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Saturday, August 6, 2022

a key to place names in Ireland

 This is a direct copy and past from irishgenealogy.ie, which offers simple study modules to introduce family researchers to some of the aspects of finding your Irish history.

This brief table serves as an introduction to some of the common place names and translations, and why you see so many Bally-s and Knock-s for example.