townland
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Tamlaght is the townland name, which comes from the Irish for burial ground, and Finlagan comes from St Findluganus.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2022
“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
In the townland of Deer Park, near the town, there is still a colony of pure Huguenot descent.
From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd
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