Alltán/Altan

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townland

Alltán

genitive: Alltáin

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(Irish)

Altan

(English)

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county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

civil parish

Tulacha Beigile/Tullaghobegly

electoral division

Dún Lúiche/Dunlewy

Centrepoint

55.0385, -8.07248latitude, longitude

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Historical references

n/a	Nóta: Tá an baile fearainn corradh is cúig mhíle siar ó Warrentown .q.v. O tharla nár aimsíodh aon leagan Gaeilge do Warrantown arbh an baile fearainn seo ainmniú ón chnoc ar chuid de, is é sin, Cronageeragh. Is léir ón fhianaise thíos gurbh é seo an t-ainm ceart ar Staghall Mountain (1599) atá ar theorainn an bhaile fearainn seo agus bhaile fearainn Staghall Mountain West. 1845 Croagh na geeragh ALC:Revd John Harkin PP. Staghall Mountain ALC:O.S. Sheet Cronageeragh ALC:Patk Dooghan Croaghnageeragh ALC:Mick. McGinley Cruach na gCaorach ALC:OD "In Twnlds of Staghall Mountain West of Warrentown Mountain North" ALC:Situation "Staghall Mountain is the proper name" ALC:M O Reilly Cronageeragh ALL:John Curran (Natl. Teacher) + Adrew McGlinchey (Farnor) Cro na gCarrach 'the valley of sheep' ALL:OD "Situate in the centre of Warrentown Mountain and on the west side of Glenveagh . . . "	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	Nóta: ALL:Situation "A flat Rocky Mountain top and forms the principal summit which screens Glenveagh on the West Side" ALL:Remarks Níl an t-ainm sa chaint.	Nóta Nóta eolais
1654	River of Balliness hath a salmond fishing herein riseing out of Loughaltan	CS III Leathanach: 144 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1801	Altans	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1833	Altan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1833	Altán 'din of Alt a small cliff'	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
1834	Altans	DL Dréachtléarscáil na Suirbhéireachta Ordanais ('Fair Plan') Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40

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