BROWSE
townland
An Bhinn Bhán
genitive: na Binne Báine
(Irish)
Binbawn
(English)

Glossary

English white; lea-ground, grassy
binn, beann
English peak, cliff

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the white peak

    Cnoc 151m atá sa bhaile fearainn seo, faoi chrainn ar léarscáil SO 6″. Tá béarlú -nn caol na Gaeilge mar -ng le tabhairt faoi deara (féach 1745, 1838).

Centrepoint

53.0115, -7.10728latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1754
Bingbawn
L:H&S 15; "5 Bing Bawn as the road runs ... 17 Fu[r]zy Field joining Bing Bawn ... 18 Bing Bawn gate" ibid. 24
Léarscáil Eastáit
1838
Bingbawn
BS:AL Leathanach: LA021,3
1838
Bingbawn
McGrath, Rev. :AL Leathanach: LA021,3
1838
Binn bhán, 'white ben, or pointed hill'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA021,3
1838
Binbawn
OC (corr.):AL Leathanach: LA021,3
1838
[Binbawn]
"…there is a fort in the cultivated part."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA021,3
2006
benˈbɑːn
Áit.

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