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Na Curracha
genitive: na gCurrach
(Irish)
Curragha
(English)

Glossary

English marsh

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53.9188, -7.9457latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
p: Kiltubbrid b: Leitrim
Nóta
"Pinkman Curracha = Marshy or wet lands."
Nóta
1590
?Corraughe
F Leathanach: 5440
1622
Corroghs alias Corragh
CPR Leathanach: 539b
c1660
Corragha
BSD Leathanach: 31
1661
?Curraghes
Inq. Leathanach: 186
1661
?Corraghes
Inq. Leathanach: 186
<s>1666<s>
<s>?Curragh<s>
ASE Leathanach: 51
1728
Curraghs
CGn. Imleabhar: 57.515.39518
1834
Curraghy
TAB Leathanach: 11, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Curragha
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Curragha
BS:AL
1836
Curragha,
'a soft, wet, swampy place'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Carragha
HCER 1820:AL
1836
Curracha,
'shrubby moors' "Curraghs"
OD:AL
1836
Curragha
OD:AL
1836
[Curragha]
"Parts of the northern, southern and western borders are bog."
Desc. Rem.:AL

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