Skreen (Ireland)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Skreen (Ireland)
Other forms of name
Skryne (Ireland)
An Scrín (Ireland)
Coordinates
-8.7311 -8.7311 54.2433 54.2433 (gooearth )
W0084352 W0084352 N0541436 N0541436 (geonames )
Associated country
Ireland
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 156102840
Wikidata: Q1830879
Library of congress: n 96021852
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 54°14ʹ36ʺN 008°43ʹ52ʺW)
  • Hickey, E. Skryne and the early Normans, 1994:p. 20 (the official name as printed on the ordnance maps is Skreen) jckt. (the barony of Skryne is situated some 20 miles N of Dublin; developed into a medieval borough town)
  • Gazetteer of Ireland, c1989, p. 272(Skreen; Sligo; An Scrín)

Wikipedia description:

Skreen (Irish: An Scrín, meaning 'the shrine') is a small village and parish in County Sligo, Ireland. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.

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