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Who moderates the moderators?

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A question that must be asked.

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But by someone else.

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I have to admit, I didn't too bad with the vBookie this year.

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All thanks to Kevin Harvick winning at Daytona, at odds of 15/1.

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Pretty clever, eh?

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Haven't a clue who'll win this year.

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Oh well.

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I suppose I'd better follow war ensemble's line and use some quality control.

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I shall give you some information, some you may not have known.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Annyalla is a small village situated in the centre of County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

Why Annyalla even has a Wiki entry is beyond me. It's got a shop, a church, two houses and a goat.

Thank whoever for the N2 Blayney bypass.

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Scotstown (Irish: Baile an Scotaigh and also An Bhoth) is a village in the north of County Monaghan, in Ireland. Scotstown is located in the parish of Tydavnet, along the River Blackwater. It is centered in the townland of Bough, but extends into Carrowhatta, Teraverty, Drumdesco and Stracrunnion townlands.

A couple of theories exist around the origin of the English name, either deriving from the fact that a lot of Scots were located there during the Ulster Plantation, or it may have been named after a local landowner, George Scott in the 1660s. Older documents, including Thom's Irish Almanac of 1862 [2] alternate between referencing the village as Scottstown and Scotstown, that suggest the latter as the source of the name. George Scott is also attributed with giving his name to another Monaghan village, Scotshouse.

With regard to the Irish Gaelic names, the traditional name of An Bhoth comes from the townland of Bough, where the village is centered. This is the name appearing on signs as you enter the village. On Ordnance Survey maps and road signs, the village also carries the name Baile an Scotaigh, which literally means 'town of the Scots'. This is a comparatively rare occurrence of the Irish Gaelic form being a translation of the English form (and in this case, possibly, an erroneous one), as opposed to the Irish form being the original. Locals, to the extent they use the Irish form at all, favour the name An Bhoth.

A crannog in a local lake was the headquarters of Patrick Mac Art Moyle MacMahon. In 1591, Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam broke up the MacMahon lordship in Monaghan when "The MacMahon", hereditary leader of the sept, resisted the imposition of an English sheriff; he was hanged and his lordship divided. Patrick Mac Art Moyle MacMahon became one of the independent leaders of the divided MacMahon lordship. The MacMahons generally fought amongst themselves during most of the Nine Years War (1594-1603), and Patrick Mac Art Moyle MacMahon, along with other MacMahon leaders, ultimately surrendered to Baron Mountjoy in 1601. Although the MacMahon's retained most of their land after the war, unable to raise taxes they would eventually give up their land as payment for those taxes.

A Catholic church was built in the neighbouring townland of Drumcesco in 1785 (rebuilt in the 1820s), referred to locally as Urbleshanny Chapel, but officially St Mary's chapel. Church registers go back to 1835 for births and 1825 for marriages. It is one of the three catholic churches in the Parish of Tydavnet. St. Mary's has an adjoining cemetery with graves dating back to the late 18th century. Another Presbyterian cemetery exists close to the village centre, but is no longer in use.

The village national school is also called Urbleshanny and is located in Carrowhatta. Urbleshanny National School is thought to be the earliest Catholic school in the Diocese of Clogher, having been set up in 1791, just after the penal laws were repealed.

By the 1830s, Scotstown was known to have a thriving fair, which centred on the village green. It is on record in 1938 as having a blacksmith. Scotstown also had a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks, with probably 4 officers stationed here.

[edit]Today

Today, Scotstown has two furniture manufacturers, providing the most significant employment source directly within the village. It also has 3 Public Houses, a small grocery shop/post office, a pharmacy and several other small retail outlets. Scotstown also has a Gaelic Athletic Association club.

In October, Scotstown also hosts a traditional music festival, Scoil Cheoil na Botha, which features workshops, concerts and sessions.

Each summer, the Tydavnet Parish Show held near Scotstown.

[edit]Places of interest

Just outside Scotstown, is the Hollywood recreational area, centred around a lake. A local voluntary committee purchased the lake and surrounds in 1969 and since then have developed the park with the support of various funding agencies, private donations and Monaghan County Council. The lake itself is stocked with bream, rudd (which locals call roach), perch and pike.

A number of marked mountain trails are maintained in the nearby Sliabh Beagh area. A tourism center and hotel have been opened in Corlat as a staging point for these walks.

Now this is more like it. It's still not much, though.

People use Hollywood as an open air toilet. Don't drink the water.

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Clones (Irish: Cluain Eois) – pronounced /ˈkloʊnɪs/ – is a small town in western County Monaghan, in the border area of the Republic of Ireland. The area is part of the Border, Midlands and Western region, earmarked for economic development by the Irish government due to its currently below average economic situation. The town was particularly badly hit economically by the partition of Ireland in 1921 because of its location on the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland which deprived it of access to a large part of its economic hinterland, now situated on the other side of the border. The town had a population of 2,889 (including rural area) at the 2006 census. The town's name in Irish, Cluain Eois, means 'Eos's meadow'.

It's also the one place in Ireland even Romanians avoid.

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Killycarnan is a townland in the north of County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, to the south east of the townland of Sheskin in the parish of Tydavnet.

Killycarnan was once the location of a national school, which subsequently was relocated to Sheskin, but kept the name of Killycarnan. The Sheskin school was also subsequently closed in the 1980s.

It put Mackie Rooney out of a job. But he was a boring bastard anyway. You should have seen him trying to run a table quiz. Nobody ever won, as all the teams were in comas by half time.