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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the wilderness (borderland) of Éile
Éile (< Eíle Uí Chearúill) — ainm dúicheIonann Éile Uí Chearúill agus barúntachtaí Bhaile an Bhriotaigh agus Chluain Leisc i gContae Uíbh Fhailí an lae inniu (cuid de Chúige Mumhan go stairiúil).
Cf. 1563c ‘Fasaghreban’ Cotton Map < Fásach an Réabáin “the wilderness (borderland) of An Réabán” in oirthear an chontae, ar an teorainn le deisceart Chontae Chill Dara (.i. barúntacht na Forraí agus an Réabáin Thiar), 1584 ‘Fasaghdeinyn’ < b Fásach an Deighnín (#111) “the wilderness (borderland) of An Deighnín (abhainn)” ar theorainn thuaidh Chontae Chill Chainnigh, 1625 ‘Fasaghnerly’ < bf Fásach an Iarla (#24926) (CD 26) ar an teorainn idir Clann Mhaoilíora agus dúiche Iarla Chill Dara.
Bhí 1608/9 ‘the Shissaraughe of Fassaghe Elly’, et var. < seisreach “ploughland” in úsáid mar ainm ceathrún sa 17ú haois (féach LS Uí Dhuinn passim).
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Historical references
| 1607 |
Fassaghely
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 21
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| 1608/9 |
Fassaghe Elly, the Shissaraughe of
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 78
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| 1608/9 |
Fassaghe Elye
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 83
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| 1622 |
Fasaghely
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 110
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| 1639 |
Fasaghelye
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 181
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