BROWSE
townland
Doire Mhic Dhuibhín
genitive: Dhoire Mhic Dhuibhín
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Derrymacoffin
(English)

Glossary

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the (oak-)wood of Mac Duibhín
    Mac Duibhín — sloinne

  • English

    the (oak-)wood of Mac Duibhín
    Mac Duibhín — surname

Centrepoint

54.0432, -7.87008latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Doire-Mhic-Aibhin (Aithbhin) = Mac Coffin’s or Mac Avin’s wood. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory : Earthwork (site). On a rise in an area of rock outcrop and pasture (164). "
Nóta
1803
Derrymacoffin
CGn. Leathanach: 553.142.366289
1808
Derrymaciff
CGn. Leathanach: 600.297.409738
1833
Derrymacoffin
TAB Leathanach: 49, Nóta: (61:16/12) Innéacs
1836
[Derrymacoffin]
"…contains…a fort."
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Dair-mac coffin,
'Mac Iffiney's oak'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Dernmacoffin
BS:AL
1836
Derrymacoffin
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Derrymacoffin
OD:AL
1836
Doire mac Aithbhin
'Mac Coffin's oak-wood'
OD:AL
2010
ˌderəməˈkɑˑfən
2010
ˌderəməˈkɑːfən

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