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Bunduff
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"Pinkman: Bun-Duibhe = Mouth of the river Duff. ‘Amnis qui dicitur niger’ – Book of Armagh. This river rises in the townland of Cleighragh, forms for a short distance the boundary between Leitrim and Sligo and falls into Donegal Bay about ¾ of a mile west of the mouth of the River Drowes (See Annals of Four Masters, AD 1494). "
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"Arch. Inventory: Holy well. On a gentle rise 20m SE of a stream (187). Holy well. Situated c.50m S of the foreshreo of Donegal Bay (187). House (sites). In an undulating landscape (228). "
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| 1494 |
Bun Duibhe
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ARÉ Leathanach: IV, 1208
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| 1654-6 |
the river called Bunduffe
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CS (LG) Leathanach: IX, 96
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| 1654-6 |
the river Banduffe
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CS (LG) Leathanach: IX, 96
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| 1802 |
Brinduff recte Bunduff [rivulet]
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Stat. Survey (Li) Leathanach: 3
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| 1817 |
Bunduff
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| 1836 |
Bundubh
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Bunduff
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| 1836 |
Bunduibhe
'bunduff'
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| 1836 |
Bunduff
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Bun duibh, bun duibhe
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Bun: duibhe
'mouth of the river Duff, or Black River'
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Bunduff
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[Bunduff]
"…near the east boundary stands a fort…"
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dəˌbundofˈrivər
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ˌbunˈdof
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