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Esker
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the esker
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ˈeskər ('there's an awful hill over it') , ˈeʃkər
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"Ga, ME, La, RC, TE Gan chártaí CC An Eiscir UF An Eiscir Mu An Eiscir TÁ An Eiscir"
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"Pinkman: Eiscir = A ridge of high land, a sandy ridge. Compare Eiscir Riada – the ridge of sand hills, that divided the north and south of Ireland, when the country was divided in the 2nd century between Owen More and Conn of the hundred battles. It extended, with little interruption, from Dublin to Clarinbridge in Galway."
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"NÓM: Eiscir na dTráth?"
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1592 |
Eskerigh
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F Leathanach: 5740
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1655 |
Eskragh
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c1660 |
Eskragh
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BSD Leathanach: 25
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c1660 |
Eskragh
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BSD Leathanach: 26
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1836 |
Eicir na dtrathadh ["amh" ós cionn 'amh']
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1836 |
"Eiscir, 'a continued ridge of mountains or high lands'"
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1836 |
Easker, 'a fisher'
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1836 |
Eiscir, 'a ridge of sand hills'
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1836 |
Esker
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1836 |
Eskern adra
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1836 |
Easker
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1836 |
Esker
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1836 |
Esker
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