BROWSE
townland
Mullach na Sceachaí
genitive: Mhullach na Sceachaí
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Mullanaskeagh
(English)

Glossary

mullach, mullaigh
English hilltop

Explanatory note

  • English

    the hilltop of the place of hawthorns, thorn-bushes

Centrepoint

54.2233, -8.31568latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌmoləˈskeː
Áit.
ˌmolənəˈʃkeː
Áit.
ˌmoliːnəˈskeː
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Mullach-na-Sceach = Hill of the bushes. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Enclosure. On a low shoulder of a drumlin (157) "
Nóta
1612
Mullayneskaigh
CPR Leathanach: 238b
1622
Molaneskehy
CPR Leathanach: 520b
1660c
Mullaghneskeaghy
BSD Leathanach: 74
1736
Mullaneskihy also Mullaneskeagh
CGn. Leathanach: 86.216.60068
1817
Mulnaskahey
Larkin
1835
Mullinskay
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 1 (60:16/6)
1835
Mullinaskahy
Léarscáil: Fox
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/6)
1836
Mullinaskahy
BS:AL
1836
Mulnaskahey
Larkin (Li)
1836
Mullaigh na sceaghaigh
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Mullinascay
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Mullach na sgeachadh
pl:AL
1836
Mullach na sgeachaigh
'summit of the briars, or thorns'
OD:AL
1836
Mullanaskeagh
OD:AL

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