Maigh Tuireadh Thiar/Moytirra West

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Maigh Tuireadh Thiar

genitive: Mhaigh Tuireadh Thiar

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Moytirra West

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maigh, magh

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Sligeach/Sligo

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Tír Oirill/Tirerrill

civil parish

Cill Mhic Treana/Kilmactranny

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54.0834, -8.29173latitude, longitude

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1614	Moieghcurry [leg. Moieghturry?]	CPR Leathanach: 271b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1633–6	Moaghtorroweghteragh	Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 167 History of Sligo County and Town, Vol. II, W.G. Wood-Martin, 1889. Dublin. (Rentals of the Estates of Landed Proprietors of the County of Sligo in the Years 1633‒6: appendix A, 141-193).
1633–6	Moyterrooghteragh	Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 167 History of Sligo County and Town, Vol. II, W.G. Wood-Martin, 1889. Dublin. (Rentals of the Estates of Landed Proprietors of the County of Sligo in the Years 1633‒6: appendix A, 141-193).
1634c	cath Mhaighe Tuireadh theas...Deich mbliadhna fichead ó chath Mhaighe Tuireadh theas go cath Mhaighe Tuireadh thuaidh...Ó chath Mhoighe Tuireadh theas...Go cath Mhoighe Tuireadh thuaidh	FFÉ Leathanach: i 212 Foras Feasa ar Éirinn I-IV (S. Céitinn - ed. Comyn & Dinneen. ITS IV VIII. IX. 1902-8 Foilsitheoir: ITS
1634c	...Is iad ro bhris cath Maighe Tuireadh thuaidh ar Fhomhórchaibh, /agus (an) cath (roimhe sin i) Maighe Tuireadh theas ar Fhearaibh /Bolg...i gcath /Mhaighe Tuireadh thuaidh	FFÉ Leathanach: i 218 Foras Feasa ar Éirinn I-IV (S. Céitinn - ed. Comyn & Dinneen. ITS IV VIII. IX. 1902-8 Foilsitheoir: ITS
1634c	an cath so Maighe Tuireadh... ó Mhaigh Tuireadh... i gcath Maighe Tuireadh	FFÉ Leathanach: i198 Foras Feasa ar Éirinn I-IV (S. Céitinn - ed. Comyn & Dinneen. ITS IV VIII. IX. 1902-8 Foilsitheoir: ITS
1655–7	Moyterrew	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c	Moyterrew	BSD Leathanach: 113 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1669	Moyterrew	ASE Leathanach: 201 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685c	Moyterye	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1749	Muterre	Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 506 Census of Elphin
1836	[Moytirra West] "In M: McD. is a hill called Cruc a Chatha where Catha* na bporanat was fought...was the greatest battle fought in Éirinn. 19,000 men 89 officers were killed on one side...Rober O'Neill of Shanescastle gained the day"" [pl]; "*supposed to be called from being fought in reaping time (Harvest)" [pl, "Fómhar" os cionn "Harvest"];	pl:AL Leathanach: Sl035,43 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Moytera West	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl035,43 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Meetra McDonough	Church Bk:AL Leathanach: Sl035,43 Church Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Moytirra &c	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl035,43 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
1836	[Moytirra West] "There is a cave on the west side of the townland near the parish meering called the Giants Cave and a Druids Altar on the east side. There are also four forts in the townland" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl035,43 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Moytera East	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Meetra Lloyd	Church Bk:AL Church Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	[Moytirra East] Under lease by the Rev. Mr Lloyd of Smith Hill near Elphin...There is a Giants Grave on the east side of the townland under a cluster of houses. Also a fort on the north side of townland	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Muighe Tuire“plain of the towers”	OD:AL 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
1836	[Moytirra W] ‘In M: McD. is a hill called Cruc a Chatha where Catha* na bporanat was fought...was the greatest battle fought in Éirinn. 19,000 men 89 officers were killed on one side... Rober O'Neill of Shanescastle gained the day’ [pl]; ‘*supposed to be called from being fought in reaping time (Harvest)" [pl, ‘Fómhar’ os cionn ‘Harvest’];est]	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Muighe Tuire ‘They heard of Catha Muighe Tuire. There is a stone in which there is a track of [.]ingers’ [pl]; ‘in Moytere Loyd it is a very large rock’ [pl]; ‘Wm Loghly? told me he heard of battle in Mweetere the time of of the [.]oints – but after my qu? under [...]Gall Cloch...’ [pl]; [Go leor eolais ar an lch seo i bpl, ach doiligh a léamh];	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Mwee Tuire	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1844	Magh Tuireadh	Hy Fiach. Leathanach: (léirscáil) The Genealogies, Tribes, & Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O’Dowd’s Country: now for the first time published from the Book of Lecan... Údar: John O Donovan, Bliain foilsithe: 1844, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1938	Magh Tuireadh	Elphin PN The Placenames of Elphin Diocese by M.J.Connellan, P.P.., Kilglass, Roscommon Bliain: 1938, Nóta: Presented to the Place-Names Commission by Author - 21. 10. 1952, Cóip sa Bhrainse Logainmneacha
3303 rC*	for Maigh tuiredh hi Conmaicne Chuile Toladh i cCondachtaibh	ARÉ Leathanach: i 16 Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters I-VII, ed. J. O'Donovan (an 2ú heagrán, 1856). BÁC Bliain: 300–1636, Nóta eolais: , Údar: John O'Donovan

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