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From the Placenames Database of Ireland
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- ↑ "Balrothery West | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Castleknock | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Coolock | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Nethercross | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ↑ "Kilsallaghan civil parish | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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