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• County Offaly
  ...of swamp. There are a number Eskers in the counties landscape including [[Esker Riada]].
  18 KB (2,691 words) - 14:19, 26 June 2017
• Athlone
  ...uth of Athlone the Shannon is impassable until [[Clonmacnoise]] (where the Esker Riada meets the Shannon), and north is [[Lough Ree]]. In 1001 Brian Bóru l
  7 KB (1,143 words) - 09:06, 26 June 2017
• Écréhous
  The name 'Ecréhous' is Norse in origin. "Esker" (as in "Skerry") means a stony bank and ''-hou'' derives from the Norse ''
  6 KB (1,060 words) - 21:56, 8 April 2020
• Sperrins
  ...common are they in Ireland that the Gaelic word ''eiscir'', anglicised to "esker") has been adopted worldwide to describe these remnants of the Ice Age. One
  5 KB (771 words) - 23:03, 29 January 2016
• Portlaoise
  ...h and east by the natural defensive barricades of the River Triogue and an esker known locally as 'the Ridge', greatly added to its strategic importance.
  5 KB (844 words) - 20:51, 27 February 2020
• Aqualate Mere
  ...nowhere much more than three feet deep. Aqualate Mere is an example of an esker system (rare in the Midlands) formed by glacial meltwaters during the late
  2 KB (378 words) - 22:46, 26 June 2015
• Bedshiel
  ...ge known to geologists as an esker.<ref>[http://glaciers103.wikispaces.com/Esker Definition]</ref> It marks where once streams coursed their way down from
  2 KB (349 words) - 18:10, 1 November 2016
• Kilbeggan
  ...s north of [[Tullamore]]. Kilbeggan is surrounded by the gently rolling [[Esker Riada]], the linear sand hills that stretch across the Irish midlands, whic
  9 KB (1,418 words) - 14:52, 10 December 2017
• Clonmacnoise
  ...ugh the bogs of central Ireland along the [[Esker Riada|Eiscir Riada]], an esker left by the receding glaciers of the last Ice Age crossed the River Shannon
  27 KB (4,404 words) - 20:01, 3 May 2018
• The Curragh
  ...n its composition, the Curragh is composed of a sandy soil formed after an esker deposited a sand load and as a result it has excellent drainage characteris
  12 KB (1,818 words) - 12:03, 2 June 2018
• Clara, County Offaly
  Situated on the [[Esker Riada]], the ancient thoroughfare which connected the east and west coasts ...national awards. A golf driving range is located in the town also with the Esker Hills golf club located just outside the town. There is a local equestrian
  8 KB (1,290 words) - 12:28, 22 February 2023
• Clara Bog
  ...depression, originally a shallow lake, at the end of the last Ice Age. An esker left by retreating glaciers cut off drainage to the north (the [[River Bros
  5 KB (792 words) - 16:50, 26 April 2019
• Castleknock Castle
  ...sker which stretches from [[Galway]] to Dublin. Built on two mounds of the esker, it commanded the route into Dublin from the west.
  8 KB (1,417 words) - 23:43, 17 January 2021
• Ballyfermot
  The park covers part of the great esker and overlooks the Liffey Valley from the south. From Le Fanu and Kylemore R
  11 KB (1,720 words) - 23:15, 23 January 2021
• Crumlin, County Dublin
  ...along with [[Saggart]], [[Newcastle, County Dublin|Newcastle]], Lyons and Esker ([[Lucan]]) was constituted a royal manor by King John sometime before the
  4 KB (721 words) - 15:55, 18 February 2021
• Five Great Roads of Ireland
  ...Esker Riada]] near [[Clonard, Meath]]. It then, more-or-less, followed the Esker Riada to [[County Galway]].<ref name=m4>[http://www.libraryireland.com/Soci
  5 KB (883 words) - 21:02, 23 February 2021
• Lucan
  ...ingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11205003/esker-church-graveyard-esker-south-dublin-county|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Buildings of Irela **Esker Celtic,<ref>{{cite web|title=Find Us|url=http://eskerceltic.ie/find-us/|web
  11 KB (1,652 words) - 20:36, 1 March 2021