Fossa, County Kerry

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Fossa
An Fosadh
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Fossa
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°04′14″N9°35′00″W / 52.070681°N 9.583226°W / 52.070681; -9.583226
CountryIreland
Province Munster
County County Kerry
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Fossa (Irish : An Fosadh) [1] is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney.

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Townlands in Fossa parish:

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References

  1. An Fosadh, Fossa Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2023-01-28.
  2. Hickey, Donal (1 March 2014), "Fassbender's rocky road from Fossa to Hollywood", Irish Examiner , retrieved 15 May 2017