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1 monahdh
a mountain range, Welsh mynydd, mons, Cornish menit, meneth, Old Breton - monid, Middle Breton menez, mountain: *monijo-, *menijo-, root men, eminere, English eminent. Cf. Welsh inscription Monedorigi, "mountain-king"; also middle Gaelic name of St Andrews - Rig-monath (Chronicles). The Irish monadh appears only in Lh.; O'Br. gives mónadh. The Gaelic word may have been borrowed from the Picts along with the place-names in which it appears: it is rare in Argyle topography.
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Whiskey in the Jar — is a famous Irish traditional song about a highwayman (usually in the Cork and Kerry mountains), who is betrayed by his wife or lover. One of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs, it is also particularly known through its 1970s chart … Wikipedia
