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Achadh Camán
Aghacommon
Field of the little bends (referring to the windings of the Closet River); alternatively 'field of hurley-sticks' according to local folk tradition
Achadh Camán derives from the Irish words achadh (field) and camán (bent or crooked object). The name most likely refers to geographical features of the landscape rather than the sporting equipment, specifically the windings and curves of the Closet River, which forms the townland's northern boundary. However, local Irish speakers by the 1830s understood it as relating to hurling, the ancient I...
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