townland
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Samuel Cobane, was born on 23 May 1823 and he grew up in the townland of Dunmisk.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
Pat Kelly is 84 and has lived in the townland of Inishateeve all his life.
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
There have been other families, other bloodlines, in this place in the townland of Soran, but many have moved away or died out.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018
The poor mother was the most industrious person in the townland, and was a particularly good hand at the spinning-wheel.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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