BROWSE
townland
Miolcarnach
genitive: Mhiolcarnach
(Irish)
Melkernagh
(English)

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.7336, -7.44405latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Tá bf. ‘Milkernagh’ díreach trasna teora an chontae uaidh san IM.
Nóta
Miolcarnach < Milkernagh PN Westmeath 324
Nóta
Tá móta agus cnoc suntasach Ghránaird laistigh den mbf. seo.
Nóta
1612
...a moore called “the moore of the Melraghe”, and a water from thence called “the Melraghe”
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1629
-----------[istigh le Killesonowtra]
Cotton Map
1629
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Cotton Map
1659
Mote [?]
Cen.
1669
Muskagh or Mulkagh [?]
ASE Leathanach: 215
1724
the Moate of Granard
CGn. Leathanach: 45.39.27616
1749
Millchernagh
CGn. Leathanach: 133.453.92456
1751
the Mote Park on the Top or sumitt of Granard Hill
CGn. Leathanach: 148.488.102660
1813
Milkernagh
Edgeworth
1836
Mulkernagh
BS:AL
1836
Munkersagh? [tagairt seo mícheart aige]
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Muckersagh? [tagairt seo mícheart aige]
DS Map:AL
1836
Miolcarnach [nóta leis: “This is doubtful”]
OD:AL
1836
Meall-cearnach?, “Carney’s hill, knoll or hummock”
OD:AL
1836
See Killoe for a precedent
Tá bf. Melkagh i bpar. Killoe.
Nóta:AL
1836
...About ½ is bog...
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Moatfield
BS:AL
1836
Malone’s Quarter
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
...the only remarkable object in it is the Moat of Granard
Desc. Rem.:AL
1908
Miolcearnaigh, “Carney’s hill”
MacGivney Leathanach: 176
2007
ˈmelkenə ˈbɑg
Áit.

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