BROWSE
townland
Bun Dúna
genitive: Bhun Dúna
(Irish)
Bundoon
(English)

Glossary

English (river-)mouth, bottom(-land)
dún, dúnaibh
English fort

Centrepoint

53.7751, -7.75124latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1620
Bundonnagh
CPR Leathanach: 491a
1621
Inaghmore and Bundonagh
CPR Leathanach: 537b
1629
Bundoonah
Cotton Map
1632
Bundenagh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
1636?
Bundenagh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 22 Car. 1
1745
Bundunnagh
CGn. Imleabhar: 118.494.81627
1768
Bundunnagh
CGn. Imleabhar: 269.71.171371
1813
Bundoon
Edgeworth
1832
Bundoon
BS:AL
1832
Bundoon
Crawford, Sir, G.:AL
1832
Bundoon
Edgeworth Map:AL
1832
Bundonagh
Inq. G. & M.:AL
1832
Bundún, “(an odd name!) i.e. fundamentum”
OD:AL
1832
bun dún
pl:AL
1832
...contains a fort...
Desc. Rem.:AL
1908
Bun Dúin
MacGivney Leathanach: 50
1982
An Bundún, ‘the lowest point, the tail-end, the very bottom’
NÓM litir
2002
Bun Dúna / Dúine
Cártaí Móra
2007
bonˈduːn
Áit.

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