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lake or lakes
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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the lake of Eoin
Eoin — ainm pearsanta (Eoin Baiste atá i gceist anseo). Féach Annála Ríocht Éireann s.a. 1244: "...do chóidhseat co hAth na Cuirre forsin nGeircthigh ... gur ro scaoilseat teach Sepel Eóin Baiste do bhaoí ind imeal ind átha...”. Téann An Gheirgthigh/Yellow River isteach sa loch ag bf Tuaim Luascáin - English
the lake of Eoin
Eoin — personal name (refers to John the Baptist). See Annála Ríocht Éireann s.a. 1244: "...do chóidhseat co hAth na Cuirre forsin nGeircthigh ... gur ro scaoilseat teach Sepel Eóin Baiste do bhaoí ind imeal ind átha..." (“...they went to Ath na Cuirre on the Yellow River ... and destroyed the chapel of John the Baptist which was at the edge of the ford...”). The Yellow River/An Gheirgthigh enters the lake at the townland of Tuaim Luascáin/Tomloskan
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