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Lios na mBreac
genitive: Lios na mBreac
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Lisnabrack
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54.3275, -8.19358latitude, longitude
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Cf. p: Kiltoghert b: Leitrim *Lios na mBreac
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"Pinkman: Lios-na-mBreac = Fort of the trouts Breac, a trout or any fish taken with a hook. Fish were often in the dykes that surrounded the ‘lios,’ or fish in streams nearby may have been the origin of the name. "
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" Arch. Inventory: Rath. On top of a rise in an undulating landscape with rock outcrop (112). Rath. ‘Lisnabrack.’ On a steep S-facing slope (112). Enclosure. In a fold in an undulating landscape (156). Mass-rock. At the bottom of a S-facing slope at the head of a small NE-SW valley with a stream in a coniferous forest… None of the stones have any markings, but local tradition associates it with a Fr. McGriskin (198). Sweathouse (site). On a S-facing slope on the W side of a NE-SW stream (225). "
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1659 |
Lissanabracke
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Cen. Leathanach: 568
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1660c |
Lissnemrock
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BSD Leathanach: 76
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1661 |
Lisnebracke
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Inq. Leathanach: 185
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1817 |
Lisnabrack
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1835? |
Lisnabrack bun
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 73, 75, 77 (59:16/2)
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1835? |
Lisnabrack bar
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs 77, 79(59:16/2)
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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1836 |
Lios na mbreac
'a fort so called'
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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1836 |
Lissnabrack
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1836 |
Lios na mbreac
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1836 |
Lios na mbreac
'fort of the trouts'
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1836 |
Lisnabrack
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