An Lorgain/Lurgan

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An Lorgain

genitive: na Lorgan

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(Irish)

Lurgan

(English)

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Glossary

lorgain, lorga

English long low ridge; strip of land

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Droim Dhá Thiar/Drumahaire

civil parish

Cluain Chláir/Cloonclare

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the long ridge
lorgain — foirm chalctha den logthuiseal nó den tuiseal tabharthach de lorga
English

the long ridge
lorgain — petrified form of the locative or dative case of lorga

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54.2667, -8.12098latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Lurgan ˈlorgən	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
	Lurgan ˈloˑrgən	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
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	"Cf. AM, Ca, DG, FM, Lo, ME, RC, Sl, IM Ga: An Lorgain UF: An Lorgain "	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Lorgán = A long hill Lorgan is a diminutive form of lorga and much the same meaning "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory: Rath. On a low drumlin (113). Souterrain. ‘Cave.’ A sunken area with a lintelled length of undifferentiated passage (136). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1598	?Largine	Descr. Ir. Leathanach: 147 Hogan, Edmund. The Description of Ireland, and the State thereof as it is at this Present, in anno 1598. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1878. Bliain foilsithe: 1878, Údar: E. Hogan, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1655	Largina Gally	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1685	Largina Gally	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1753	Lurgan (Crofton)	Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 240 Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960
1802	Lurgan (Crofton)	Stat. Survey (Li) Leathanach: 111 Statistical Survey Leitrim
1835	Lurgan	TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 62 (60:16/5) Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Lurgan	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Lurgan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Largina Gally	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Lurgain	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Lurgain 'a shin or long hill'	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	Lurgan	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
1852	Lurgan (Armstrong/Clements)	Leitrim Vot. 1852 Leathanach: 463 McNiffe, L. (1980-81) 'Leitrim voters in Oughteragh and Cloonclare in 1852' in Bréifne, imleabhar V, uimhir 20, lgh. 459 - 467.

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