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Irish · Gaeilge

Fine Gall

English name: Fingal · County Dublin

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“tribe of the Norsemen”

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Nearby & related:

Seantrabh · Santry Fionnghlas · Finglas Baile Átha Cliath · Dublin Cúige Laighean · Leinster Ráth Maonais · Rathmines Baile Brigín · Balbriggan

Sources

Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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