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Tigh Mochua · Timahoe
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Timahoe
Mochua's house
The parish of Fossey derives its name from the district in which the old church once stood. The name is believed to come from fassach, meaning wilderness, later anglicised to Fossey. The ruined church at Fossey was likely built or remodelled in the early seventeenth century, although no historical record survives regarding its founder or patron saint. During the ninth year of the reign of Que...

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