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Trewchtchacheadis, n. pl. (Gael. tríocha chéad = 30 hundreds, notionally of fighting men, hence a land measure, consisting of the amount of land which could support those men.) — 15.. Bk. Dean Lismore 183.
In Cogow wllich xxxv trewchtchacheadis of land
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