An Corrán/Corraun

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townland

An Corrán

genitive: an Chorráin

(Irish)

Corraun

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Clár Maí Locha/Clarmallagh

civil parish

Achadh Bhó/Aghaboe

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the crescent

Tá bríonna éagsúla ag corrán. Féach Ó Crualaoich, Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV s.n. Carranroe agus féach T.S. Ó Máille, ‘Corrán, Curraun, Corrane, Craan’ in Béaloideas XXX (1962) 84, ina gcuireann sé síos ar an mbaile fearainn áirithe seo: ‘Cnocán fada de chorrán atá san áit seo … síneann siar ina lúib ionann’s leithmhíle’.

Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Is í an áit seo atá i gceist le 1621 ‘Corankeigh’ < An Corrán Caoch (?) “the concealed (?) crescent”.

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52.9184, -7.52254latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1621	Corankeigh	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 19 J I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1655	Carran	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655	Carsan Caroreagh Crostis & c.	DS (P) Parish Maps of the Down Survey (LN p. 7384; LN 721 -- cóipeanna a rinne D. O'Brien, 1786-7) Bliain foilsithe: 1655
1655	Carran, Caroreagh, Croftis	DS (Terr.) Down Survey Terrier (Reeves Collection) Bliain: 1655c
1659	Carran	Cen. Leathanach: 491 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
1660c	Carran	BSD (La) Leathanach: 135 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1669	Carran	ASE Leathanach: 192 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Carran	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1730	Corran uacht	Carrigan Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 74 History & Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, I-IV (Carrigan, 1905) Bliain: 1000
1805	Currane	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1814	Carran < Vestry Book (1796)	Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 78 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1814	Carran, weedy land	Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 27 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1838	Carran	Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La004,29 High or Barony Constable's Book (List) ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-1840
1838	Carran	Borris in Ossory Survey 1 Leathanach: La004,29 Borris in Ossory Survey 1
1838	Corrawn	BS:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Currane	Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois, ex AL
1838	Curran	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La004,29 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Corraun	OD:AL Leathanach: La004,29 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
1838	Corrawn	Lalor, J.:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Lalor, J.:AL
1838	Córăn, 'rocky land' "Corrán" [dúch]	OD:AL Leathanach: La004,29 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
1838	Corrawn	pron.:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Corrown	Roe, W.:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Roe, W.:AL
1838	Corrawn	Thacker, Rev.:AL Leathanach: La004,29 Thacker, Rev.:AL
2004	kəˈrɑːn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2004	kərɑːn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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