BROWSE
townland
Na Gníomha
genitive: na nGníomh
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Gneeves
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the gneeves
    gníomh -- méid talún a d'fhéadtaí a threabhadh laistigh de mhí (.i. 1/12 seisreach).

  • English

    the gneeves
    gníomh -- the amount of land that could be ploughed in a month (i.e., 1/12 of a seisreach).

Centrepoint

52.1549, -8.80045latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1604
Gortfinlary
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: 1, 99
1660c.
Gortfunlary
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 176
1683
Gurtfinlara
Hib. Del.
1702
Gortfinlare (go cruinn)
Percival Map
1711
Gurtfinlary
CGn. Leathanach: 6. 377. 2296
1741
Gneeves
Percival Pap. Leathanach: 47006.31
1767
Gineves
CEP Leathanach: XII, 81.3.3
1776
Gneeves or Gortfinlary
HC Leathanach: IX 18.3.2
1794
East Division of Gneeves
HC Leathanach: XXVI, 81.3.4
1819
Gneeves
CGn. Leathanach: 744.424.506759
1834
Gneves
TAB Leathanach: 10
1840
Gneeves
Bath
1840
Gneeves
BS:AL
1840x
gníomha
EC:AL
1840y
A gnive is the 1/12 part of a ploughland
OD:AL

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