BROWSE
townland
Doire gClochair
genitive: Dhoire gClochair
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Derryglogher
(English)

Glossary

clochar, cloichear
English stony place
English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    (oak-)wood of (the) stony place
    Tá paistí carraigeacha léirithe anseo ar an gcéad eagrán de léarscáil na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis; cf. léarscáil cháilíocht talún ar www.epa.ie.
    An t-ainmfhocal doire a bheith neodrach sa tSean-Ghaeilge is cúis leis an urú (gC-), is dócha (féach www.dil.ie s.v. daire)

  • English

    (oak-)wood of (the) stony place
    The first edition Ordnance Survey map shows areas of rocky ground here; cf. land quality map on www.epa.ie.
    The eclipsis (gC-) is probably due to the noun doire having been neuter in Old Irish (see www.dil.ie s.v. daire)

Centrepoint

53.6266, -7.89003latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1620
Derriglogher
CPR Leathanach: 450a
1620
Derriglogher
CPR Leathanach: 450a
1629
Clocar Wood [crann léirithe] [i mbar. Ráth Claon]
Cotton Map
1636
Derryclogher
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 17 Car. 1
1636
Derryclogher
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 17 Car.1
1654-66
Derryloghan
CS X Leathanach: 49
1654-6
the wood of Derrylogher in the great Bog towards the barony of Rathcline
CS X Leathanach: 48
1655
Clogher
BSD Leathanach: 145
1660
Clogher
DS
c1660
Derriclagh (Thom. fz Gerrald I.P.)
BSD
1813
Derryglogher
Edgeworth
1813
Derryglogher [i mbar. Ráth Claon]
Edgeworth
1836
Derry Glogher
BS:AL Imleabhar: C118, Leathanach: 11
1836
Derryglogher
Rev. G. Britton:AL
1836
Derrylogher
Edgeworth Map:AL
1836
Derryclogher
J Robison T.?P.:AL
1836
Doire Clochair, 'wood of the stony land'
OD:AL
1836
Derryglogher
BS:AL
1836
Derryglogher
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Doire Clochair, “wood of the stony land”
OD:AL
1836
bounded by...Derrynaskea...Derraghanmore...Derraghanbeg
Desc. Rem.:AL
1908
Doire Chlochair 'stony wood'
MacGivney Leathanach: 101
1908
Derrylaugher; Doire Chlochair, “stony wood”
MacGivney Leathanach: 101
2008
Áit.

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