Chevy Chase, Ireland

We’ve been tweeting unusual townland names as we encounter them around Ireland in the course of assessing projects, and for today we present the unusually named Chevy Chase, Co. Offaly, located to the northeast of Portalington.

Here’s the historic map with Chevy Chase House depicted in the top left…

2 Responses to “Chevy Chase, Ireland”

  1. The Beer Nut says:

    Any connection to the Earls of Northumberland around there?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad_of_Chevy_Chase

  2. declan says:

    Unknown… But I did locate another Chevy Chase house near Gort, this one owned by the Persse family of Galway Whiskey fame! http://short.ie/r8mypr

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