BROWSE
townland
Gleann na Sceach
genitive: Ghleann na Sceach
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Glennaskagh
(English)

Glossary

English glen
sceach, sceich
English hawthorn, thorn-bush

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the glen of the hawthorns, thorn-bushes

  • English

    the glen of the hawthorns, thorn-bushes

Centrepoint

52.4465, -7.51703latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Archival records

scanned imagescanned image

Historical references

1551
Glaneskeagh
COD Leathanach: V.68
1561
Gleanskeaghe
COD Leathanach: V.121
1566
Glaneskeaghe
F Leathanach: 900
1582
Glanskeagh
F Leathanach: 4433
c.1584
Glaneskegh
F Leathanach: 4386
1585
Cloneskaghe
F Leathanach: 4720
1591
? Glanskaghe
F Leathanach: 5553
1603
Glanneskeagh
F Leathanach: 6765
1635
Glauneskeagh
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: II.206
1654
Claneskagh
CS I Leathanach: 142
1654
Glanaskagh
CS I Leathanach: 158, 165, 168
1654
Glaneskagh
CS I Leathanach: 135, 143
1654
Glanskagh
CS I Leathanach: 138, 145
1657
Glanaskagh
DS
1659
Glanskagh
Cen. Leathanach: 296
c.1660
Glanaskagh
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: 168
1665-1666
Gleanskeagh
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 36
1666-1667
Glanskah
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 130
1679
Glanaskeagh
ASE Leathanach: 81:3
c.1685
Glanshagh
Hib. Del.
1840
Glanascagh
BS:AL
1840
Gleann na sgeach 'valley of the briers'
OD:AL
1840
Gleann na sgeach
pl:AL
1870
Gleann na Sceach
Duan TÁ Leathanach: 84
1989
ˌglɑnəˈʃkɑx
Áit.
1989
ˌglenəˈʃkax
Áit.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm