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county
barony
civil parish
townland
Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the town of Tomás
Tomás — ainm pearsanta (< Thomas na nAngla-Normannach)Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Tá imfhálú gar do bf Cill Mhuire (#28511) i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn seo (www.archaeology.ie). B’fhéidir gur dó seo a thagair logainm stairiúil atá le fáil sa chur síos ar thailte Whitney .i. 1549 ‘Raklinshian’, 1557 ‘rawghlyn Eshyan’, ceartaithe in 1563 go ‘[Rawlenneshean alias] Rathneshian’ < Ráithín na Sián (?) “the (little) ring-fort of the fairy mounds, hillocks”, logainm a liostaítear idir Baile Thomáis agus Cill Mhuire sna seanghníomhais. Is ar chúl thoir na gcnoc atá an t-imfhálú suite.Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
I ndeisceart an bhaile fearainn a bhí an fhoroinn 1607 ‘Kilpatrick’, a mhaireann in ainm an chrosbhóthair Kilpatrick Cross SO < Coill Phádraig (?) “the wood of Pádraig” in aice le bf Coill na Spideog (#28195) lastoir. Is cosúil gurb ionann sin is 1566 ‘Killnesperokye’ inar dhúnmharaigh Giolla Phádraig Ó Móra a dheartháir Rúraí Caoch sa bhliain 1545 gur ghlac an teideal Ó Móra chuige féin (‘Patricke’ a dtugtar air in Inq. Lag. 1 Eilís agus déantar tagairt dó mar thaoiseach faoi 1546 ‘Ua Mordha Giollapatraicc’ ARÉ; cf. obit 1545 ‘Rughraidh caoch mac Conuill’ in Breathnach, Short Annals of Leinster as TCD MS 1372) — cf. bf Coill Rúraí (#28194) teorantach lastoir. B’fhéidir gur chomhtharlúint é seo, tharla gur fíorbheag an t-achar ama idir an eachtra úd agus na chéad tagairtí do na logainmneacha seo, ach is spéisiúil an grúpa ainmneacha é.
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Historical references
1549 |
Ballyhomais
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Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 58
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1557c |
Bally homas
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P.R.O.L. Leathanach: 62/1
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1563 |
Ballehomas
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F Leathanach: 559
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1569 |
Ballyhomas
John Whitney, gent
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F Leathanach: 1353
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1571 |
Ballyhomas
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F Leathanach: 1720
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1614 |
Ballyhomas
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 4 J I
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1615 |
Ballihomas
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CPR Leathanach: 283
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1642 |
Bally Thomas
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1838 |
Ballythomas
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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1838 |
Ballythomas
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HCons PR:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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1838 |
Ballythomas
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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1838 |
Baile Thomáis, 'Thomas' town'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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1838 |
Ballythomas
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OC:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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1838 |
Ballythomas
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BS:AL Leathanach: La038,5
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