BROWSE
An Chúirt Dóite
genitive: na Cúirte Dóite
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Burncourt
(English)

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

52.3153, -8.07386latitude, longitude
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Historical references

(i) 'Upon the said 3 ploughlands [Ballyshichane] stands the said Sir Richard Everards Mansion house ... the said house beinge burned is yett without repaire ...' CS I.374
(ii) PN Decies, 317:'Cúirt Dhóighte. The townland owes its name to the (late Tudor) castle of the Everards which was destroyed by fire within a few years of its erection. though the limestone walls still stand' ...
(iii) J. Everard, 'Everard's Castle, now Burncourt Castle ...' JRSAI XXXVII (1907) 80: 'In every generation the name in the Irish Language - Cuirt-doigte-has ever eloquently told its own sad, significant tale'.
1654
Castle of Clogheene als Everards Castle (=Burncourt)
CS I Leathanach: 260
1655
cuid de 'Ballishikane' (=Ballysheehan)
DS (s) (TÁ)
DS (s) (TÁ)
1667
Brunt-Clogheene (leg. Burnt..)
ASE Leathanach: 91
1722
Burne Court
CGn. Leathanach: 35.67.20934
1724
Burnt Clogheen
CGn. Leathanach: 39.407.25930
1816
Burnt Clogheen alias Burnt Court
CGn. Leathanach: 738.397.503132
1840
Burncourt
BS:AL
1985
ˌbo̤rənˈkoːrt
Áit.

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