BROWSE
Breaclainn
genitive: Bhreaclainne
(Irish)
Bracklin
(English)

Other names

Bracklyn
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    speckled place; speckled pasture
    Ní léir cé acu -lann nó -cluain atá sa bhfoirceann

  • English

    speckled place; speckled pasture
    It is unclear whether the termination represents -lann or -cluain

Centrepoint

53.574, -7.07082latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1540c
Breclon (Johannes Nugent)
Crown Surv. Leathanach: 318
1583
Brackline (Ed. Nugent)
F Leathanach: 4151
1584
Barcklin (Edw. Nugent)
F Leathanach: 4463
1610
Braclin (Edw. Nugent)
CPR Leathanach: 173a
1623
Bracklan (Edw. Nugent)
Inq. Leathanach: 46 (JI)
1630
Bracklyn (Edw. Nugent)
Inq. Leathanach: 50 (CI)
1632
Bracklan (Edw. Nugent)
Inq. Leathanach: 82 (CI)
1636
Bracklin...Bracklinkenny (Oliver Pluncket, Edw. Nugent)
Inq. Leathanach: 138 (CI)
1655-7
Bracklin
DS
1659
Bracklin
Cen. Leathanach: 528
1660c
Bracklyn
BSD Leathanach: 76
1666
Brackline
p. Moycashell
ASE Leathanach: 52
1685c
Bracklin
Hib. Del.
1687
Brachlyn
Edw. & Gilbert Nugent
Nugent Papers
1708
Bracklin
Paefer - Walton
CGn. Leathanach: 2.307.472
1836
Bracklin
BS:AL
1836
Bracklyn
HCSV:AL
1836
Bracklin
CM:AL
1836
Bracklin
Co. Docket:AL
1836
Bracklyn
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Bracklin
DS Map:AL
1836
Brackland
Inq.:AL
1836
Bracklon, Bracklan, Bracklin, Bracklyn
Inq. C I:AL
1836
Breaclach
"speckled land. now breac cluain, strolled lawn or meadow"
dúch:AL
1836
Bracklin
"a part of a castle"
OD:AL
1836
[Bracklin]
"Nearly 1/2 of this Townland is bog chiefly situated in the Eastern Portion of it there is a wood nearby in the Centre of the Townlwnd 20 chains south of said wood is a lake surrounded by a plantation. Bracklin House and Burying Ground is situated in the Western Portion. There is a portion of wood that extends eastward from the Western and South of Bracklin House there is a Danish Fort.
Desc. Rem.:AL
1837
Bracklin
...called Breaclach by Mac Firbhisigh, who mentions it as the seat of a branch of the Nugents: genelach Fuinsionnaigh Breaclaighe annso; Genealogies 840 f. [Litir JOD]
LSO (IM):PN Westmeath Leathanach: 85

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