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Port Roighin
Portdrine
Bank of the blackthorns; fort of the blackthorns
Port Roighin derives its name from the blackthorn shrubs that historically marked the shoreline or defensive position of this small settlement. Located in the Electoral Division of Cratloe, the civil parish of Kilfintinan, and the Barony of Bunratty Lower, Portdrine occupied a strategic position within a densely settled landscape of early medieval and medieval settlement on the northern Shannon...
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