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Driny
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"Pinkman: Draoigheanaigh = (A place of) blackthorns or sloe-bushes. The Irish may be draoigheanaigh, the dative of draoigheanach used as a nominative, or it may be draoighne, plural form. But the meaning will be the same – a place of blackthorns. "
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| 1590 |
Drynagh
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F Leathanach: 5442
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| 1621 |
Dryny
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CPR Leathanach: 529b
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| 1655 |
Dreyny
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| 1666 |
Dryny
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ASE Leathanach: 51
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| 1685 |
Dreiney
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| 1721 |
Dring
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 229
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| 1731 |
Dryng (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 231
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| 1752 |
Dryny (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 239
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| 1754 |
Dryny (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 240
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| 1755 |
Driney (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1965 Leathanach: 505
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| 1772 |
Dryny (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1965 Leathanach: 520
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| 1789 |
Driney (Peyton)
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Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1966, Leathanach: 143
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| 1833 |
Driney
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TAB Leathanach: 35, Nóta: (61:16/11) innéacs
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| 1836 |
Driney
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| 1836 |
Driney
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| 1836 |
Driney
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| 1836 |
Droigheanaidhe
'blackthorns'
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| 1836 |
Driny
"'Made 'Dreeny' in Ulster." [Nóta OD]
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| 1837 |
Driney
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Top. Dict. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 217
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