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An Eiscir
genitive: na hEascrach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Esker
(English)

Glossary

English ridge

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Explanatory note

Centrepoint

53.934, -7.7837latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˈeskər ('there's an awful hill over it') , ˈeʃkər
Nóta
"Ga, ME, La, RC, TE Gan chártaí CC An Eiscir UF An Eiscir Mu An Eiscir TÁ An Eiscir"
Nóta
"Pinkman: Eiscir = A ridge of high land, a sandy ridge. Compare Eiscir Riada – the ridge of sand hills, that divided the north and south of Ireland, when the country was divided in the 2nd century between Owen More and Conn of the hundred battles. It extended, with little interruption, from Dublin to Clarinbridge in Galway."
Nóta
"NÓM: Eiscir na dTráth?"
Nóta
1592
Eskerigh
F Leathanach: 5740
1655
Eskragh
DS
c1660
Eskragh
BSD Leathanach: 25
c1660
Eskragh
BSD Leathanach: 26
1836
Eicir na dtrathadh ["amh" ós cionn 'amh']
pl:AL
1836
"Eiscir, 'a continued ridge of mountains or high lands'"
dúch:AL
1836
Easker, 'a fisher'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Eiscir, 'a ridge of sand hills'
OD:AL
1836
Esker
S&V:AL
1836
Eskern adra
West, P.:AL
1836
Easker
CM:AL
1836
Esker
Walsh:AL
1836
Esker
OD:AL

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