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Inis Oírr

1953.
Ó Murchú (Séamas): An tainm áite Inis Oírr.
In Éigse 26 (1992), pp. 119–123.
Inis Oírr < Inis Oirthir, with detailed linguistic discussion.

Incl. 3 apps: A. On the Co. Clare version of the name; B. On the doubtful identification of Magh Saíre (in Lebor na Cert) with Inis Oírr; C. The oldest English names.

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6629.
Ó Broin (Tomás): Inis Thiar: naming and misnaming.
In JGAHS 51 (1999), pp. 109–119.
On the original name of Inis Oírr, Co. Galway.
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