BROWSE
townland
An Learga
genitive: na Leargan
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Larga
(English)

Glossary

learga, leargaidh, leargain
English hillside

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.1199, -8.09103latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˈlarəgiː
x3
Áit.
ˈl′arəgiː
Áit.
ˈlargiː
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Féach Largan/An Leargain, p: Kiltoghert, b: Leitrim
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Leargaidh = The side or slope of a hill, a hillside. Leargaidh, or perhaps leargach, a derivative from learg, according to Joyce, and has much the same meaning, a hillside or the side of a hill. "
Nóta
1660c
Larga[v]rbill
BSD Leathanach: 66
1817
Laraga
Larkin
1834?
Largy
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 63 (60:16/8)
1836
Larga
BS:AL
1836
Laraga
Larkin (Li)
1836
Larga
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Leargan:
pl:AL
1836
Leargan:,
'hill-side'
OD:AL
1836
Larga
OD:AL

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