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Corracloona
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Explanatory note
- English
marsh of (the) pasture
Centrepoint
54.3359, -7.99584latitude, longitude
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Historical references
ˌkorəˈkluːnə
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ˌkɑrəˈkloːnə
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" Corr-a’-chluana = Hill of the good pasturage. "
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"Joyce: “round hill of the cloon or meadow. Vowel sound put between Cor and Cluain” (III, 263). "
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"Arch. Inventory: Megalithic tomb. ‘Giant’s Grave.’ On a gentle NE-facing slope (5). Linear earthwork. ‘Worm Ditch or Black Pig’s Race.’ In undulating landscape (36). Linear earthwork. In an undulating landscape of bog and scrub situated c. 1km S of the S end of Lough Melvin (37). "
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"Foghraíocht áitiúil: "
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1659 |
Carrick Elunagh
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Cen. Leathanach: 568
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1659 |
?Corrulones
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Cen. Leathanach: 568
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1661 |
Carriglonagh
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Inq. Leathanach: 184
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1817 |
Curraghcloonagh
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1835 |
Curracloon
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 29, 30 (60:16/5)
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1836 |
Curracloonagh
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1836 |
Curracloonagh
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1836 |
Curnacloonagh
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1836 |
Curraclonnagh
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1836 |
Curraghcloonagh
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1836 |
Curach Unagh,
'Unity's marshy, watery ground'
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1836 |
[Corracloona]
"…there is a considerable portion of wood …"
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1836 |
Cor a chlúna
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1836 |
Cor a chlúna
'round hill of the lawn or meadow'
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1836 |
Corracloona
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2005 |
Corr Chluana
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