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| MURRISK ABBEY, CO. MAYO.- Muirisc, anglicized to Murrisk, means sea-shore marsh and lies between the base of the lofty Croagh Patrick and the sea. It is a narrow plain, and, formerly, was subject to be flooded at high-tide, which obtained for the district the name borne by the old monastery, founded by the O'Malleys, for the order of Austin Friars, many centuries ago. |
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