BROWSE
townland
Formaoil
genitive: Fhormaoile
(Irish)
Formoyle
(English)

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54.3433, -8.35455latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Cf. Do, ME, Mu, Sl, Cl, Lo
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: For Maoil = A round hill. Formaoil. Maol, combined with the Irish preposition and forming the compound Formaol, is used to signify a round hill (Joyce). Compare Hogan, Onomasticon Goed. Page 428, and Annals of Four Masters AD 965 and 1051. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Crannóg. ‘Glencar Island.’ At the E end of Glencar Lough. The eastern crannog in Glencar Lough, then known as Glen Dallain, was disputed by two branches of the O’Rourke in 1541 (AFM, vol. 5, 1463-5) (46). "
Nóta
"Cf. Formal, FM "
Nóta
1835?
?Forin[al?]
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs (59:16/2)
1835?
Formal (Glebe Land)
TAB Leathanach: 101, 103 (59:16/2)
1836
Formal
BS:AL
1836
Formoyle
Buck, H.:AL
1836
For-maol
pl:AL
1836
Formaoil
‘a round hill’
OD:AL
1836
Formoyle
OD:AL

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