BROWSE
townland
An Ghráinseach
genitive: na Gráinsí
(Irish)
Grange
(English)

Glossary

gráinseach, gráinsigh
English grange, monastic farm

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the grange, monastic farm

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:
    Tá cúpla mionainm ag gabháil leis an áit seo in LS Uí Dhuinn, mar atá:

    1. 1607/8 ‘Iskirre grainsie’, ‘Iskirry gransea’, ‘Iskyrne Gransy’ < Eiscir na Gráinsí “the esker of An Ghráinseach” sa chuid thuaidh den bhaile fearainn seo agus i gcuid de bf Leacach Mór (cf. Ioscarta Failí (?) “the eskers of Failí” faoi bf Gráig an Phollaigh (#28414)).
    2. Gar dó sin a bhí an áit darbh ainm 1607/8 ‘Feran an muarreduiffe, westward of the said Bater leading [from Castle brake] to Mucluain’ (var. lec. ‘Feran an Muaire Duiffe’ san AL), 1622 ‘Ferringarduff’, 1638 ‘Farrenridderyduffe’, ‘Farrenridderiduffe’ < Fearann an Ridire Dhuibh “the land of the black knight” (féach an nóta faoi bf An Dromainn (#28632) taobh thall den Bhearú). Tá 1607/8 ‘Muaire’, ‘muarre’ truaillithe.
    3. Deisceart bf An Ghráinseach an lae inniu, mar sin, a bhí i gceist leis an ainm 1607/8 ‘The Grainsagh Land alias Feraine negransie, lying southward of the said Iskirry gransea and reaching to the bogge which is on the south syde of the said Castle’ < Fearann na Gráinsí “the land of An Ghráinseach”, is cosúil (féach LS Uí Dhuinn 40–41).

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53.1868, -7.40345latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1607/8
the Gransigh land alias Feraine negransie
Mucluain ... the said Castle [Castlebrack] ... Iskirre granisie, which land is also called Feran an muarreduiffe ... ... the land called the Gransigh land alias Feraine negransie, lying southwarrd of the said Iskirry gransea
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 41
1607/8
Castlebracke to Iskyrne Gransy ... Capanliuge
=Eiscir na Gráinsí
O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 44
1638
Grange
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 27 C I
1655
Grange
DS
1660c
Castlebracke, Cappanaluge & Grange
BSD (La) Leathanach: 124
1669
Grange, Castlebrack and
ASE Leathanach: 199
1833
Castlebrack & Grange
TAB
1838
Grange
BS:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Grange
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Grange
HCons PR:AL  Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Grange, le Grandge
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Grange
DS:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Gráinseach, 'a grange or farm'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
1838
Grange
"'Iskirne Grainsie wch land also is called 'Feran an Muaire Duiffe,' westward of the Bater leading to Mucluain. And the land called 'The Granisagh Land' alias 'Feraine ne Gransie' lying southward of the said Iskirny Gransea… on the south syde of the said castle, (Castlebrack)." [Divison of Lands (Doyne)
OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,12
2005
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