BROWSE
townland
Deachoiméad
genitive: Dheachoiméid
(Irish)
Deechomade
(English)

Centrepoint

54.0628, -8.55617latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Nóta
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Nóta
Nóta
1617
Deechoved
CPR Leathanach: 331b
1633–6
Disoved ( )
Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 189
1655–7
Dicowedd
DS
1660c
Dechowed
BSD Leathanach: 125
1683
Dechowed
ASE Leathanach: 277
1685c
Dicowed
Hib. Del.
1713
Dachomaude
CGn. Leathanach: 11.356.4716
1740c
Deacomed
CGn. Leathanach: 102.380.71291
1753
Dachomade
Carlingford Rent Roll Leathanach: (McDonagh MS xiii)
1819
Gahemead (leg. Dahemead)
Larkin (Sl)
1828
Deighamead
TAB
1836
Deighamaid
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl012,42
1836
Dighamede
Corly, Rev.:AL
1836
Dichowed
DS:AL
1836
Diacha Méid
‘accent on 1st'
dúch:AL
1836
Dighamede
Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836
Diochoiméud
“want of ‒There is a mountain in Down of this name, but this cannot be made like it on account of the difference in the provincial accents – Dechommed’ [dúch]; defence”
OD:AL
1836
Deechomade
OD:AL
1836
Diacha méid
"ac[.]t on 1st" [dúch]; ‘no meaning. Informant lives on it’
pl:AL
1836
Digh am ede, ‘Prond Digh am ede’
pron.:AL
2008
Deachoiméad
Ó Muraíle
2011
[ˈʤiːhəm e:ʤ] [ˈʤiːhume:ʤ]
Áit.

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