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- Gaeilge
stone ring-fort of the fire for singeing corn
Is dócha go dtagraíonn cathair “stone ring-fort” don imfhálú ar an mbaile fearainn seo (féach archaelogy.ie). Is malairt foirme é loistreán de loiscreán “fire for singeing corn” (FGB s.v. loiscreán); féach freisin ‘[the] custom of separating the grain from the stalk by burning (Irish loiscreán) [which] was remarked on by Fynes Moryson in his Description of Ireland, and forbidden by statute in 1634’ (Fergus Kelly, Early Irish Farming (p. 23)). Tá sé le fáil mar cháilitheoir in Cnoc an Loiscreáin/Knockaluskeraun i gContae an Chláir agus Cnoc an Loiscreáin/Mountbell i gContae Chorcaí.
- English
stone ring-fort of the fire for singeing corn, or the separating of grain from the stalk by burning
Cathair “stone ring-fort” most likely refers to the enclosure recorded in this townland (see archaelogy.ie). Loistreán is a variant of loiscreán “fire for singeing corn” (FGB s.v. loiscréan), but it also referred to the ‘custom of separating the grain from the stalk by burning (Irish loiscreán) [which] was remarked on by Fynes Moryson in his Description of Ireland, and forbidden by statute in 1634’ (Fergus Kelly, Early Irish Farming (p. 23)). It is also found as a specific element in Cnoc an Loiscreáin/Knockaluskeraun in Clare and Cnoc an Loiscreáin/Mountbell in Cork.
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