BROWSE
townland
Dún Beagáin
genitive: Dhún Beagáin
(Irish)
Dunbeggan
(English)

Glossary

dún, dúnaibh
English fort

Centrepoint

53.8512, -7.59067latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Donbegan
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1612
Dunbegan
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1619/20
Doonbeggan
CPR Leathanach: 450b
1629
Donbegan
Cotton Map
1655
Donbeggan
DS
1659
Dunbeggan
Cen.
c.1660
Dunbeggan
BSD Leathanach: 165
1667
Dunbeggan
ASE Leathanach: 181
1716
Dunbeggan with the Mill thereon
CGn. Leathanach: 18.149.8726
1813
Dunbeggan
Edgeworth
1826
Dunbeggan
Parochial Abstracts, in, JACAS, iml. 2, uimh. 11 Leathanach: 88, 89
1836
Dunbeggan
BS:AL
1836
Donbeggan
DS Map:AL
1836
Dun Beagáin, “Beggan’s Rath or fort”
OD:AL
1836
Air[?] Becani
Nóta:AL
1836
beagáin
pl:AL
1836
Dunbeggan
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Dunbeggan
HCER:AL
1836
Dunbeggan
DS Ref.:AL
1908
Dún Beagáin, “Beggan’s fort”, “The Catholic Church of Dunbeggan is built on Beggan’s fort.”
MacGivney Leathanach: 107
2007
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