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An Chrois
genitive: na Croise
(Irish)
Cross
(English)

Glossary

crois, cros
English cross; crossroads

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

Centrepoint

53.6652, -7.67479latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Crosse [?]
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1629
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Cotton Map
c.1660
Crossapatrick [?]
BSD Leathanach: 156
1813
Cross
Edgeworth
1836
Cross
BS:AL
1836
The pedestal of a cross here at which stations are sometimes performed
Nóta:AL
1836
Cross
Featherstone, Sir G.:AL
1836
Cross
Murray, Rev.:AL
1837
In the Townland of Cross is to be seen the pedestal of a cross at which the people perform stations.
LSO (Lo) Leathanach: 34
1908
Cros, “a cross”
MacGivney Leathanach: 92
1935
Cross, so named from the Tearmann cross which stood beside the present road at the foot of the hill
JACAS Imleabhar: I (4), Leathanach: 55, Nóta: 'Meares of Annalie'
2008
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