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Mucros
genitive: Mhucrois
(Irish)
Muckros
(English)

Glossary

English pig
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

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county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

54.0339, -7.87559latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"DG, FM Muckross, Ci Muckruss, Co "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Muc-ros = Pigs’ point. … a point of land extending into St. John’s Lake. "
Nóta
1655
Muckros
DS
1659
Macrusse
Cen. Leathanach: 560
1660c
Muckrosse
BSD Leathanach: 44
1667
Muckrosse
ASE Leathanach: 88:28
1685
Mukerosse
Hib. Del.
1833
Muckrosmore, Muckrosbeg
TAB Leathanach: 79, Nóta: (61:16/12) Innéacs
1836
Muc ros
'point of the pigs'
OD:AL
1836
Muckris
CM:AL
1836
Muckriss
S&V:AL
1836
Muckros
"Make it agree with the abbey of that name at the Lakes of Killarney."
OD (corr.):AL
1836
Muckross
BS:AL
1836
Muckross
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Muck-Ross
'the hog's seed, (Quen point)'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Muckrus
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Mukross
Rec. Name:AL

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