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Ceann Mara
genitive: Cheann Mara
(Irish)
Kenmare Old
(English)
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Centrepoint
51.8699, -9.56803latitude, longitude
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Historical references
1598 |
Canmarra
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Clancarthy Surv. Leathanach: lsc. (Glanoroghto)
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1700c |
ar thráigh Cinn Mara
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Ó Rathaille Leathanach: 250
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1701-6 |
Ceann Mara
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Ó Rathaille Leathanach: 126
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1712 |
Keownemarree
'Church of Killelly & ...'
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CGn. Leathanach: 67.3078, Imleabhar: 10.
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1825 |
Old Kenmare
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TAB Leathanach: 12/84,7
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1836 |
Chinn Mara [gin.]
Iarlaí Chinn Mara na bhfearannaibh saora. Lch. 2.
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1841 |
Old Kenmare
"See letter." [Nóta OD]
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Griffith:AL (Ci) Leathanach: Ci052,31
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1841 |
Old Kenmare
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dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: Ci052,31
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1955 |
Ceann Mara agus Neidín
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An Seabhac:Cártaí Móra Leathanach: Ke/5
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1972 |
ˌk′ounˈmɑrə
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Áit. Cainteoir: PÓS & a bhean, Uimhir : T332a1
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1972 |
ˌdrouˈmɑrə
(sic); 'the graveyard is over there'
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Áit. Cainteoir: PÓS & a bhean, Uimhir : T332a1
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2003 |
Ceann Mara
"The name Kenmare was later transferred to the seventeenth-century town on the northern shore (known in Irish as an Neidín). On the Carew map of Mac Carthy More's lands, 'Canmarra' and 'Niddin' are shown on opposite sides of the estuary."
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