Oirear Dhumhaí Beag/Errarooey Beg

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Oirear Dhumhaí Beag

genitive: Oirear Dhumhaí Beag

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(Irish)

Errarooey Beg

(English)

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Glossary

beag, big

English small

dumha

English (grave-)mound, sand-bank

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

civil parish

Ráith/Raymunterdoney

electoral division

Dún Fionnachaidh/Dunfanaghy

Centrepoint

55.1557, -8.06065latitude, longitude

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n/a	Nóta: Oirear Dhumhaí CM Tá an dá bhaile fearainn seo suite ar an cheann thoir den pharóiste cois na farraige. Tá dumhach mhór, suas go 150' ar airde, sa cheann thiar de b.f. Errarooey More. Tá an dá bhaile fearainn suite fosta taobh thiar thuaidh de b.f. Moyra Glebe. <Oir(th)ear Dhumhaí no <Oir(th)earMhaighe p. Raymunterdoney Meencoolasheskin 34 1833 Meencoolasheskan AL:BS 1840 Meencoolashiskan "a smooth kindly spot at the back of a Swamp" Meen "a smooth kindly spot" Cool "back" Skeskan "a Swamp" AL:Revd. J. Ellison 1840 Mín Cuile Seascainn 'field of the back of the quaw' AL:OD	Nóta Nóta eolais
1608	Enormoymore	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 172 "A booke of the Kings lands founde upon the last generall survey within the province of Ulster anno le:1608" MS. Rawlinson A.237 Anal.Hib. 3.151-218 Bliain foilsithe: 1608
1608	Grormoy	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 175 "A booke of the Kings lands founde upon the last generall survey within the province of Ulster anno le:1608" MS. Rawlinson A.237 Anal.Hib. 3.151-218 Bliain foilsithe: 1608
1612	Vroghwymore	CPR Leathanach: 224b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1621	Ennerweymore, Ennerweybegge; Ennerweymore or Uroghwymore	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 12 J I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Inerwey	CS III Leathanach: 137 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Inerweymore, Innerweymore, Innerweybegg	CS III Leathanach: 117 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Innerweybegg	CS III Leathanach: 128 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Innerweymore	CS III Leathanach: 136 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655	Tirerowy	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1659	Irrervoymore, Irrervoybeg	Cen. Leathanach: 56 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
1801	Errerooy More	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1833	Erarooey Beg, More	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1840	Errarooey is a corruption of Eriach which is Irish for a herd	Ellison, Revd. J.:AL (DG) Ellison, Revd. J., faisnéiseoir in AL, Ráith, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Raymunterdoney, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1840	Erra Rúmhaidh 'meaning uncertain'	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
1840	Enverrneymore	Olpherts Map 1725:AL (DG) Olpherts Map 1725, foinse in AL, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1943	ó Oirthear Dumhaigh	Béal. Leathanach: XIII 155 Béaloideas (A Journal of Irish Folklore) Imleabhar 1- Bliain: 1930-

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