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Glasha Fort

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The name 'Glasha' derives from the Irish word 'glaise' (stream or streamlet) combined with 'mór' (great or big), hence 'An Ghlaise Mhór'—the large stream. These etymological components are well-documented in the Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) and historical Ordnance Survey records from the 1830s–1840s. Glasha Fort forms part of the larger Glasha Group, a significant concentration o...

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