Hello

Can anyone help me with a definition of the word 'keeriaght'- this may be an anglicised pronunciation and spelling of an irish word which may relate to people dispossessed of their land- it was taken from a 19th century U.S publication of US history.

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much appreciated
sean

Could it be "Ciarraíoch" - person from Kerry (Ciarraí)? Pronounced Keeriach.

I thought the same thing as Máire, but would you quote us the sentence where it is used? The conText might make a difference. Go raibh maith agat/thanks.

I'd say it's more likely to be 'caora' (sheep) rather than 'Ciarraí' (Kerry), and that the word is therefore 'shepherding', but Fiosrach is right, the sentence would be a help. The dispossessed theme would seem to support this. Many Scottish people were forced off their land to make way for sheep