BROWSE
townland
Gréach Farnocht
genitive: Ghréach Farnocht
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Greaghfarnagh
(English)

Glossary

English rough pasture-land?

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    — of the bare hill
    Ní léir brí gréach

  • English

    — of the bare hill
    The meaning of gréach is unclear

Centrepoint

54.0718, -8.03008latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Gréach-Feárna = Mountain flat of the alder plantation. "
Nóta
Nóta
1660c
Greaghfarnaght
BSD Leathanach: 53
1744
Greaghefarnaght otherwise Greagfarnagh
CGn. Leathanach: 112.493.79413
1750
Farnaght otherwise Greaghfarnagh
CGn. Leathanach: 145.83.96945
1835
Greaghfarnaght
TAB (60:16/10) innéacs Leathanach: 153, Nóta: TAB (60:16/10) innéacs
1835
Greaghfarnaught
TAB Leathanach: 151, 181, Nóta: (60:16/10)
1836
Greaghfarnagh
BS:AL
1836
Greaghnafarna
CM:AL
1836
Greath-Fearn,
'the short alder'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Greaghfarnagh
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Greaghnafarna
S&V:AL
1836
Greach fearnach,
'Greagh, or mountain plain of the alder'
OD:AL
1836
Greaghfarnagh
OD:AL
1836
[Greaghfarnagh]
"…contains a fort."
Desc. Rem.:AL
2010
ˌgregnəˈfaːrnə
2010
ˌgreˈfaːrnə
2010
ˌgrehnəˈfaːrnə

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