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The river is known in [[Irish language|Irish]] as ''An Fheoir'' {{IPA-ga|ənʲ oːɾʲ|}}. The River Nore was mentioned in the [[Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee]] (Félire Óengusso Céli Dé), published before 824. He spoke, in [[Old Irish]], of ''re taeb Eoire uarglaine'' or "the cold-pure Nore."<ref>dil.ie/42762.</ref> A [[Middle Irish]] reference, from before 1420, refers to "The fair wide plain of the Feoir" (''Fiond-chlár fairsing na Feoire'').<ref>Archive.org, "The topographical poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na naomh O'Huidhrin," modern translation by John O’Donovan published in 1862.</ref>
The name is believed to derive from Irish ''feora'' "green bank, edge or shore of sea, lake or river"; the Old Irish ''feórann'' means "green bank or shoreland."<ref>http://www.dil.ie/search?search_in=headword&q=fe%C3%B3rann {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2021}}</ref>
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