BROWSE
townland
Farglas Thuaidh
genitive: Fharglas Thuaidh
(Irish)
Fearglass North
(English)

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

53.8841, -7.73894latitude, longitude
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Historical references

feːrˈglas
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Féar-glas = Green grass or green grassy spot. The Down Survey has Farglasse and Forglass. Locally the name is often pronounced Forglass, pointing to the dative féor used as a nominative féor-glas."
Nóta
1622
Farglasse
CPR Leathanach: 529a-b
1655
Farglasse
DS
1659
Farglass
Cen. Leathanach: 563
c1660
Ffarglasse
BSD Leathanach: 25
1669
Forglasse
ASE Leathanach: 211
1685
Farglasse
Hib. Del.
1836
Fearg liss
'the angry fort'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Fearg lies
'the warriors fort'
dúch:AL
1836
Farglish North
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Farglass
S&V:AL
1836
Farglish
CM:AL
1836
Forglass
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Foraglish
HCER 1820:AL

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