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Hierarchy
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barony
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Explanatory note
- English
marsh of (the) birch
Centrepoint
Historical references
1836 |
Curraghva
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BS:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
Curraghvaa
["Corrected list of BS"];
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BS:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
Currach bheithe?
"mheáth" [dúch scriosta];
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dúch (scriosta):AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
Currach mheádh, 'moor of the metheglen or mede'
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
Currach bheith, 'moor of the birch'
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dúch:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
Curraghva//h
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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1836 |
[Curraghvah]
"The soil is of a light gravelly nature and yields middling crops...There is an ancient fort near the N. side and several middling good stone houses but there is nothing remarkable whatever" [Desc. Rem.];
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca058,24
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