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Cipiúr

Kippure
Stumps of yew
Kippure is a townland of approximately 604 hectares in the Electoral Division of Kilbride, situated in Lower Talbotstown barony on the border of Dublin and Wicklow. The etymology Cipiúr derives from ceap iubhair, literally meaning "stumps of yew" or "yew stock," though the suitability of yew cultivation in high mountain blanket bog conditions remains debated among historical sources. The townla...

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