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Coolasnaughta
The nook/corner of snow
Coolasnaughta, meaning "the nook of snow" in Irish, takes its name from its elevated location on the saddle between Mount Leinster and Slievebawn, where winter snow arrives before the surrounding lowlands. The townland is situated within Fennagh Civil Parish in the Barony of Idrone East, County Carlow, an area steeped in early Christian heritage and prehistoric settlement. The region's spiritu...

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