BROWSE
townland
An Ros Beag
genitive: an Rois Bhig
(Irish)
Ross Beg
(English)

Glossary

beag, big
English small
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.8452, -7.82117latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌrɑsˈbeg
Nóta
Nóta
"DG, FM, ME, RC, TE Gan chártaí TÁ An Ros Beag IM (Ross) An Ros"
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Ros = A wood or a copse; a point of land, or level tract of arable land. It may have any of these meanings."
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory Rath. On a broad N-S ridge (120)."
Nóta
1621
Rossebegg
CPR Leathanach: 530b
1655
Rosbeg
DS
c1660
Rossbegg
BSD Leathanach: 34
c1660
Rosbeg
BSD Leathanach: 24
1666
Rossbegg
ASE Leathanach: 51
1685
Rosbeg
Hib. Del.
1721
Rossbeg
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 229
1836
Ros beg [nó] beag
'a little point of land'
OD:AL
1836
Rosbeag
'small plain or piece of arable land'
dúch:AL
1836
Ross Beg
'the small seed'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Rossbeg
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Rossbegg
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Rossbeg
S&V:AL
1836
Rosbeg
CM:AL
1836
Rossbeg
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Rossebeg
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Rosbeg
DS Map:AL
1836
Ross-beg
OD:AL

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