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Derrygid
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Explanatory note
- English
(oak-)wood of (the) withe
Centrepoint
54.0215, -7.51835latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1609 |
deriged
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MEC Leathanach: 4.24
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| 1611 |
Derreged
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 24 Car. I
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| 1629 |
Derriged
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 24 Car. I
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| 1629 |
Derregyde
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 24 Car. I
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| 1660c |
Derrygidd
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BSD Leathanach: 237
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| 1790 |
Dirrigid
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Carvaghs Leathanach: 19
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| 1836 |
Dirrigid
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Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Derigid
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Commonwealth Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Derigid
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Co. Table:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Derregyde
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Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Doire gaid, 'oak wood of the gads or withes'
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Derrygi//d
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
[Derrygid]
"The soil is good, capable of bearing any kind of grain, but there is very little cultivated being mostly kept as grazing & the wood is composed of oak, elm, ash, beech and fir. Likewise some ash, all of which are of a good kind." [Desc. Rem.];
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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| 1836 |
Derrigid
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BS:AL Leathanach: Ca032,66
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