An Tor/Black Rock Island

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Hierarchy

townland

An Tor

genitive: an Toir

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(Irish)

Black Rock Island

(English)

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Glossary

tor, toraigh

English tall rock, steep rocky height; bush, clump

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Iorras/Erris

civil parish

An Chill Mhór/Kilmore

Centrepoint

54.1926, -10.0589latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1590c	Black Rock	Griffin Map Griffin Map
1600c	Fordnan Rock [sic]	Conn. Map Connaught Map (NLI)
1601	Blackrock, off the	CSPI Leathanach: 437 §81 Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth. Vol. I-XI (1860-1912) Nóta: vol, cuid, leathanach; [Price] Wicklow nó N[ewcastle &]A[rklow]
1602c	Blackrock	Dunlop Maps Leathanach: 21 Dunlop Maps 1590c-1602 Áit: LN 16 L 5
1610c	Blackrock	Speed John Speed. Map of Ireland (1610 -LN 16 L 7) Bliain foilsithe: 1600C
1776	Black Rock	Mackenzie Leathanach: 42 Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Irelan Teideal iomlán: Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Ireland), Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Pubref: London, 1776, Bliain: 1776
1792	Black Rocks	Beaufort Map Beaufort, Map of Ireland, 1792 Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Údar: Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort
1793	Black Rock	Taylor Ire. A new map of Ireland having the great features of the country described in a manner highly expressive... by Alexander Taylor..., 1793; NLI 16 L 10(80).
1811	Black Rock	Arrowsmith Léarscáil d'Éirinn, dréachta ag Aaron Arrowsmith, foilsithe 1811.
1830	Black Rock	Bald William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Bliain foilsithe: 1830
1838	Black Rock	CM:AL Leathanach: ME113,21 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Blackrock	EIH:AL Leathanach: ME113,21 EIH foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	[Black Rock Island] "A towering rugged rock, the most western rock or island belonging to Kilmore parish that can be seen by the naked eye from the main land, though there are several smaller rocks in its vicinity a little farther westward" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME113,21 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Black rock	OD:AL Leathanach: E049,Sheet,11 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Black rock	McGinley, M.:AL Leathanach: E049,Sheet,11 McGinley, M.:AL
1838	[Black Rock Island] "A high bold and remarkable rock" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: E049,Sheet,11 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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