townland
Britishnoun
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The Carney homestead, located in the townland of Ayle, was a standard rural dwelling of the time: a thatched cottage with two windows in the front.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Pat Kelly is 84 and has lived in the townland of Inishateeve all his life.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
Samuel Cobane, was born on 23 May 1823 and he grew up in the townland of Dunmisk.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
“We’re not anti-trees, we’re anti-this,” said Willie Stewart, tramping through a gloomy pine-filled grove near his home in the townland of Drumnadober.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2019
They were usually situated outside the city walls, in the ugaru, or townland.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
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