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Áth Gréine
Athgreany
Ford of the sun
Athgreany, situated in the Barony of Lower Talbotstown within Hollywood civil parish in County Wicklow, derives its name from the Irish 'Gréine' meaning 'sun,' manifested in either 'Áth Gréine' (ford of the sun) or 'Achadh Gréine' (field of the sun). The etymology reflects the site's most significant historical feature: the Piper's Stones (Clocha an Phíobaire), a Bronze Age stone circle constru...
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