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ancient anglicised Antrim Armagh barony bilě Book of Leinster Book of Lismore booley caher called in Irish Carlow carn Cavan cave church of St Clare cliff cloch cloon coill Cork corruption Danish Derry descendants Donegal Dublin eclipsed fairy Farnagh Fermanagh ford fortress Galway gave name glen grey height hermitage hill side hollow Ireland Irish authorities Irish name island Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Killarney king King's County lake Lavagh Limerick little hill long hill Lough magh Maghera marsh Mayo meadow measure of land Meath Monaghan monastery mountain mouth Munster Nenagh O'Dugan oak wood Patrick's peninsula pillar stone place full place producing plain present name quarter-land Queen's County rath riabhach river holm road rock Roscommon round hill scarriff sceach shortened shrubbery sixth century Slieve Sligo stony summit territory Tipperary took its name town townland tribe tumulus Tyrone Westmeath Wexford Wicklow written yellow yew tree