BROWSE
townland
Caonach Mór
genitive: Caonach Mór
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Mosstown
(English)

Glossary

English great, big

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    *big Caonach
    Caonach, 'mossy place'.
    Tá dhá bhaile fearainn sa pharóiste seo darb ainm Caonach sa Ghaeilge (ceann díobh leathaistrithe go Béarla mar Mosstown, an ceann eile traslitrithe mar Keenagh); cuireadh an foirceann Mór leis an logainm seo chun iad a aithint ó chéile.

  • English

    *big Caonach

    Caonach, 'mossy place'.
    There are two townlands in this parish with the Irish name Caonach (one of them half-translated to English as Mosstown, the other transliterated as Keenagh); the suffix Mór, 'big', was added to this placename for the purposes of differentiation.

Centrepoint

53.6238, -7.83075latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Kynagh
Féach Keenagh, Mosstown, Bar. Rathcline
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac. 1
1629
Kynaghootra
CPR Leathanach: 487b
1629
Keenaghowtra
Cotton Map
1655
Edderagh?
bar Rathcline
DS
1655
Keenagheaghter
BSD Leathanach: 145
1659
Keenagh
Cen. Leathanach: 460
1660c
Edderagh?
BSD Leathanach: 128
1813
Mosstown
Edgeworth
1813
Mosstown
Edgeworth
1836
Mosstown
Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: Lo21
1836
Mosstown
OD:AL Leathanach: Lo21
1836
Mosstown
BS:AL Leathanach: Lo21
1836
Mosstown
Britton, Rev. G.:AL Leathanach: Lo21
1836
Mosstown
Robinson, J.:AL Leathanach (AL): Lo21
1836
Mosstown
HCER 1826:AL Leathanach: Lo21
1836
Mosstown
BS:AL Imleabhar: C118, Leathanach: 16
1836
Mosstown
Rev. G. Britton:AL
1836
Mosstown
Edgeworth Map:AL
1836
Mosstown
J Robison T.?P.:AL
1836
Mosstown
HCER 1826:AL
1836
Caonach, 'moss the name of the town of Keenagh signifies moss'
OD:AL
1908
Baile Caonach
MacGivney Leathanach: 222
2008
ˈmɑsˌtoun
Áit.
2008
ˈmɑsˌtoun
Áit.

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