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Grian or ''Greaney'' is the name of a river, a lake, and region in the portion of the Sliabh Aughty mountains in County Clare. It formed part of the boundary of the kingdom of
Síol Anmchadha Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland. Histor ...
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Grian Grian or ''Greaney'' is the name of a river, a lake, and region in the portion of the Sliabh Aughty mountains in County Clare. It formed part of the boundary of the kingdom of Síol Anmchadha. Grian (literally, "Sun") is also the name of an I ...
(literally, "Sun") is also the name of an Irish figure, presumed to be a pre-Christian goddess, associated with
County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subd ...
and ''Cnoc Greine'' ("Hill of Grian, Hill of the sun"), located seven miles from Knockainy. While Grian's name literally means "the sun" in
modern Irish Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...
, her name is derived from the Proto-Indo European word *''gwher-'', meaning "to be hot" or "to burn" rather than the derivations for sun in other Indo-European languages.


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Deò-ghrèine Deò-ghrèine () or Deò-grèine (meaning “ray of sunshine”; or as “tear of sunshine”) can refer to the following: # Fionn mac Cumhaill's famous banner, also known as “ Deò-ghrèine Mhic Cumhail” after him. # Perhaps inspired by MacC ...
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Gráinne (given name) Gráinne () is a feminine given name in the Irish language. The name is of an uncertain origin, although it is possible that it may be connected with the word , meaning "the Sun". In Irish legend, Deorghrianne ("a Tear of the Sun") is the daugh ...
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Tuamgraney Tuamgraney (; archaically spelled ''Tomgraney, Tomgrenei''; ) is a village in eastern County Clare in the west of Ireland and a civil parish by the same name. Situated a kilometre from the River Graney which flows into Lough Derg, it is an anci ...


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Geography of County Clare {{Clare-geo-stub th:โทรล th:เกรียน