BROWSE
townland
An Bhreac-chluain
genitive: na Breac-chluana
(Irish)
Bracklone
(English)

Glossary

English speckled
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the speckled pasture
    Tá fianaise againn ar úsáid an ailt ní hamháin sa Bhéarla, in 1600 ‘the Bracklo’, ach sa Ghaeilge féin, sna foirmeacha traslitrithe 1570 ‘Ennracklowne’, 1666 ‘Enraclowne’, etc. Ba cheart 1570 a léamh mar ‘Envr-’, is dócha, mar is ar éigean a thitfeadh /vʹ/ as an gcarn /-nvʹrʹ-/ (san ainm Gaeilge * /ənˈvʹrʹakluənʹ/) fiú amháin is go mbeadh /-nr-/ níos nádúrtha mar charn consan sa Bhéarla. (Díol spéise go bhfuil tuilleadh samplaí sa deontas céanna de na foirmeacha neamhghnácha seo a thaispeánann réadú den alt Gaeilge, e.g. ‘Entaghameanagh’, ‘Entardierin’, ‘Enshanlowghert’ F 1654.)

    Féach 1666 ‘Brackloane, alias Graymarsh’ ASE 84. Tá roinnt leathaistriúcháin san fhoinse céanna, cuid acu níos cruinne ná a chéile.

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53.1522, -7.16827latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1549
Bracklon
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 101
1564
Enn[oracklowne]
F Alt: 596
1570
Ennracklowne
F Leathanach: 1654
1600
the Bracklo
Owen O Beaghan
F Leathanach: 6439
1602
Braklain
Owen O Beaghain
F Leathanach: 6666
1617
Bracklone
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 J I
1618
Envracklowne
CPR Leathanach: 390
1655
Brackloane
DS
1659
Brackloune & Terrecoyer
Cen. Leathanach: 503
1660c
Brackloane
BSD (La) Leathanach: 117
1666
Enraclowne or Guraclon alias Brackloane alias Graymarsh
ASE Leathanach: 84
1695
Bracklone, Enracklone al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 4 G III
1695
Enracklone al' Bracklone
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 4 G III
1814
Bracklan
Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Iontráil: 525, 545
1814
Brachlan
Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Iontráil: 546
1838
Backland
BS:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Brackland
Warburton Map 1799:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklin
H.C. Bog Rep. 1810:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklone
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklan
Vestry Bk.:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklone
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklone
HCons PR:AL  Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklone
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Enracklone al' Bracklone
Inq. G III:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Brackloane
DS:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Brackloan
Inq. G III:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Breac-chluain, 'speckled lawn or meadow'
OD:AL Leathanach: La041,3
1838
Bracklone
"Compare…made 'Brackloon' in Connaught." [Nóta OD]
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: La041,3

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