Dinnseanchas agus seanfhocal - a place-name and a proverb
Dinnseanchas agus seanfhocal - a place-name and a proverb HILL STREET NEWS: A busy Newry street with on an early summer's day - Tuesday, 3 June 1902 to be precise - where you could get a haircut by machine, drink a bottle of stout and read about Servant Girls as spies 04 February, 2021 01:00 DINNSEANCHAS Newry - An tIúr - the yew tree and An Iubhraigh - yew grove The oldest trees in Ireland are yews with yew trees in Crom Castle, Co Fermanagh said to be over 800 years old. In place-names, the best-known example of iúr is Newry, now known as An tIúr ‘the yew tree...
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