BROWSE
townland
Doire Each
genitive: Dhoire Each
(Irish)
Derragh
(English)

Glossary

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Centrepoint

53.7624, -7.39687latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
1540-41
Cowldony, Cloncrolle and Derragh...are held to farm by Thady McConwyk , [Francis] O Ferras, and Gerald Fytzgerold
Ir. Mon. Poss. Leathanach: 281
1540-41
Deragh
Ir. Mon. Poss. Leathanach: 282
1557-8
Berragh
Nugent Papers Leathanach: 129
1558
Derragh
Mon. Hib. Leathanach: 444
1558
Derraghe
CPCR Leathanach: i, 372
1558
Derragh
CPCR Leathanach: i, 394
1561
Deraghe
F Leathanach: 326
1569
Deraghe
F Leathanach: 1401
1590
Deraghe
F Leathanach: 5516
1629
Barrah
Cotton Map
1631
Dyraghe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 Car.1
1655
Diragh
DS
1655
Lough of Dirragh
DS
1655
Wood of Dirragh
DS
1659
Diragh
Cen.
c.1660
Doragh
BSD Leathanach: 157
1671
Derragh
ASE Leathanach: 108
1813
Deragh
Edgeworth
1836
Derragh
BS:AL
1836
Deragh
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Doragh
DS:AL
1836
Dyraghe
Inq. C I:AL
1836
Doire each, “oak wood of the horses”
OD:AL
1836
Doir-each
pl:AL
1836
About ¼ is arable and pasture the rest is bog...a farm called Derreenamodhne. The neck connecting L. Kinail with Derragh Lough is called Bunahonee
Desc. Rem.:AL
1908
Doire Each, “wood of the horses”
MacGivney Leathanach: 98
2007
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