An Leachta/Laghta

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An Leachta

genitive: an Leachta

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(Irish)

Laghta

(English)

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Glossary

leacht, sleacht

English grave-mound, monument

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Ros Clochair/Rosclogher

civil parish

Ros Inbhir/Rossinver

Explanatory note

English

the grave(-mound), monument

Centrepoint

54.4444, -8.30321latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	Cf. ME, Laghta Eighter	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Leachta = Monuments or tombs. Leacht .l. lighedh mairbh, a monument or a grave (O’Donovan). It is often applies, much the same as ‘carn’ to a monumental heap of stones, and, by extension, to the place containing those monuments. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1655	Loghta	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Leaght	Cen. Leathanach: 568 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	?Loghla	BSD Leathanach: 38 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1667	?Loghla	ASE Leathanach: 142:11 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Loughta	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1718	Lagha als Laghta	CGn. Leathanach: 21.549.12465 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1730	Laghta	CGn. Leathanach: 62.348.43147 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1735	Laghta	CGn. Leathanach: 79.276.55802 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1817	Laughty; Laughta	Larkin Larkin - Grand Jury Maps of various counties
1836	Laghta	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Laughta 'the heaps'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Laughta	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Laghta	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Leachta	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Leachta 'monuments'	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Laughter	HCER 1826:AL House of Commons Education Report 1826 as AL Bliain: 1835
1836	Laghta siombail ghairid ós cionn an dá 'a', dhá shíneadh fada ós cionn an chéad 'a'	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838

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