Temple is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4704°, -5.9174°.

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Temple

Temple in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Temple is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

From the Wikipedia article

Temple, historically called The Temple (Irish: An Teampall), is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated south of Carryduff and about 9 miles (14.5 km) from Belfast city centre.

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Background

History

One of the earliest references to Temple dates back to 1858, when the name was first applied to a public house in the townland of Carricknaveagh. It was called "The Temple" because it was the meeting place for a freemasons' lodge. The village is within the historic barony of Castlereagh Upper and the civil parish of Killaney. First held in 1921, the Temple 100 were a series of road races which took place within Temple and the surrounding area. The circuit was updated over the years, but they were predominantly held between Temple and Carryduff, and then ultimately between Temple and Saintfield. The final race took place in 1999. It was the first ever and longest running pure road race in…

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