BROWSE
townland
Foraois Uí Mhóra
genitive: Fhoraois Uí Mhóra
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
O'More's Forest
(English)

Glossary

Ó, Uí

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the forest of Ó Móra
    Ó Móra (< Ó Mórdha) — tiarna na dúiche seo

    Is cosúil gur tagairt don áit seo atá in iontráil 1549 ‘Dirrenefforress’ < Doire na Foraoise “the (oak-)wood of the forest”, atá le fáil i gcur síos ar ‘bounds of Leyse’. Tá an baile fearainn seo suite ar theorainn Laois Uí Mhóra le hUí Fhailghe lastuaidh (agus ar theorainn cheithre bharúntachta).

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
    Tá an fo-bhaile Barnashrone SO (#1418504) léirithe i ndeisceart an bhaile fearainn, mar a síneann píosa caol talún amach sa phortach. D’fhéadfadh sé gur Barr na Sróine an t-ainm Gaeilge atá taobh thiar de seo agus gur ‘gob talún’ an bhrí atá le srón anseo (cf. rinn An tSrón (Ci) (#1416137), ct Srón Bhroin (Ci) (#1393947), mng Gob na Sróine Gairbhe (ME) (#1399546)).
    Cf. bf Srónach (#28557) i dtuaisceart an chontae agus bf Srónchoill (#28129) in oirthear an chontae, áiteanna eile a ngobann rinn bheag chaol talún isteach i bportach.

Centrepoint

53.0909, -7.35702latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1549
Dirrenefforress?
bounds of Leyse
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 54
1660
O Moores fforrest
DS
1812
Omorres-forrest
Leet Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 149
1838
O'Moor's Forest
BS:AL Leathanach: LA015,81
1838
O'Moore's Forest
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA015,81
1838
O'Moore's Forrest
CM:AL Leathanach: LA015,81
1838
O'Moor's Forest
Waller, Rev.:AL Leathanach: LA015,81
1838
O'More's Forest
OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,81

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