Foyle, Lough

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

Foyle, Lough (Loch Feabhail) Donegal. Possibly ‘lake of the lip’.

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	The book on...Adonal Foyle ; ...shot-blocking point guard? The idea sounded good to Adonal Foyle. After all, what harm could it do when his team was...but I think coach would have had a heart attack," Foyle says laughing. If Foyle would have had half the success at the point that... Read more
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	FOYLE ALWAYS A WARRIOR; EX-COLGATE STANDOUT BATTLES FOR HIS NBA TEAM AND UNDER-FUNDED POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.(Sports) ; ...into bleachers, had listened as Adonal Foyle, NBA player, scholar and new campaign finance...inquire whether he was African. But now, Foyle was finished talking, and now, he held...chanting 360! 360! They not only wanted Foyle to dunk, they wanted him to do it with... Read more
	Political Foyle ; ...had it to begin with. It's what Adonal Foyle is all about. A hanai poster child for...not because they bought their way in. Foyle is not your average NBA player. He stands...would like to be an active citizen,'' said Foyle, who received his green card last year... Read more
	The Big Man From the Little Island Finds a Home; Heavily Recruited, Foyle Picks Colgate ; ...auditorium on Nov. 17 to hear what 17-year-old Adonal Foyle had to say. Foyle, a 6-foot-10, 250-pounder who only three years ago...mocha-colored face at the front of the tension-filled room, Foyle leaned into a microphone and deadpanned: "I've made... Read more
	Foyle hopes Damp stays Backup center thinks Warriors would be better off keeping their starter ; ...Warriors' center position better than Adonal Foyle. The trade deadline, pending free agency...it's a complicated matter. Fortunately, Foyle's pretty sharp. And that's why it's no...Arena tonight. "We work well together," Foyle said of the tag-team effort required to... Read more
	Foyle Crests For Colgate As Freshman ; HAMILTON, N.Y. Adonal Foyle never doubted he'd have an impact in his...have made a lot of progress," he said. Foyle has made the basketball stuff look relatively...Patriot League postseason tournament, Foyle finished the regular season ranked fourth... Read more
	The Monday Interview: Christopher Foyle - The bookstore that needed help to turn over a new leaf Uncovering a pounds 10m staff fraud was just the start... ; CHRISTOPHER FOYLE, the chairman of book retailer Foyle's, is sitting in his spartan fourth floor office above what...it has been a bookselling institution for almost a century, Foyle's has been on its uppers for years. Under the late Christina... Read more
	Foyle looks ready to produce for Warriors.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; ...possession of the game Tuesday, center Adonal Foyle set a screen. He then stepped back, received...seven-footer. A few possessions later, Foyle grabbed hold of a loose ball and quickly...lane. He dumped off a wrap-around pass to Foyle, who dunked it with one hand over Mamadou... Read more
	Foyle looks ready to produce for Warriors. ; ...possession of the game Tuesday, center Adonal Foyle set a screen. He then stepped back, received...seven-footer. A few possessions later, Foyle grabbed hold of a loose ball and quickly...lane. He dumped off a wrap-around pass to Foyle, who dunked it with one hand over Mamadou... Read more

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	Foyle ...flows northeast through the city of Derry to Lough Foyle, a navigable inlet of the Atlantic Ocean c.15 mi (25 km) long. With its tributaries, the Foyle drains c.1,100 sq mi (2,850 sq km). There are valuable freshwater fisheries on the Foyle. Read more
	Derry ...mountainous, except for the low cultivated plain along Lough Foyle. The district was dominated for many centuries by the...family. The city, on the Foyle River near the head of Lough Foyle, is the second most important in Northern Ireland. It... Read more
	Donegal ...extremely irregular coastline extends from Lough Foyle on the north to Donegal Bay on the west and is deeply indented by Lough Swilly. Tory Island is the largest of...tallest peak. The chief rivers are the Foyle, the Erne, and the Finn; lakes are plentiful...cultivation. The valleys of the Finn ... Read more
	Derry Derry City and administrative district on the River Foyle near Lough Foyle, nw Northern Ireland. In ad 546 St Columba founded a monastery here, and a settlement grew up around it. In 1311, Derry was granted... Read more
	Londonderry ...the east is the river Bann, the river Foyle marks it off from Donegal in the Irish...Londonderry itself, near the mouth of the Foyle, with a population of nearly 100,000...light industry. The naval facilities of Lough Foyle were of great importance during the Second...catholic and protestant. In ... Read more

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