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Loch Goir

genitive: Loch Goir

validated name

(Irish)

Loughgur

(English)

Glossary

loch lake; inlet

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Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the lake of Go(i)r
Ní léir brí Go(i)r (< Ga(i)r); féach Uí Fhir Ghair, (‘Húi Fhir-Gair' in Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae 399) agus bf, par. An Úir Ghearr
English

the lake of Go(i)r
The meaning of Go(i)r (< Ga(i)r) is unclear; see Uí Fhir Ghair, (‘Húi Fhir-Gair' in Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae 399) and the townland, parish name An Úir Ghearr / Uregare

Irish Grid

R 65030 40510

Archival records

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