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Explanatory note
- English
hillock of (the) place of hawthorns, thorn-bushes
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Historical references
"P: Cloonclare b: Drumahaire "
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"Pinkman: Tulaigh-Sceacharnaigh = Hill of the bushes. Sceacharnach is an example of a compound termination, from sceach, a bush and the post-fix ‘nach’ combined with the letter ‘r.’ The whole conveys a cumulative meaning – ‘abounding in.’ "
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"Arch. Inventory: Rath. At the SW end of a ridge (129) Rath. At the NE end of a ridge (130). "
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1660c |
Tullyskehernagh
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BSD Leathanach: 39
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1817 |
Tullysharney
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1835? |
Tullyskerny
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TAB Leathanach: 6, 104 (59:16/1ii)
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1836 |
Tullyskerny
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1836 |
Tulcha Screeny
'skreeny mount'
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1836 |
Tullysharney
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1836 |
Tulla-sgetherne/ igh
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1836 |
Tulaigh scetherne/ sgeacharnach
'hill of the brambles'
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1836 |
Tullyskeherny
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1836 |
[Tullyskeherny]
"…there [are] two forts on the western part…"
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