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county
barony
civil parish
townland
Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
corner, nook of (the) rough field?
garbhach < garbh + achadh?Is é is dóichí ná go gcuireann an -gh- sa litriú béarlaithe 1571 ‘Curgaraghe’ /x/ in úil (.i. ch na Gaeilge). B’ait guta deiridh a bheith litrithe mar -agh(e) in ortagrafaíocht an Bhéarla chomh luath sin. Níor cheart An Chúil Gharbh “the rough corner, nook” a chur as an áireamh, áfach. Dhéanfaí guta /ə/ de -bh leathan sa chanúint tar éis /r/.
Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Is í an Guilic River SO (1838 ‘Guilick’, ‘Goylick’ san Ainmleabhar) < An Ghaibhleog (?) “the forked stream” is teora thoir agus thuaidh don bhaile fearainn; sníonn sí soir ó dheas go dtiteann isteach sa Bhearú ag bf An Ghráinseach (#28170). Cf. bf An Gaibhlín (#28263) i dTigh Maodhóg.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1549 |
Cowlgarrow
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Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 65
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1549 |
Cowlgarran
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F Leathanach: 407
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1571 |
Curgaraghe
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F Leathanach: 1699
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1578 |
Curgaraghe
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F Leathanach: 3332
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1613 |
Curgaragh
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CPR Leathanach: 239
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1655 |
Coolegarragh
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1655 |
Coolegarragh
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1659 |
Curgarron
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Cen. Leathanach: 502
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1660c |
Coolegarragh
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 109
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1666 |
Coolegarragh
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ASE Leathanach: 81
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1685 |
Coolegaragh
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1722 |
Coolegarah
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CGn. Imleabhar: 36, Leathanach: 98, Uimhir: 21713
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1733 |
Coolegarragh
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CGn. Imleabhar: 73, Leathanach: 515, Uimhir: 52244
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1805 |
Coolgarra
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1838 |
Coolgorragh
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BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgara
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Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgarragh
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Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Cúil garbh, 'rough corner or angle'
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Guilick, Goylick, a stream, Coolgorraugh
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pl:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgarragh
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
[Coolgarragh]
"A stream called 'the Goylick' flows through this townland…"
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgorragh
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BS:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Guilick, Goylick, a stream, Coolgorraugh
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pl:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgarragh
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgara
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Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Coolgarragh
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Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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1838 |
Cúil garbh, 'rough corner or angle'
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA032,11
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2006 |
kuːlˈgarə
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2006 |
kuːlgarə
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