BROWSE
townland
Poll an Dúigh
genitive: Pholl an Dúigh
(Irish)
Polladooey
(English)

Glossary

English hole, pool, (tidal-)stream?

Centrepoint

53.8648, -7.58948latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
1629
-----------[istigh le Cornedrum]
Cotton Map
1821
Polado
CGn. Leathanach: 764.126.518461
1836
Pulladooh
BS:AL
1836
Poll a dubhaigh, “hole of the colouring stuff”
OD:AL
1836
poll a dubhaidh
pl:AL
1908
Pullaghdooey, Poll a’ Dubhaidh, “hole of the black colouring stuff” “This place got its name from a black substance found down deep in bogholes, and which was used for dying purposes”
MacGivney Leathanach: 191
2007
poləˈduːiˑ
Áit.

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