BROWSE
townland
Na Soic
genitive: na Soc
(Irish)
Socks
(English)

Centrepoint

54.2385, -8.24773latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Na Suic = The snouts or points of land. Socks is the English of the Irish plural. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Souterrain. At the S end of a low NE-SW ridge in the Bonet River valley (136). Enclosure. At the summit of an E-W ridge in mixed woodland (159). Enclosure. On a slight rise at the bottom of a S-facing slope (159). "
Nóta
1629
Soeke
Inq. Leathanach: 165
1659
Sockres
Cen. Leathanach: 566
1660c
Sockes
BSD Leathanach: 63
1835
Sox
TAB Leathanach: 48, 64 (60:16/7)
1836
Socks
BS:AL
1836
Socks
Shanley, J.:AL
1836
Sacks
S&V:AL
1836
Socks
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Suic
pl:AL
1836
Suic,
'snouts, beaks, or points'
OD:AL
1836
Socks
OD:AL

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