BROWSE
mountain or mountain range
Cipiúr
genitive: Chipiúr
(Irish)
Kippure
(English)

Centrepoint

53.1774, -6.33065latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1772
Kippure
"So from the mountains of Cruagh and Kippure, the Turf of one mountain gives white ashes, that of another red"
Rutty's Essay 1772 Leathanach: 31, Imleabhar: II
1792
Kippure
'Observations on the Old Maps ... The mountains are ill described, and those of *Kippure* misnamed *Stephenon*.' Beaufort Memoir 49.
Beaufort Map
1837
Kippure Mountain
OD:AL
1837
Cip ur, ‘yew stock’<br/>ceap iubhair
OD:AL
1839
Kippure
BS:AL
1839
Kippure
Moore, Rev. O.W.:AL
1839
Kippure alias<br/>Keephower
Moore, G.:AL
1839
Kippure
Merrey, W.:AL
1839
Kippure
TAB
1839
Cip iubhar, 'stumps of yew'
"meaning uncertain ... Does this produce the yew?" [OD Nóta];
OD:AL
2018
kɪˈp(j)ɛwɛɹ
Áit.

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