Hierarchy
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Dring
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Centrepoint
53.8192, -7.53597latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1629 |
Dronge
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| 1655 |
Dwing
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| 1659 |
Drung
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| c.1660 |
Dring
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BSD Leathanach: 164
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| 1671 |
Dringe
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ASE Leathanach: 228
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| 1678 |
Dring alias Droing
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ASE Leathanach: 258
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| 1685 |
Dwing
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| 1708 |
Dring als. Dromy
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CGn. Leathanach: 2.61.266
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| 1742 |
Dring
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CGn. Leathanach: 105.442.74204
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| 1813 |
Dring
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| 1836 |
Dring
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| 1836 |
Druing, “a party or people, a section”
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| 1836 |
...containing a village called Aughnaskillogue
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| 1836 |
...a subdivision of which is called Droyng...
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Desc. Rem.:AL Nóta: [bf. Ballinulty Lower]
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| 1836 |
Dring
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| 1836 |
Dring
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| 1836 |
Dring
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| 1908 |
Druing, “a tribe, a faction” [an Béarla scriosta ag duine éigin agus ‘a shoulder’ curtha ina n-áit.]
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MacGivney Leathanach: 104
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| 1908 |
Aughnaskilloge; Achadh na Sgiollóg – it is more commonly known now by the name Dring.
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MacGivney Leathanach: 29
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| 2007 |
driŋ
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