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    Ard na Caithne (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈkahnʲə]; meaning "height of the arbutus/strawberry tree"), sometimes known in English as Smerwick...
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    oratory overlooks the harbour at Ard na Caithne (formerly also called Smerwick) on the Dingle Peninsula. Saints road (Cosán na Naomh), an old pilgrimage road...
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    village is named after the Norman-Irish Feiritéar family who settled in Ard na Caithne in the late medieval period. The last Chief of the Name was the seventeenth-century...
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    The siege of Smerwick took place at Ard na Caithne (the Hill of the Arbutus Tree, known in English as Smerwick) in November 1580, during the Second Desmond...
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    west of the peninsula near the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Ard na Caithne. Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, situated in the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh...
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    Sixteenth century, the Siege of Smerwick, took place at Dún an Óir near Ard na Caithne (Smerwick) at the tip of the Dingle Peninsula. The 600-strong Italian...
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  • Dingle and then sailing around the tip of the Dingle Peninsula into Ard na Caithne and occupying Dún an Óir (Fort of Gold). Fitzmaurice died while on a...
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    beginning of October, although the vessel Emanuel was wrecked en route at Ard na Caithne on the west coast of Ireland. The ore was taken to a specially constructed...
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  • independence, e.g. Bray went from Brí Chualann to Bré and Naas changed from Nás na Rí to An Nás. Beyond the Gaeltacht, only English placenames were officially...
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  • Ireland. The name is derived from the village of Smerwick (Irish: Ard na Caithne) where the strata are exposed in coastal sections on either side of...
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