Extract from O’Donovan’s Letters 1838
At the distance of three miles from Monivea to the south, in the Demesne of Edmond Burke Esq., and just at his residence, which is called “Tiaquin House” there…
At the distance of three miles from Monivea to the south, in the Demesne of Edmond Burke Esq., and just at his residence, which is called “Tiaquin House” there…
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