Ráth Easpaig/Rathaspick

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Ráth Easpaig

genitive: Ráth Easpaig

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(Irish)

Rathaspick

(English)

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Glossary

ráth, ráith

English ring-fort

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Baile Adaim/Ballyadams

Sliabh Mairge/Slievemargy

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

ring-fort of (the) bishop

Síneann an paróiste seo isteach i mbarúntacht Shliabh Mairge agus i gCo. Chill Chainnigh siar ó dheas.

Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Tagraíonn an t-ainm ceantair 1563c ‘Keildovnan’ ar léarscail Cotton don cheantar seo; cf. 1549 ‘a wood one and a half mile long and one mile broad in Kildownan’ sa chur síos ar theorainneacha Shliabh Mairge < Coill an Dúnáin “the wood of An Dúnán (logainm [#28839])”.

Ní léir cé acu an Ó Ceallaigh nó Ó Caollaí an sloinne Gaelach atá le sonrú in 1588 ‘Charles or Cahill [< Cathal] O’Kelly’ — cf. bf Baile Uí Cheallaigh (#28209).

Centrepoint

52.8988, -7.11767latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1549	Koilldownan	Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 106 Carrigan MS
1549	Kyldownan	Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 69 + 109 Carrigan MS
1549	Kildownan, Killyna and Sliewtomarre 'a wood one and a half mile long and one mile broad'	F Leathanach: 249 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1552	Kildownan 'the wood of'	F Leathanach: 1084 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1563c	Keildovnan ainm ceantair	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1660c	Rathaspug Parish	BSD (La) Leathanach: 83 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1685	Rahaspuge (parish)	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)

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