair v. United States , a US Supreme Court decision Adair sepia, a type of decorative limestone found in Ontario, Canada See also [ edit ] "My sweet Adair",
92-571: A fugitive, relocating to Wigtownshire in southwestern Scotland. Robert was took the surname 'Adare' after the town near his father's lands back in Ireland, or by some accounts where the duel, occurred. Ultimately his name meant Robert Fitzgerald of Adare and would later evolve into Adair. Upon arriving in Scotland, Robert learned that the King of Scotland had placed a bounty on the head of a man named 'Currie'. Currie
115-676: A lake in California Adair Mansion , a house and subdivision in Atlanta, Georgia Adair Vineyards , a vineyard on the historic Thaddeus Hait Farm in Plattekill, New York Adair Park , Adair County, Oklahoma Adair Air Force Station , a closed US Air Force station near Corvallis, Oregon Camp Adair , Corvallis, Oregon, a US Army training facility from 1942 to 1946 Fort Adair , a late 18th-century stockade fortification and supply depot north of Knoxville, Tennessee Mount Adair ,
138-580: A luxury resort hotel, reopened after an extensive restoration in October 2017. The main street combines typical Irish architecture with the English styled buildings and infrastructure purpose-built for the Dunraven estate as an estate village . Examples of the latter architectural forms include the thatched cottages near the entrance to Adare Manor. The later 20th century additions were designed by Detmar Blow . Adare
161-494: A mile) to the north-west of the village. Adare railway station, opened on 12 July 1856 by the Limerick & Foynes Railway company, was closed to passengers on 4 February 1963 and to freight on 2 December 1974. The line to Foynes continued to carry freight traffic until it was mothballed in 2001 and has seen no trains since 7 May 2002 when the annual Irish Rail weed spray train visited the line. The line, designated an engineers siding,
184-739: Is Adare United AFC. The club play at Deer Park Field, situated off the Blackabbey Road in the village. Founded in 1937, Adare United participates in the Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League at Under 8, U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups and in the Limerick Desmond League at Junior (adult) and Youth level. The 2006/07 Season saw the club form its first ladies team, who compete in the Limerick Desmond Ladies League. The Irish Open golf championship
207-432: Is a surname of Scotland. A common misconception is that the surname is related to Edgar, Eadgar, O'daire or MacDaire. Robert Fitzgerald De Athdare was the first Adair. He was from what is now Limerick , Ireland . Robert Fitzgerald fought a duel against the white knight. The Earls of Desmond had three major allied and interrelated branches with each one having a hereditary knighthood denoted by colour. The Fitzgibbons were
230-1087: Is a tourist destination and the local heritage centre, which gives insight into the history of the village, also hosts a number of craft shops. The village is a wedding and conference venue. Adare has two 18-hole golf courses - the Adare Golf Club , which incorporates a driving range and which was the site of the 2007 and 2008 Irish Open , the Adare Manor Golf Club and a pitch and putt course. Adare also has an equestrian centre, located in Clonshire. There are four primary schools in Adare: St Joseph's National School (Catholic, boys), Our Lady's Abbey National School (Catholic, girls), St Nicholas' National School (Church of Ireland, mixed) and Shountrade National School (Catholic, mixed). The village's secondary school, Adare CBS, closed in 1973. The main Limerick - Tralee road,
253-506: Is still officially open for traffic. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Adare GAA , was founded in 1929. The club's senior hurling team has won the county championship in 2001 , 2002 , 2007 , 2008 and 2009. In football , the club won the Limerick Senior Football Championship title for the first time in 2017. The club retained the title in 2018. The local association football (soccer) team
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#1732844928604276-570: The N21 passes through the village, causing persistent heavy congestions. In late 2015 a corridor for the long-delayed bypass was chosen that realigns the N21 road north of the village as part of a new dual carriageway planned to link Foynes port to Limerick. Adare is a stop on Bus Éireann's Limerick-Tralee/Killarney bus service and Dublin Coach's Dublin-Tralee/Killarney service. Both run hourly. The disused "Limerick-Foynes" railway line passes 800 metres (half
