BROWSE
townland
Tóin le Gaoith
genitive: Thóin le Gaoith
(Irish)
Tonlegee
(English)

Glossary

tóin, tón
English bottom(-land)

Centrepoint

54.2487, -8.06647latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Cf. Ca, Cl, BÁC, Lm, Ga: Tóin le Gaoith
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n/a
"Pinkman: Tón-le-Gaoith = Back to the wind. Podex ad ventum! The name may be due here to the southern aspect. Compare Aghaidh-le-Fréin, Cúl-le-Gaoith; and townlands Tanderagee or Tonregee, in Armagh, Tón-re-Gaoith; and Tonrego, Co. Sligo, Tón-re-Gó, back to the sea. "
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" Arch. Inventory: Sweathouse. On the W bank of a N-S stream, c.100m N of an abandoned farmhouse and immediately south of a laneway (227). "
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Foghraíocht áitiúil (CM):
Nóta
1834?
Thoanleghee
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 89 (60:16/8)
1836
Thoanlagee
BS:AL
1836
Thoanleghee
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Tonlegee
O'Donovan, I.:AL
1836
Tóin le gaoith
'hill to the wind,' 'podex ad ventum'
OD:AL
1836
Tonlegee
OD:AL

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