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county

electoral division

townland

townland
An Ghréach
genitive: na Gréiche
(Irish)
Greagh
(English)

Glossary

English rough pasture-land?

Hierarchy

county

electoral division

Centrepoint

54.0125, -7.84648latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Ca, FM, Lo, Mu, RC
Nóta
"P: Killarga, b: Drumahaire P: Kiltoghert, b: Leitirm "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gréach = A coarse mountain flat. The term is, also, applied to land that produces coarse grass, like that on mountain sides. (Joyce). …formerly part of the Termon lands of the Monastery at Fenagh. "
Nóta
1620
Greagh
Inq. Leathanach: 142
1655
Greagh
DS
1660c
Greagh
BSD Leathanach: 45
1833
Greagh
TAB Leathanach: 65, Nóta: (61:16/12) Innéacs
1836
Greach,
'a mountain plain'
OD:AL
1836
Greagh
BS:AL
1836
Greagh
CM:AL
1836
Greagh
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Greagh
S&V:AL
1836
Greagh
Barbor, J.:AL
1836
Greagh
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Greagh
OD:AL

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