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Ronin Rùm
Various including Norse rõm-øy for "wide island" or
Gaelic ì-
dhruim – "isle of the ridge"
Sanday Sandey Norse sandy island Sandaigh Scalpay...
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Glensanda from Glas
Dhruim on Lismore, with Loch
Linnhe in the foreground,
looking WSW....
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Greenmount Motte Móta
Dhruim Chatha Shown within Ireland Location Greenmount, Castlebellingham,
County Louth,
Ireland Region Dee
Valley Coordinates 53°52′41″N...
- "probably" pre-Celtic, but may be Old
Norse rõm-øy for "wide island" or
Gaelic ì-
dhruim (pronounced [iˈɣɾɯim])
meaning "isle of the ridge". Ross (2007)
notes that...
- of
Benburb in 1646, of
which he says Do
bhenadar na
sloite da
cheile ar
Dhruim Fhliuch ("The
armies met on Drum Flugh"),
thereby precisely identifying...
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Aghadrumsee (from
Irish Achadh Dhruim Saileach 'field of the
ridge of sallows') is a
small village in south-eastern
County Fermanagh,
Northern Ireland...
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states that: "Borim, in Cavan,
exactly represents the
sound of the
Irish Bo-
dhruim, cow-ridge, i.e. a low hill-ridge or back which, for its
sweet gr****, was...
- unclear. Rùm may be from the Old
Norse rõm-øy for "wide island" or
Gaelic ì-
dhruim meaning "isle of the ridge"
although Mac an Tàilleir (2003) is unequivocal...
