Carrick-a-Shinna

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Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

carrick (rock) +‎ a (on) +‎ Shinna (Shanon)

Proper noun[edit]

Carrick-a-Shinna

  1. A Forth mountain on Wexford, which is 556 feet above the level of the sea.
    • OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, line 26.
      “The principal of these are named Carrick-a-Shinna, Carrick-a-Dee, and Carrick-a-Foyle, and are respectively 556, 776, and 687 feet above the level of the sea.”

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 2