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53:Native name
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270:Dardistown
189:The River
44:Old Irish
546:5 January
415:sea aster
266:limestone
236:Kentstown
211:Irish Sea
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41:Etymology
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403:dunlins
354:Estuary
248:Gaffney
215:Laytown
199:An Ainí
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144:Ireland
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