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mountain or mountain range
mountain or mountain range
Binn Mhaoiscin
genitive: Bhinn Mhaoiscin
(Irish)
Benwiskin
(English)
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Historical references
1819 |
Benweeskin
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1836 |
Benweesken
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1836 |
Benweesken
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1836 |
Benweeskin
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1836 |
[Benweeskin]
"In the west of Rossinver parish being the boundary of it, and part of Ahamplis & Dunncliff"
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1836 |
[Benweeskin]
"A bold,precipitous range of limestone rocks, lying nearly S.E and N.W., and extending in this distinction an Irish mile"
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1836 |
Benn Bhaiscin, "Buneeskin's peak"
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1836 |
Ben Bweeskin
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1836 |
Binn Bhaoiscin, Benweeskin
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2016 |
bən ˈwiːskən/ /bən ˈwiskən
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