BROWSE
mountain or mountain range
Cnoc Eafartaigh
genitive: Chnoc Eafartaigh
(Irish)
Knockaffertagh
(English)

Glossary

English hill

Centrepoint

53.9787, -9.46948latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Knockaffertagh
OD:AL
1838
Knockaffertagh
Local:AL
1838
Knockafurtagh / Knockapurtagh?
OC:AL
1838
Cnoc a Phurtach “hill of the bog”
OD:AL
1838
Frequently called Letterbrick. It is said to take its name from a man of the name of Affertagh Golagher who being out hunting on these mountains was carried off by the fairies
AL

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