An Ros Mór/Rossmore

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Hierarchy

townland

An Ros Mór

genitive: an Rois Mhóir

(Irish)

Rossmore

(English)

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Glossary

mór

English great, big

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Clann Donncha/Clandonagh

civil parish

Ráth Sháráin/Rathsaran

electoral division

Cluain Mór/Clonmore

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the big wood

‘Talamh ard (coillteach), coill, ceann tíre’ an réimse bríonna atá leis an bhfocal ros. Dhealródh sé gur minicí an bhrí ‘talamh ard (coillteach)’ leis sa taobh seo tíre; féach gur talamh leibhéalta íseal atá anseo, áfach.

Centrepoint

52.8656, -7.65255latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1621	Rossmore	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 19 J I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1655	Rossmore	Cen. Leathanach: 494 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
1655	Rosmore	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655	Rosmore	DS Par. (Reeves) Down Survey Parish Maps ó bhailiúchán Reeves (The Reeves Collection)
1660c	Rosemore	BSD (La) Leathanach: 139 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1669	Rosmore	ASE Leathanach: 192 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Rosemore	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1838	Rossmore	Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La053,2 High or Barony Constable's Book (List) ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-1840
1838	Rossmore	Kennedy, Rev. :AL Leathanach: La053,2 Kennedy, Rev. :AL
1838	Rossmore	Lodge, Rev. F. :AL Leathanach: La053,2 Lodge, Rev. F. :AL
1838	Rossmore	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: La053,2 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1838	Rosmore	DS Map:AL Leathanach: La053,2 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1838	Ros mór	pl:AL Leathanach: La053,2 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Ros mór, 'great wood'	OD:AL Leathanach: La053,2 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	Rossmore "We must double the 's'."[Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: La053,2 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	[Rossmore] "Contains 1 Danish fort…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La053,2 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Rossmore	BS:AL Leathanach: La053,2 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Rossmore	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La053,2 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
2004	rɑsmoːr	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	rɑsˈmoːr	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	rɑsmoːr	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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