bog
Bog of Allen
(English)
Centrepoint
53.2268, -7.07154latitude, longitude
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cath Móna Almaine ?
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LL Leathanach: 31
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| 1728 |
a mbogach Alughain
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KIL 20 Leathanach: clúdach cúil istigh
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| 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..."
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LSO (CD) Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 145
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| 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..."
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LSO (CD) Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 145
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| 1901 |
Móin Éile
"Móin Éile, the Bog of Allen" [cainteoirí as Ó Méith (Lú)] Cf. LSO.
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