Place Names
The townlands, the loughs, the streets - and what they tell you about who came through.
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Foughill Otra
/fiːˈɒxhɪl ˈoʊtrə/ · n., place name
A townland in the south of County Armagh, in the Ring of Gullion, near Forkhill. The 'Otra' marks it as the lower of a paired set; its higher neighbour is Foughill Etra.
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Lough
/lɑx/ · n.
A lake or long sea inlet, the Irish equivalent of Scottish 'loch'. Used both as a common noun and as the standard place-name element for inland and coastal waters across the island.
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