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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the hill of Pilib
Pilib — ainm pearsanta (< Philip na nAngla-Normannach)Tá ainmneacha pearsanta le fáil i logainmneacha Gaeilge eile sa pharóiste seo arb iad na hAngla-Normannaigh a thug leo iad, m.sh. Piarac (< Pierac < Piers), Madóg (< Madog, ainm Breatnaise) (#28163, #28156).
Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Tugtar roinnt páircainmneacha anseo ar léarscáil eastáit 1754, ina measc ‘Rathfield’ (< ráth “ring-fort”) a thagraíonn don imfhálú i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn (i gcló in Laois: History & Society 15, 24; cf. www.archaeology.ie).
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