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Formoyle
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54.3433, -8.35455latitude, longitude
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Cf. Do, ME, Mu, Sl, Cl, Lo
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"Pinkman: For Maoil = A round hill. Formaoil. Maol, combined with the Irish preposition and forming the compound Formaol, is used to signify a round hill (Joyce). Compare Hogan, Onomasticon Goed. Page 428, and Annals of Four Masters AD 965 and 1051. "
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"Arch. Inventory: Crannóg. ‘Glencar Island.’ At the E end of Glencar Lough. The eastern crannog in Glencar Lough, then known as Glen Dallain, was disputed by two branches of the O’Rourke in 1541 (AFM, vol. 5, 1463-5) (46). "
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"Cf. Formal, FM "
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?Forin[al?]
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs (59:16/2)
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Formal (Glebe Land)
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TAB Leathanach: 101, 103 (59:16/2)
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Formal
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Formoyle
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For-maol
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Formaoil
‘a round hill’
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Formoyle
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