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Coolownig
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Coolownig lies in Tuosist civil parish within the Glanarought barony of County Kerry, a rugged mountainous region along Kenmare Bay. The Irish name reflects its ecclesiastical significance, suggesting early Christian settlement patterns common to southwest Ireland. The parish itself supported a pre-Famine population of approximately 8,000 people before the Great Famine devastated the region in ...

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