BROWSE
townland
An Chora Gharbh
genitive: na Cora Gairbhe
(Irish)
Corragarrow
(English)

Glossary

cora, coraidh, corann
English weir, stone-fence, ford
English rough, rough one

Centrepoint

53.7573, -7.78301latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1604
Corragarow
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Jac.1
1604
Corgarow
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Jac.1
1612
Corgarrye
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Corgarrowe
CPR Leathanach: 499a
1629
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Cotton Map
1632
Corgarrowe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 7 Car.1
1632
Corgarrowe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
1655
Coregrany?
DS
1660c
Corregarvan
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 172
1678
Carrowgarrow alias Carrowgarran
ASE Leathanach: 258
1758
Corgarrow
CGn. Imleabhar: 191.496.129018
1813
Curgorrow
Edgeworth
1835
Curraghgarrow
BS:AL
1835
Curgarrow
Edgeworth Map:AL
1835
Curach Garb, “The coarse wet sward”
Quinn, E.:AL
1835
Corragarrow
Inq. J I:AL
1835
Corgarrye
Inq. J I:AL
1835
Corgarrowe
Inq. C I:AL
1835
currach garbh [‘currach’ scriosta agus ‘corra’ ina áit], “rough Curragh [‘Curragh’ scriosta agus ‘weir’ ina áit], rough weir”
OD:AL
1835
not curragh, a morass
OD:AL
1835
..the soil is good especially for tilage...
Desc. Rem.:AL
2007
korəˈgarə
Áit.

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