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Thread #64045   Message #2426994
Posted By: MartinRyan
31-Aug-08 - 03:57 PM
Thread Name: Info: Curragh of Kildare
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Curragh of Killdaire
Just to tidy up: apart from the familiar sense of coracle/boat, discussed earlier, the word "currach", in Irish, also means "marsh" - which is, I imagine, the sense from which the placename is derived. It's a bit less damp there nowadays, of course - normally!

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