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Na Déise laistigh den Drom

genitive: na nDéise laistigh den Drom

validated name

(Irish)

Decies-within-Drum

(English)

Glossary

droim

(also: drom)

ridge

Glossary of words commonly found in Irish placenames »

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Na Déise
the vassals
Ainm treibhe. Tá na hidirdhealaitheoirí laistigh den Drom agus lasmuigh den Drom bunaithe ar an leagan Béarla. Is é an Drom seo Drom Fhinín a dhéanann dhá chuid de na Déise.
English

Na Déise
the vassals
Tribal name. The qualifiers laistigh den Drom and lasmuigh den Drom are based on the English name. Drom/Drum refers to Drom Fhinín, the range known in English as the Drum Hills, which divides the Decies in two.

Archival records

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