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Three sods (Irish trí fóid); a published placename dictionary gives this gloss for the Four Masters form Trefoit, and the official placename record repeats it as a form gloss
Trevet's name is commonly explained as 'three sods' (Irish trí fóid), and a local tradition links it to three sods dug over a grave in honour of the Trinity. The earliest recorded form, from around 1305, is the church of the Holy Trinity at Trevet. The place was once a significant early Christian centre. A monastery there is said to have been pillaged by Danish raiders in 917, destroyed by fir...

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