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Fohera
(English)
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Explanatory note
- English
wooded glens, hollows?
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54.0601, -7.79899latitude, longitude
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Historical references
"Foher (Ga) Gan chárta Fogheraghmore (Ci) An Fhothrach Mhór "
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"Pinkman: Foithre = Wooded lands. Foithre is the plural of fothar, which may mean a wooded hollow or swamp, a wood; a ravine or deep glen; a steep rocky cliff. "
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"Foher (Ga) Gan chárta Fogheraghmore (Ci) An Fhothrach Mhór "
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1622 |
Fogher
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CPR Leathanach: 560b
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1660c |
Ffoherry
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BSD Leathanach: 18
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1830c |
Fohera
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TAB Leathanach: (61:16/14) innéacs, 6
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1836 |
Foughera
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1836 |
Foughera
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1836 |
Foghery
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1836 |
Fothara
shelves in a hill'
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1836 |
Fŏ//hĕră
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1852 |
Foughera
(McLoughlin/Jones)
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Leitrim Vot. 1852 Leathanach: 462
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1984 |
Foithre?
Roinn Iasc.
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