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From: "Peter Cook" <>
Subject: Re: 'beg' or 'leg' in Dunloskinbeg / Dunloskinleg
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:38:15 +0800


Hi Janet

Since Torbeg means little hill, and Tor means hill, without trying to sound
Irish, beg is little.

Peter Cook Rossmoyne Western Australia


see http://users.bigpond.com/cookfmly/ for research names

-----Original Message-----
Date: Thursday, 10 December 1998 11:04

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> I came across a marriage entry in the OPR from 1828 which stated that the
> father of the groom was from Dunloskinbeg or Dunloskinleg. I found
> Dunluskin in an old gazetteer which stated that it was a hill and lake
near
> Dunoon. I'm wondering what the suffix 'leg' or 'beg' signifies. Any
ideas?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Janet in USA
>
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