Dún Iarainn/Doonierin

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townland

Dún Iarainn

genitive: Dhún Iarainn

(Irish)

Doonierin

(English)

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Glossary

dún, dúnaibh

English fort

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county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Cairbre/Carbury

civil parish

Droim Chliabh/Drumcliff

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54.3133, -8.51236latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Doonierin Doonierin in Sligo; Dun-iarainn (FM), fort of iron, indicating the presence of an iron mine.	Joyce Leathanach: 308, Imleabhar: III P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920
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1536	i mbealach duín iarainn	ARÉ Leathanach: v 1428 FSÁG b 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
1536	co Belach Duin Iaraind. (Nior thoirmeisc an moirecht-sin a thriall na a thinnsgedal fa h. nDomnaill, et iar techt an lái do innsoigh co Finnír gur gab comnaidhe & comoirisemh isin maigin-sin co herghi gréine arnamarach. Tet marcsluag meic Cathail Óic .i.	AConn. Annála Connacht/The Annals of Connacht (ed. Freeman, 1944) Bliain: 1224-1544
1655–7	Cartron doon Earne	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	Cartron Doone Earn	BSD Leathanach: 91 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685c	Doorarn	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1836	Dún Iarrain	LSO (Sl) Leathanach: 108 Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Co. Shligigh / Ordnance Survey Letters, Co. Sligo.
1836	Doonerin	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl016,46 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	There are two forts in this townland	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Dun Iarainn “fort of the iron, iron fort” ‘Irish pronunciation’	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	Doonierin	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	It is situated on the south side of Drumcliffe, one mile from Drumcliffe Church. It is bounded on the south by Creggs, W. by Creggs, N. by the sea, east by Carnalogher	Situation:AL Cuir síos ar shuíomh na háite in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / description of the location's situation in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1844	Bealach Dúin Iarainn	Hy Fiach. 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
1844	Dún Iarainn	Hy Fiach. 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	Dún Iairnn	Elphin PN Leathanach: 41 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

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