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Clare, I am aware it is on there, but it is a large file and takes a bit to download and uses up my broadband quota. Easier to get to the library for me. Janet
Janet Quote I'm currently picking out the names from the Civil Survey, a lot of which are names of fords, but not all. It's a pain to go over to the library
So let's complicate it a bit more. I have a Skeaghenneskery or Sheaghiniskerry, which I found translated as "Sgathan Iascaraigh", or Fisherman's shelter in
Donal, Tony, Locals in Skeheenarinky pay little heed to Power's interpretation of the name Skeheenarinky...preferring instead a distant folk memory of the said