BROWSE
waterfall
Eas Danainne
genitive: Eas Danainne
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Eas Danoinne
(English)
Leap of Dunass
(English)

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

52.7047, -8.5166latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1600c
tar Eas nDanainne
Ir. Bard. Poet Leathanach: 61, Véarsa: 4, Líne: 1
1600c
tar Eas Danainne
Ir. Bard. Poet Leathanach: 61, Véarsa: 6, Líne: 3
1831
the Salmon Leap
[Obit. Massy] ...that perilous and rocky precipice, well known as the Salmon Leap, over which the waters tumble in boiling agitation for a fall of several feet, and in one part perpendicular.
Nuachtán

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