6-527: Ardnurcher may refer to: Horseleap , sometimes spelled as Ardnurcher, a village on the border of County Offaly and County Westmeath, Ireland Ardnurcher, County Offaly (civil parish) , a civil parish in County Offaly, Ireland Ardnurcher, County Westmeath (civil parish) , a civil parish in County Westmeath, Ireland [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
12-567: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Horseleap Horseleap ( Irish : Baile Átha an Urchair ) is a village on the border of County Offaly and County Westmeath in Ireland. It is on the R446 road , formerly the main Dublin to Galway road. Horseleap has a church, primary school, garden centre, pub and petrol station. The village dates back to
18-536: The De Lacy family was forced to flee on horseback from the Mac Geoghegans . On approaching his castle and discovering that the drawbridge was raised, he jumped the castle's moat on horseback. The Battle of Ardnocher took place here in 1329 between the forces of Thomas Butler and William Mac Geoghegan. Mac Geoghegan's forces won the battle, and Butler, together with several others of high rank and 140 of his soldiers,
24-507: The 12th century and is steeped in Uí Néill, Geoghegan history. The village's Irish name ( Baile Átha an Urchair or Áth an Urchair ) was historically anglicised as Ballanurcher, Athnurcher and Ardnurcher . The name probably derives from the legend that Conchobar mac Nessa was killed here. According to tradition, the English name - Horseleap - originated in an incident in which a member of
30-428: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardnurcher&oldid=1189133247 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-555: Was killed. The Midland Great Western Railway once maintained a railway station here. Horseleap railway station opened on 1 December 1876, closed to passenger and goods traffic on 27 January 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 July 1965. A story concerning a bronze statue of a prancing horse on the village green claims that it was commissioned in Italy by the sports car manufacturer, Ferrari , and eventually wound up in Horseleap following
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