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bog
Móin Alúine
genitive: Mhóin Alúine
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Bog of Allen
(English)

Glossary

móin, mónaidh
English bogland

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53.2268, -7.07154latitude, longitude
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Historical references

cath Móna Almaine ?
LL Leathanach: 31
1728
a mbogach Alughain
KIL 20 Leathanach: clúdach cúil istigh
1837
Móin Almhoin
"...that part of it in the County of Kildare only seems to have been called Móin Almhoin, while that part lying in the King's County was called Móin Éile..."
LSO (CD) Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 145
1837
Móin Éile
"...that part lying in the King's County was called Móin Éile. I never heard any Irish name for the present Bog of Allen in the Co. of Kilkenny but Móin Éile, which means the Bog of Ely..."
LSO (CD) Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 145
1901
Móin Éile
"Móin Éile, the Bog of Allen" [cainteoirí as Ó Méith (Lú)] Cf. LSO.
Iris. na G.

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