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    1. Re: [Irl-Kildare] Re: Correct spelling of town?
    2. I'm sure you are spot on there. In P W Joyce's "Irish Names of Places" he refers to Clogharinka in the parish of Muckalee, Kilkenny and suggests the name originally meant dancing stone in Irish, from clogh meaning stone and rince meaning dance. A meeting place where the musicians played on a large rock whilst the folk danced around it. Mr J T Arthur, Tyne & Wear (formerly Co Durham) England.

    04/11/2005 11:58:58