mountain or mountain range
Cnoc Aill na bhFiach
genitive: Chnoc Aill na bhFiach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Maumonght
(English)

Historical references

1843
Crock Aille na veagh
ALCnoc
1843
Crŏck áille-nă-véagh (so pronounced), locally anglicised Aillenaveagh Hill
ALCnoc
1843
Crock Alle na veagh
ALCnoc
1843
Cnŏc áill nă Fíaigh
ALCnoc
1843
[Maumonght]
"Sheet 23 Galway, Phs Ballynakill, Omay, & Moyrus & Townlands Adergoole, Barnanange, Aille ne veagh, Tievebawn, 2.5 miles south of the road from Clifden to Westport, 1981 ft above the sea. Heathy, rocky, large & picturesque" Situation:ALCnoc
ALCnoc
1843
[Maumonght]
"Crock Aille na veagh is so called from the TD of Aillnaveagh in which it is partly situated and signifies the hill of the deers cliff or the deers cliff hill this is the old name of the hill, M. Fagan, 29th August 1843" Desc. Rem:ALCnoc
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