Why Is Sixmilebridge Called Sixmilebridge?
Origin of Name: Sixmilebridge Takes Its Name from the Irish 'Droichead Abhann Uí gCearnaigh' Meaning 'Bridge of the River of O'kearney'. the 'Six Mile' Part of...
Origin of Name: Sixmilebridge takes its name from the Irish 'Droichead Abhann Uí gCearnaigh' meaning 'Bridge of the River of O'Kearney'. The 'six mile' part of the name alludes to the fact that the village is approximately 6 Irish miles from Thomondgate in Limerick.
Who founded sixmilebridge?
While the earliest records of the village being called Sixmilebridge come from 1681 when Thomas Dineley visited the area and noted that the name derives from the villages distance from Limerick city by both the lower way by Ballintlea or over Gallows Hill, which were both six old Irish miles to Thomandgate Bridge in ...
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