BROWSE
townland
Bun Duibhe
genitive: Bhun Duibhe
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Bunduff
(English)

Glossary

English (river-)mouth, bottom(-land)
dubh, dú-, duí-
English black

Centrepoint

54.4487, -8.42453latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
1633–6
Carowbondur (leg. –duf?)
Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 142
1655–7
The River Duffe
DS
1655–7
Bunduffe
DS
1659
Bunduff
Cen. Leathanach: 597
1660c
Bunduffe
BSD Leathanach: 77
1665
Bunduff
HMR Leathanach: 27, 39, 51, 79, 87, 89
1666
Bundruffe
ASE Leathanach: 56
1682c
Beinduffe
Inq.(Sl) Leathanach: 4
1682c
Bunduffe als.Bonduffe
Inq.(Sl) Leathanach: 31
1684c
Bunduvy [The Duff (An Dubh) is called ‘flumen quod dicitur Niger’in the writings of Tírechán ... its Irish form, Dub, appears in the same work ... (do Dúib) ... it occurs as Bondufe river in Tadhg Ó Rodaighe’s account of Co. Leitrim, 1683 ...(Ó Muraíle)]
Downing Leathanach: 238
1685
Bunduffe
Hib. Del.
1713
Bunduffe
CGn. Leathanach: 12.7.4263
1749
Bundooff
Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 578
1751
Bunduffe
CGn. Leathanach: 150.106.106287
1778
Bunduff
T&S Leathanach: 226
1789
Bunduff
CGn. Leathanach: 404.396.269436
1813‒4
Bunduff
LN Leathanach: 16 F 17 24
1819
Bunduff
Larkin (Sl)
1820c
Drobaois agus ***Bun-Dubh
Stair an Bhionadaigh Leathanach: 164
1836
Bunduff
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl004,9
1836
Bunduff
BM:AL
1836
Bunduffe
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Bundriffe
Grant, C. II:AL
1836
Bunduff
Larkin (Sl):AL
1836
Bunduff
Local:AL
1836
Bunduff river, Duff river
Local:AL
1836
Bunduff[.]
Map of Co. Sligo:AL
1836
Bundubh “mouth of the river Dubh, or Niger”
OD:AL
1836
Bunduff
OD:AL
1836
Duff River: Bunduff is the name of its mouth
OD:AL
1836
Beinduffe?
Part.1686:AL
1836
Bunduffe als.B[.]nduffe
Part.1686:AL
1836
bun duibhe
dúch:AL
1836
bun duibhe
pl:AL
1836
Bunduff
Prop. Map:AL
1836
Bunduff
Tithe Bk (Hest [Hess], Rev. C.):AL
1844
Bun duibhe (Dubh)
Hy Fiach.
1938
Bun Duibhe
Elphin PN

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