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Srón Chaillí, meaning 'the winter woman's nose' or 'old woman's point,' derives from the Irish words srón (nose, pointed promontory) and chaillí (winter woman, old woman), reflecting the landscape feature of this Waterford townland on the River Blackwater. Strancally Tower was built circa 1826 by John Keily, a prominent Member of Parliament for Clonmel and High Sheriff of County Waterford in th...

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