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Assaroe
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54.5033, -8.18938latitude, longitude
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Eas Ruaidh
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Dioghl. D Leathanach: 200, Véarsa: 4
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easa Ruaidh
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Dioghl. D Leathanach: 228, Véarsa: 2
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ag ráimhEas Ruaidh
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Dioghl. D Leathanach: 375, Véarsa: 20
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ó Eas Ruaidh
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Aith.D Leathanach: 4, Véarsa: 33
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| 1195 |
co heass ruaidh
"Eas Ruadh, i.e. the Red Cataract, but the name is more correctly Eas Aodha ruaidh, i.e. the cataract of Aodh Ruadh, the son of Badharn, who was drowned here in the year of the world 4518 ... The name is now pronounced Assaroe, but the cataract is more generally known by the appellation of the Salmon Leap. It is on the River Samhaoir, now more usually called the Erne, in the town of Ballyshannon." III 99–100 (n) (s.a. 1195).
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ARÉ III 99–100 (n)
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| 1213 |
Rí Easa Ruaidh
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Ir. Bard. Poet Leathanach: 90, Líne: 1, Véarsa: 11
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| 1247 |
co heass aedha ruaidh mic badhairn
"The cataract of Aedh Ruadh, the son of Badharn.—This was the ancient name of the cataract called the Salmon Leap, at Ballyshannon, in the county of Donegal. The name is now pronounced as if written easa ruadh, and in English Assaroe."
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ARÉ III 320 (t)
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| 1739 |
asadh ruadh—Lough Dearg
sic, s.v. "asadh—a Lough"
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| 1739 |
easaruadh
s.v. eas .i. sruth—a spring or streame, also a waterfall
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