This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... of Clonmel, barony of Iffa and Offa East, county of Tipperary. Here are the ruins of a castle, which probably occupy the site of the more ancient fort. See Keating, in the reign of Cormac mac Airt. Aine, now Cnoc Aine, a conspicuous hill in a parish of the name, in the barony of Small County, Limerick. There is a fort ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ... of Clonmel, barony of Iffa and Offa East, county of Tipperary. Here are the ruins of a castle, which probably occupy the site of the more ancient fort. See Keating, in the reign of Cormac mac Airt. Aine, now Cnoc Aine, a conspicuous hill in a parish of the name, in the barony of Small County, Limerick. There is a fort on the summit of this hill which commands an extensive prospect of the country in every direction. For some ac-count of the places which can be seen from it, see Book of Leinster, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2, 18, fol. 105. a Ord.--Unknown to the Editor. b Uilleann Eatun.--Unknown to the Ed. 1 Loch Ceahn, i. e. lake of the heads.--Unknown to the Editor. J Ceann Nathrach, head or hill of the adder or adders, the ancient name of Ceann Sleibhe, a beautiful mountain over the lake of Inchiquin, near Corofln, in the county of Clare. From this place Aenghus Cinn Nathrach, the fifth son of Cas, and ancestor of the family of O'Deaghaidh (O'Dea), took his cognomen. Rafann See Grafann, p. 91, note ', supra. ( Druim Caein..--This was probably the name of a subdivision of Sliabh Caein, now Sliabh 1!inch, on the borders of the counties of Limerick and Cork.-B" Druim Fvnghin.--This is the name of a long ridge of high ground extending from near Castle Lyons in the county of Cork, to the Bay of Dungarvan in the county of Waterford, and dividing the barony of Decies within Drum, from that of Decies without Drum i. e. without or outside Druim Finghin. h Treada-na-riogh, i.e. Tre-dui na riogh, the triple-fossed fort of the kings. This was probably the ancient name of the great moat at Kilfinnan, near Rilmallock, in the county of Limerick, which consists of a moat placed in the centre, and three outer ramparts of circumvallation. The Edito...
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