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Kilrush
(English)
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Explanatory note
- English
wood of (the) promontory
Centrepoint
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Historical references
"CC Cill Rois Lm Cill Rois TÁ Cill Rois PL Cill Rois Cl (PO) Cill Rois Co; CD; ME; Sl; La; IM Gan chártaí "
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"Pinkman: Coill-Rois = Wood of the point of land. "
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"Arch.Inventory: Enclosure. On the SW-facing slope of a drumlin (154). Enclosure. At the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin (154). "
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"Lewis: “The gentlemen’s seats are…Kilrush, of W.Shanly, Esq.…” (Vol. II, 452) "
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1621 |
Cavaneskeene alias Killrushell
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CPR Leathanach: 525a
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1659 |
Killrussell
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Cen. Leathanach: 561
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1660c |
Killrussell
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BSD Leathanach: 17
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1817 |
Kilrush
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1830c |
Kilrush
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TAB Leathanach: (61:16/14) innéacs, 1b
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1836 |
Kilrush
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1836 |
Kilrush
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1836 |
Kilrush
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1836 |
Kilrush
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1836 |
Coill rois
'wood of the point'
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1836 |
Kilrush
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1836 |
[Kilrush]
"…two Danish forts…"
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1837 |
Kilrush
(Shanly)
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Top. Dict. Leathanach: 452, Vol.II
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