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Drumnaskea
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55.3393, -7.26102latitude, longitude
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Historical references
1669 |
Drumaskeagh alias Anisnager
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Chic. Pat. 136
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1767-1770 |
Drimnaskey
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Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/25;D835/1/1/29
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1801 |
Drumnaskea
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CGn. 535.600.353162; Harvey to Richardson
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1805 |
Drumnaskea
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CGn. 570.223.380878
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1828 |
Drimnaskay
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1830 |
Drumanskeagh
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1830 |
Druim na sgé
'ridge of the bush'
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1835 |
Drumnaskeagh
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1835 |
Drumnaskea
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1835 |
Drimnaskey
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Finné:AL Mr. Turner
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1835 |
Drimnaskeagh
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Finné:AL J. Harvey Esq. Gorey Lodge
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1835 |
Drimnaskeagh is the Irish for a bushy falling ground
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Finné:AL J. Harvey Esq Malin Hall
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1835 |
from Drim a back or high place & Skeagh a shade or bush affording shade
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Finné:AL Mr. Canny
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1835 |
Druim na Skeagh
'ridge of Hawthorns'
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Finné:AL Mr. O'Reilly
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