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An Eiscir Thuaidh
genitive: na hEascrach Thuaidh
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Esker North
(English)
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Historical references
Eiscir
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1612 |
Esker
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
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1621 |
Esker
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CPR Leathanach: 533b
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1629 |
Esker
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1655 |
Esker
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1659 |
Eskirr
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1660c |
Esker
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BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 174
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1660c |
Esker
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BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 175
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1666 |
Esker
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ASE Leathanach: 127
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1667 |
Esker
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ASE Leathanach: 138
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1758 |
upper and Lower Esker and Drumnacohie
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CGn. Imleabhar: 196.79.129192
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1764 |
Esker otherwise called Esker-an-Oran and Drumnacohie [Esker South i gceist is dócha]
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CGn. Imleabhar: 228.416.151531
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1813 |
Eskar
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1832 |
Esker North
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1832 |
Esker North
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1832 |
Eskar North
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1832 |
Eskitawe [“eiscir tuath” sa chló gaelach ag OD taobh le seo]
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1832 |
Esker
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1908 |
Eskir, Eiscir
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MacGivney Leathanach: 112
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1942 |
...the place to which St. Columcill’s book was miraculously carried is described [in the Vida Quinta of St. Columcill] as “the height that was above the place called Escirt na Trath.”
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JACAS Leathanach: 27, Imleabhar: II, VII
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2007 |
eskerˈnɑːrt
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