An Caisleán Dearg/Redcastle

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Hierarchy

townland

An Caisleán Dearg

genitive: an Chaisleáin Dheirg

(Irish)

Redcastle

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

caisleán

English castle

dearg, deirg, deirge

English red, red one

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Port Laoise Thiar/Maryborough West

civil parish

Cluain Eidhneach agus Cluain Caoin/Clonenagh and Clonagheen

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Is aistriúchán í an fhoirm Ghaeilge.

Tá cur síos ar an gcaisleán seo, atá suite i lár an leasa Red Castle Fort SO ar thalamh ard, san Fhardal Seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie).

Centrepoint

53.0107, -7.44796latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1655	Red Castle of uppr Monrath	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Redcastle	Cen. Leathanach: 498 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1685	Red Castle	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1763	Red Castle	Leighlin Wills Leathanach: 38 'A Calendar of Wills in the Diocese of Leighlin 1652 to 1800' in index to Irish Wills I (P.W. Phillimore, London, 1909) Údar: W.P.W. Phillimore
1812	Red-castle	Leet II Leathanach: 177 Ambrose Leet. Directory of Postal Towns, second ed. (1814)
1838	Red Castle	BS:AL Leathanach: LA015,88 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Red Castle	CM:AL Leathanach: LA015,88 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Red Castle	Coote Map:AL Leathanach: LA015,88 Coote Map:AL
1838	Red Castle	OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,88 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	[Red Castle] "…a large circular fort iin whose centre are the remains of an old castle."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA015,88 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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