sub-townland
Furnacetown
(English)

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Furnacetown
SO 6ʺ Cassini
1937-38
Furnacetown
It is situated about a quarter of a mile to the east of the village of Feakle....The district derives its name from the fact that in 1720 there was a furnace there for the smelting of iron ore.
BNS Imleabhar: 592, Leathanach: 68

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