BROWSE
townland
Srath na nGarbhánach
genitive: Shrath na nGarbhánach
(Irish)
Sranagarvanagh
(English)

Glossary

English rough, rough one
srath, sraith
English holm, river-meadow, valley-bottom

Centrepoint

54.1597, -7.96808latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Srath-na-nGarbhánach = River holm of the rough (men). Garbhánach means a tall coarse rough-faced man. It was formerly the proper name of a man. The word might, also, mean a fish with rough silvery scales. … The Yellow River bounds it on the south west. "
Nóta
n/a
"Arch. Inventory: Sweathouse. On a steep SE-facing slope and c.50m from an E-W stream (226). Mass-rock. On a SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Allen… Traditionally thought to have been used by Franciscans in the 17th or 18th century and known as ‘Clogh na hAltora.’ (198). "
Nóta
1655
Sranagarranagh
DS
1660c
Straghnagarvanagh
BSD Leathanach: 68
1673
Shraghnegarranagh (or vanagh)
ASE Leathanach: 232:14
1685
Skanega[i]rana
Hib. Del.
1834?
Stranagarvanagh
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/9) 157
1836
Stranagarvanagh
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Stragarvanagh
BS:AL Nóta: ceartaithe
1836
Srath na ngarbha//n:ach,
'holm of the rough men'
OD:AL
1836
//rvănăgh
OD:AL

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