Loughkeen

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Loughkeen (Baile Locha Caoin in Irish) is a townland and a civil parish in the barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is located south-west of Riverstown in the extreme north of the county. [1]

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References

  1. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2013.