Re: River Cashen, Co. Kerry, Ireland
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In reply to:
River Cashen, Co. Kerry, Ireland
9/21/00
I may have found the answer thanks to an Irish dictionary. Here's the path. It's very helpful:
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.htmlhttp://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.html
An Casan means "The Path" in Irish Gaelic.
So now the question remains, were the Cashens named after the river? Or was the river named after the Cashens? Which came first? The chicken or the egg....