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14-578: YRC could mean: Yorkshire Ramblers' Club (YRC), a senior mountaineering and caving club based in Yorkshire, England, UK York Railway (reporting mark YRC), a short line railroad operating between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, U.S. YRC Freight , subsidiary of Fortune 500 American trucking company, Yellow Corporation , which was known as YRC Worldwide until 2021 A US Navy hull classification symbol: Submarine rescue chamber (YRC) Topics referred to by

28-598: Is a stone tau cross which has been moved into the centre for safe keeping. Inchiquin Castle is located just outside the town, on the north side of Lake Inchiquin . It was possibly begun by Teige-an-Chomhaid O'Brien (d. 1466). In 1542, it belonged to Turlough, son of Murrough, first Baron of Inchiquin . Murrough O'Brien , the fourth Baron, was in possession in 1580. His descendants, the Marquesses of Thomond , derived their title of Earl of Inchiquin from this estate. During

42-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yorkshire Ramblers%27 Club Founded in 1892, the YRC is still a highly active club mountaineering and caving in the UK and all over the world. On 13 July 1892 four Yorkshire gentlemen met at the home of a Mr. Herbert Slater in Leeds to discuss the idea of forming a club for individuals interested in promoting

56-630: The Nine Years' War , Hugh Roe O'Donnell raided Clare and Inchiquin Castle was attacked by one of his lieutenants, Maguire of Fermanagh . During the Confederate Wars Christopher O'Brien, Murrough the Burner 's brother, lived here. Murrough's son, Colonel John O'Brien, abandoned Inchiquin towards the end of the 17th century. By then it had deteriorated into a ruin. Today the castle remains a ruin surrounded by pastures. Part of

70-589: The Alps and the greater ranges. Recent trips include... Himalayas: Kanchenjunga base camps, Nepal2015; Mera Peak, Nepal 2012; Dorje Lapka, Nepal 1995; Nubra, India; Sikkim, India Andes: Bolivian Apolobamba 1988 (AJ 1989 247-249); Bolivian Cocapata, Real and Occidental; Bolivian Quimsa Cruz 2010; Peruvian Cordillera Blanca 1964 ( YRC article ) Arctic: Svalbard 2006, 2008, 2010; Greenland's Liverpool Land 2014 US south west: several visits between 1996 and 2010, ridge climbing and trails; 2015 rock climbing and backpacking in

84-568: The Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise". The town is 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the county town of Ennis , at the crossroads of the R460 and R476 regional roads . It is on the southern edge of the upland limestone region of The Burren . Corofin is in the civil parish of Kilnaboy in the Barony of Inchiquin . It lies across the townlands of Baunkyle, Laghtagoona and Kilvoydan. It lies in

98-593: The Wind River range Africa: Morocco; Malawi 2013 Europe: Bulgaria, Romania, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Iceland Corofin, County Clare Corofin ( Irish : Cora Finne or Coradh Finne ) is a town on the River Fergus in northern County Clare , Ireland and also a parish of the same name in the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe . The 2016 population

112-817: The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club took a close interest in County Fermanagh , Ireland (later Northern Ireland ) with occasional forays into Counties Leitrim and Cavan . Their work included surveys of Marble Arch Cave and its feeders, the first complete descent of Noon's Hole and many other pots. From 1950, in association with the Craven Pothole Club , they considerably extended the Marble Arch system and opened up new ground in Counties Sligo and Cavan. From 1935 to 1937

126-471: The club was active in the Burren , County Clare and recorded the first descent of Pollelva (1935) and discovery of part of Upper Pollnagollum (both later linked to become the longest cave in Ireland ), as well as exploring some of the pots on the west side of Slieve Elva (Faunarooska, etc.), Coolagh River Cave and Ballycasheen, near Corofin . Besides caving the club has a long history of mountaineering in

140-474: The idea of walking and the study of the countryside. At an open meeting held at the Skyrack Inn, Headingley on 6 October 1892 it was unanimously decided to form a club to organise walking and mountaineering expeditions and encourage the study of nature . The name of the club was picked from others including The Three Peaks Club, but Yorkshire understatement prevailed and the name Yorkshire Ramblers' Club

154-649: The parish of the same name of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe . On Church Street is the former Church of Ireland , St. Catherine's Church , built between 1715 and 1720 by Catherine Kneightly. It was renovated c. 1820 and by 1829 the steeple had been added. The building is now in use by the Clare Heritage and Genealogical Research Centre. An Irish National Monument , the Cross Inneenboy , also known as Roughan Hill Tau Cross,

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168-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title YRC . 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=YRC&oldid=1188397926 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

182-450: Was 776, up from 689 in 2011. The name Corofin means "the white or foam-flecked ford" from the Irish : Finn Coradh , the earliest form of the name to be found in the literature: "fearann re hucht Finn Coradh". - [Ó hUidhrín, 15c. Topographical Poem] A different translation is "Finne's weir". The town name is sometimes spelled "Corrofin". Corofin also styles itself as "The Gateway to

196-662: Was chosen. Consequently, "greater attention was paid to climbing the Lake District ", in both the club's earliest days and today with the adjoining Scottish Borders also continuing to be of particular interest to the club. Whilst some members enjoyed other outdoor activities such as rough and pistol shooting and fox-hunting , the Yorkshire Ramblers were major exponents in early cave exploration both in Great Britain and in Ireland . Beginning in 1907, members of

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