Ferns
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Ferns can refer to:
- FernFernA fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
, any of many groups of Pteridophyta in the plant kingdom - Ferns, County WexfordFerns, County WexfordFerns is a small historic town in north County Wexford, Ireland with a population of about 900. It is 16 km from Enniscorthy, where the Gorey to Enniscorthy N11 road joins the R745 regional road...
, a small historic town in north County Wexford, Ireland - The Roman Catholic Diocese of FernsRoman Catholic Diocese of FernsThe Diocese of Ferns is a Roman Catholic diocese in south-eastern Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the Archdiocese of Dublin. The incumbent Ordinary is Denis Brennan....
- The Bishop of Ferns and LeighlinBishop of Ferns and LeighlinThe Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ferns and Leighlin in the Province of Dublin. The diocese comprised all of counties Wexford and Carlow and part of counties Wicklow and Laois in Ireland....
(Church of IrelandChurch of IrelandThe Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
) - The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and LeighlinBishop of Ossory, Ferns and LeighlinThe Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin...
(Church of Ireland) - Ferns Inquiry, an Irish government inquiry into allegations of clerical sexual abuse in the Irish Catholic Diocese of Ferns