Duniry is a small village between
Tynagh and Abbey, in
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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Ireland. Nearby is the townland of Limehill, the south of which has a
bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...
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Duniry's most noted landmark was Egan's castle, now derelict; it flourished from 1450 to 1600
[ ] and is associated with stories of
Clanricarde and their
brehons. In the early 15th century,
Murchadh Ó Cuindlis
Murchadh (or Muircheartach) Riabhach Ó Cuindlis () was an Irish scribe of the Ó Cuindlis family of brehons and scholars.
He was said to be a native of Bally Lough Deacker in what is now the extreme south of County Galway. Ó Cuindlis was on ...
probably compiled
An Leabhar Breac
An Leabhar Breac ("The Speckled Book"; Middle Irish: An Lebar Brec), now less commonly Leabhar Mór Dúna Doighre (The Great Book of Dun Doighre") or possibly erroneously, Leabhar Breac Mic Aodhagáin ("The Speckled Book of the MacEgans"), is a ...
at Duniry.
Duniry has a hurling team.
References
Towns and villages in County Galway
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