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Fiodh Ard
genitive: Fhiodh Ard
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Fethard
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Historical references
1280 |
Fithard
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Chart. Mary's Imleabhar: II , Leathanach: 171
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1308 |
Fytherid,
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Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 311
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1308 |
Fytheryd
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Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 310
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1410 |
Fythard
VI 205-212
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1453 |
de Fyterd
X 664-669
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1462 |
Fydard (or Fyderd)
xi 443-453
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1493 |
Church of St Gaddanus of Fethard
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Hore Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 215
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1619 |
Fetherd
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Inq. Lag. Alt: 22 JI
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1654-56 |
Feathard
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CS (LG) Leathanach: 174
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1654 |
Fethard
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CS (LG) Leathanach: 172
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1654 |
Fethard
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CS (LG) Leathanach: 173
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1655 |
Feathard
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1659 |
Fetherd
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Cen. Leathanach: 546
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1660 |
Fethard Parish
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BSD (LG) Leathanach: 19
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1660 |
ffethard
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1660 |
ffetherd
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BSD (LG) Leathanach: 20
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1666 |
Fetherd
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ASE Leathanach: 76
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1816 |
Feathard
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Gill (Wexford) Leathanach: 43
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1840 |
Feathard
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1840 |
Feathard
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1840 |
Fethard
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1840 |
Fethard
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1840 |
Fethard
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1840 |
Fiodh Árd ‘High wood’
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1840 |
We the inhabitants of the Barony of Ida in the County Kilkenny, always call this place...no other name than Fiodh Ard....next the Fethard in Wexford is pronounced Foidh Ard by those who speak Irish in the Barony of Shelburne, for the old people still speak that language...(O’Donovan)
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Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 308
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