BROWSE
townland
Maoineach
genitive: Mhaoinigh
(Irish)
Meenagh
(English)

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.3253, -7.98223latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˈmiːnə
Áit.
ˈmwiːnə
Áit.
ˈmwiːnəx
Áit.
Nóta
Cf. TE
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Meadhónac = Middle land “Meenagh in Tyrone and Leitrim, Meadhónach, middle land” (Joyce). Meadhónach may mean middle or central, average or middling (land). Compare Meadhón, a middle zone, plot, or region, as between the summit and the base of a hill; a field lying between arable and inarable land; land of middle quality, between arable and wild. (Dinneen). "
Nóta
1835
Meenagh
TAB Nóta: innéacs, 80-81 (60:16/5)
1836
Meenagh
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Meenagh
BS:AL
1836
Moynagh
James:AL
1836
Meenaugh
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Maoineach
pl:AL
1836
Maoineach
'abounding in wealth'
OD:AL
1836
Meenagh
OD:AL
1836
Mween
pron.:AL
1979
An Maoineach?
FGB

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