An Sián/Sheean

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An Sián

genitive: an tSiáin

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(Irish)

Sheean

(English)

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Glossary

sián

English fairy mound

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county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Ros Clochair/Rosclogher

civil parish

Ros Inbhir/Rossinver

Explanatory note

English

the fairy mound, hillock

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54.4671, -8.32205latitude, longitude

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		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	Cf. Ce, CD, ME, RC, IM	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Sídheán = A fairy hill, or knoll. “The diminutive sídheán” writes Dr. Joyce, “is always applied to a fairymount. The word is used in this sense all over Ireland, but it is particularly common in Connaught, where these ‘Sheeauns’ are met with in great numbers. They are generally beautiful green round hillocks with an old fort on the summit. Their numbers would lead one to believe that in old times some parts of Connaught must have been more thickly populated with fairies than with men.” Place-names, Vol. 1, page 186. “Áit a bhfuil sidhe; tá cúirt acu ansin.” "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1632	?Clunties (Reynolds)	Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960
1836	Shean	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Shean 'the weather'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Sheeaun	Buck, H.:AL Buck, H.:AL
1836	Sídheán	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Sidheán: 'a fairy mount or hill, (diminutive of "sidh")'	OD:AL 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
1836	Sheean	OD:AL 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
2010	ˈseːhən

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