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slane
Wiktionary
n. (context Ireland English) a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft
Wikipedia
'''Slane ''' is a village in County Meath, in Ireland. The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 ( Dublin to Monaghan road) and the N51 ( Drogheda to Navan road). In 2006 Slane's population was 1,099, having grown from 823 in 2002. The population of the village and the surrounding rural area was 1,587 in 2006, up from 1,336 in 2002. The village centre dates from the 18th century. The village and surrounding area contains many historic sites dating back over 5,000 years.
Slane may refer to:
Places- Slane, a village in County Meath, Ireland
- Slane, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Slane Castle, located in Slane village
- Slanes, County Down, a parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Chris Slane, a New Zealand cartoonist
- Dan Slane, an American businessman
- Paul Slane, Scottish footballer
- Baron Slane, a Barony in the Peerage of Ireland
- Slane Concert, a concert held in most years in Slane
- Slane, an Irish folk tune to which a number of songs and hymns are sung, including " Be Thou My Vision"
Usage examples of "slane".
As her mother turned her face into his shoulder and sobbed, he released his guilt for Slane and his hatred for Jeremy.
Aedh Slane was high king and Fintan mac Dara was chief bard of Eire, word went out that the high king had determined to build a great hall at Tara.
Many men knew that such a chamber must exist somewhere in either the Lagore Palace complex or in the Tara Palace, but only a mere handful of his closest advisers knew exactly where it was, and only three men in all of Irelandhimself, his eldest son and presumed heir, and Baron Slane, his chief ministerknew how to gain entry to it or safely exit it once they had entered, for the ancient builders had sown the way with deadly traps to ensnare the unwanted and unwary.
I read, he offered the story to Slane because he thought it should go to a bard who Sang water, and Slane checked with the other crew in port at the time.
This work was translated from the Arabic by Baron MacGuckin de Slane, a member of the council of the Asiatic Society of Paris, and printed by the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland in A.
Kid and Slane bust out into loud and jeering laughter--not the kind you like to hear.
I then turned on his cohorts and hit Bill Slane on the jaw, knocking him stiff as a wedge.