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Mainistir Fhear Maí

English name: Fermoy · County Cork

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

Meaning

“abbey of the men of the plain”

Broken down

monastery, abbey

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Nearby & related:

Mainistir na Féile · Abbeyfeale Baile na Mainistreach · Newtownabbey Ceapach Choinn · Cappoquin Corcaigh · Cork An Cóbh · Cobh Cnoc Loinge · Knocklong

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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