Dark hawks hear us
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- dubh-ghaill here us ? As stated in other entrance [1] , one washerwoman seems to be turning into the Howth Head, while the other one, 'in the other shore', may be turning into Dubh-Ghaill [2] , that means 'dark stranger' and, incidentally, was only separated from Howth Head by a tiny tongue of Dublin Bay water back when the Head was an island.
However, someone more versed than me in Irish toponyms could perchance offer a better explanation along those lines... [Category: Rivers]]
