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- Gaeilge
the ring-fort of (the ring-fort of) [sic] the promontory, wood
Tá ainmneacha eile den déantús athluaiteach seo (lios + ráth) le fáil i gCo. na Gaillimhe (bf Lios Ráth Biorra) agus i gCo. Mhuineacháin (bf Lios Rátha Éignigh) - English
the ring-fort of (the ring-fort of) [sic] the promontory, wood
Other names of this tautological construction (lios + ráth) are found in Co. Galway (Lios Ráth Biorra) and Co. Monaghan (Lios Rátha Éignigh)
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Historical references
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"Pinkman: Lios-dá-Ros = Fort of the two points or, may be, woods. "
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"Arch. Inventory: Wedge tomb. ‘Giant’s Grave.’ In pasture on the NW-facing slope of a steep mountainside (9). Mound. Towards the bottom of a NW-facing fold on a general NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin (17). Ring-barrow. On a knoll on a NW-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin (18). Hillfort. On a slight NE-SW ridge on the N-facing slope of Saddle Hill, and overlooking Lough Melvin which lies to NE (33). Rath. On a gentle rise of a NW-facing slope (108). "
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Lissraharosse
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BSD Leathanach: 39
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| 1817 |
Lisnarush
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| 1835? |
Lysaruish
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TAB Leathanach: 1 (59:16/1ii)
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| 1835? |
Lysarush
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TAB Leathanach: 4, 104 (59:16/1ii)
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| 1836 |
Lisaruss
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| 1836 |
Liss a Russ
'the seed fort'
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| 1836 |
Lisnarush
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| 1836 |
Lios da róis
'fort of the two points'
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| 1836 |
Lisdarush
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| 1836 |
[Lisdarush]
"…near the north boundary is [a] remarkable large Danish fort known to the inhabitants by the name of the 'Big Fort'. There [are] two smaller ones, one on the north and the other south of Big Fort."
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| 2010 |
ˌlisəˈrɑs
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ˌlisˈrɑs
x2
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| 2010 |
ˌlisdəˈriʃ/<br/>ach anois<br/>/ˌlisˈrɑs
(duine céanna)
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| 2010 |
ˌlisdəˈroʃ/<br/>/ˌlisˈrɑs
"two forts in it"
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