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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the tumulus of the elm-tree?
sleamháin — foirm eile de leamhánTá an chéad eilimint éiginnte. Cuireadh tom “bush” (cf. #3393, #3447 i gCeatharlach), tóin “bottom(land)” agus tamhain “(tree)stump” san áireamh freisin.
Is deacair an litriú Gaeilge 1560c ‘taom…’ ag scríobhaí an Leabhair Bhranaigh a mhíniú go sásúil i bhfianaise na bhfoirmeacha béarlaithe a thagann anuas chugainn. B’fhéidir gur fiú é a chur i gcomparáid leis an litriú -ao- ag Mac Eochagáin le haghaidh -adh- stairiúil in 1638 ‘Sliau-blaoma’ (sl Sliabh Bladhma (#125024)) (‘Descriptio Ecclesiae Kildariensis’, Dinnseanchas II 30). Pléann de hÓir forás an fhoghair seo sa logainm áirithe sin in Dinnseanchas II 88. Rinne /~uː/ de sa Bhéarla ar deireadh, faoi thionchar an /m/ déliopaigh is cosúil. Cf. na réaduithe seo a leanas ar an ainm pearsanta Cú Bhladhma a chuireann idir /əi/, /eː/ in úil: 1607 ‘Cooleymy … Culemy’, 1466 ‘Charles alias Culaima O Duynd’ LS Uí Dhuinn 20, 136.
Forbairt chomónta is ea /tl/ > /kl/ atá le feiscint sa cháilitheoir (cf. 1560c, 1569 le 1655, 1712).
Tabhair faoi deara an mionainm The Priest’s Park SO léirithe lámh le Tobernasaggart SO < Tobar na Sagart “the well of the priests”.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1549 |
Tonatielaon
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Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 63 & 64
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1551 |
Tonetielvan
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F Leathanach: 741
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1560c |
taom in tSliomháin
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LBran. Leathanach: 68, Líne: 1778
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1569 |
Towintlevan
Francis Cosbie, gent
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F Leathanach: 1376
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1570 |
Townilevan
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F Leathanach: 1624
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1593 |
Towinlevan
Edw. Fitz Henry
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F Leathanach: 5824
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1623 |
Tomelevane
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 24 J I
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1654-6 |
Famatlaven
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CS X Leathanach: 21
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1655 |
Thomaclevan
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1660c |
Thomaclavan
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 105
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1680 |
Thomaclavan
?
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ASE Leathanach: 269
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1685 |
Thomaclavan
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1712 |
Tomaclave
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CGn. Imleabhar: 9.151.3408
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1838 |
Tomoclavin
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BS:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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1838 |
Thomaclavin
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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1838 |
Tomelevane
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Ecc. Reg.:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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1838 |
Tomoclavin
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pl:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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1838 |
Tuaim Uí Chlamháin, 'O'Clovane's tumulus or mound'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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1838 |
Tomoclavin
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OC:AL Leathanach: La065,19
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2006 |
tomoˈklavin
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