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- Gaeilge
the fork of the two roads
Is dócha gurb ionann bunús don ainm seo agus don dá fhoirm 1615 'Gortediravohir', Inquisitiones, agus 1620 'Gortedderavoher', Calendar of Patent Rolls (= Gort idir Dhá Bhóthar, 'the field between two roads') - English
the fork of the two roads
The origin of this name is probably identical with that of the two forms 1615 'Gortediravohir', Inquisitiones, and 1620 'Gortedderavoher', Calendar of Patent Rolls (= Gort idir Dhá Bhóthar, 'the field between two roads')
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