Cathair Ailí Thiar/Caherelly West

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Hierarchy

townland

Cathair Ailí Thiar

genitive: Chathair Ailí Thiar

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Caherelly West

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Luimneach/Limerick

barony

Clann Liam/Clanwilliam

civil parish

Cathair Ailí/Caherelly

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the stone fort of (the) rocky place
Cathair Ailí an fhoirm oifigiúil ó 1969, ach de réir na fianaise stairiúla ba cheart foirm mar Cathair Eille, 'the fort of (the) Eille' (< Ellne -- An Leabhar Laighneach V, 37508; féach freisin Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society LXVI 143)
English

the stone fort of (the) rocky place
Cathair Ailí has been the official form since 1969, but according to the historical evidence it should be a form such as Cathair Eille, 'the fort of (the) Eille' (< Ellne -- Book of Leinster V, 37508; see also Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society LXVI 143)

Centrepoint

52.5421, -8.51087latitude, longitude

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Archival records

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