BROWSE
townland
Ros na Bearna
genitive: Ros na Bearna
(Irish)
Rossnabarnagh
(English)

Glossary

bearna, bearn, bearnaidh
English gap
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the (wooded) height of the gap

    Sampla den litriú déanach Béarla -agh ag freagairt do ghuta neamhaiceanta deiridh.

    Suite idir dhá bheann ar leirg íochtarach de Shliabh Bladhma. ‘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. Cf. bf An Ros (#27887).

    Lena thaobh tá bf An Ros Dorcha (#28755) agus bf An Ros Bán (#28754).

Centrepoint

52.9894, -7.66873latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Rossnebarnagh
Ely, R.:AL Imleabhar: La039, Leathanach: 21
1838
Rossnabarnagh
"'gh' is redundant." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Imleabhar: La039, Leathanach (AL): 21
1838
Rossnebarnagh
BS:AL Imleabhar: La039, Leathanach: 21
1838
Ros na bearna, 'wood of the gap'
OD:AL Imleabhar: La039, Leathanach (AL): 21
2004
rɑsnəˈbarnə
Áit.

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