Cnocán na gCruach/Knocknagroagh

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Hierarchy

townland

Cnocán na gCruach

genitive: Chnocán na gCruach

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(Irish)

Knocknagroagh

(English)

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Glossary

cnocán

English hillock

cruach, cruachán

English stack, peak

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Port Laoise Thoir/Maryborough East

civil parish

An Bhuiríos/Borris

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the hillock of the stacks

Tá an baile fearainn seo suite i dteorainn le paróiste Shrúbh Bó (#1460) lastoir agus gairid don teorainn le hOireadh (#1415) lastuaidh a bhí in Uí Fhailghe. Tá sé léirithe ar léarscáil 1563c ar theorainn trí dúichí (.i. ‘Feranodovlin’ < Fearann Ó nDúllaing agus ‘Tovmologan’ < Tuath Mhaolagáin i Laoighis agus ‘Ery’ < Oireadh in Uí Fhailghe) (cf. par An Bhuiríos (#1424)). Tá an cnocán féin 96m ar airde.

Centrepoint

53.0718, -7.29456latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1563	Knockinnorgrow, Coulteren alias	F Leathanach: 499 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1563c	Cnochandegr(e) BM	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1565c	Knockandegro TCD	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1576	Knockanbroghe	F Leathanach: 2838 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1655	Knocknagrough	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c	Knocknagrough	BSD (La) Leathanach: 91 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1669	Knockanegrough	ASE Leathanach: 200 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	Knockangrogh	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1692	Knockanegraugh	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 G & M Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1805	Knocknagrove	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1838	Knocknagrove	BS:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Knocknegrove	HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Knocknagrove	Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois, ex AL
1838	Knocknagrough	DS:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Cnoc na g-cruach, 'hill of the ricks, or stacks'	OD:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 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	Knocknagroagh	OD:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 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	Knocknagro	pl:AL Leathanach: LA012,17 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
2005	nɑknəˈgroːv	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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