299-569: The Adair crest of a severed head. Adare Adare ( / æ ˈ d eɪ r / ; Irish : Áth Dara , meaning 'ford of [the] oak' ) is a village in County Limerick , Ireland, located southwest of the city of Limerick . Adare is designated as a heritage town by the Irish government. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. The River Maigue is tidal as far as Adare, with
322-508: The White Knights, The Fitzmaurices and Fitzgeralds were the Green and Black. Although Robert Fitzgerald's father was Earl of Desmond , neither the hereditary knighthood or the earldom had passed to him yet. He’d killed a hereditary knight of an allied wing of the family. Reasons aren’t clear as to why he struck down his cousin but what is clear is that it turned the family against him. Robert became
345-525: The friary of St Michael the Archangel, was founded in 1464 by Thomas Fitz-Maurice, 7th Earl of Kildare and his wife Joan, and completed two years later. It is currently a ruin and is located inside the Adare Manor Golf Club. The Trinitarian Order established their only monastery in Ireland in Adare in 1230. It is believed that the Trinitarian monks who came to Adare may have come from Scotland. The Abbey
368-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adair&oldid=1086997647 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adair (name) Adair
391-865: The majority of the remains of the present fortress (which occurred with Croom Castle , also on the Maigue). Desmond Castle, as it is popularly known (after the FitzGeralds of Desmond), stands on the north bank of the Maigue. An extensive renovation has been in progress on the castle since 1996 and supervised tours are offered in the summer months. This is one of a series of significant Desmond properties, which also include Desmond Hall and Castle in Newcastle West , another castle in Askeaton and Castle Matrix near Rathkeale , further west in County Limerick . Adare's Augustinian Priory
414-558: The old town'), and was first mentioned in 1226. Historically a market town, in the Middle Ages , Adare had three monasteries. A castle or fortress is said to have first been built with an ancient ring-fort, by the O'Donovans , rulers of the region into the 12th century, and afterwards to have passed into the possession of the Kildare branch of the FitzGerald dynasty , who may be responsible for
437-490: The settlement forming around the eastern bank of the Maigue overlooking the fording point from which the village gets its name. An annalistic reference is made in the medieval Annals of Inisfallen at AI982.4 "The Tree of Mag Adar was broken by Leth Cuinn ". Owing to the strategic importance of the river crossing the Desmond castle was built overlooking the site near Ardshanbally (derived from Ard an tSeanbhaile - 'high ground of
460-472: The village of Quin, County Clare, Ireland United States [ edit ] Adair, Illinois , an unincorporated census-designated place Adair, Iowa , a city Adair, an unincorporated community in Casco Township, St. Clair County, Michigan Adair, Oklahoma , a town Adair Township, Camden County, Missouri Adair Village, Oregon , a city Adair County (disambiguation) Adair Lake ,
483-510: Was founded in 1316 by John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare . The Priory was suppressed in the reign of Henry VIII . In 1807, the church of the Priory was given to the local Church of Ireland congregation as the parish church. In 1814, the refectory was roofed and converted into a schoolhouse. Between 1852 and 1854, a second restoration of the church was undertaken by Caroline, Countess of Dunraven . The Franciscan friary, also known as
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#1732844928604506-466: Was outlawed as a thief and pirate. The King promised Currie's castle, deemed nearly impregnable, to whoever would bring him the head of Currie. Robert Adare watched over Dunskey Castle for several days until Currie came out one evening. Robert followed Currie, and engaged the pirate in mortal combat, slaying him at the head of Colfin Glen. Robert took Currie's severed head to the court of Scotland, which explains
529-623: Was restored in 1811 by the first Earl of Dunraven as the Catholic Parish church. Adare Manor is a mansion located on lands on the banks of the River Maigue and the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl . The present building was built in the early 19th-century in a Tudor-revival style, while retaining part of an earlier structure. It is now the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort,
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