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- Gaeilge
*fort of (the) tree stump? *
Dún Ceapcha < ceapach, de réir dealraimh, seanfhoirm ón 14ú haois (1302 'Dunkepchy', Papal Taxation); Dún Cip ó shin i leith (e.g. 1418 'Donkipp', Black Book of Limerick) - English
*fort of (the) tree stump? *
Dún Ceapcha < ceapach appears to be an older form from the 14th century (1302 'Dunkepchy', Papal Taxation); thereafter Dún Cip (e.g. 1418 'Donkipp', Black Book of Limerick)
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