BROWSE
townland
An Sliabh Bán
genitive: an tSléibhe Bháin
(Irish)
Slievebaun
(English)

Glossary

English white; lea-ground, grassy
English mountain, moor

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    Tugtar White Mountain ar an chuid den sliabhraon ag an bhaile fearainn seo agus ag síneadh ó dheas.

Centrepoint

52.5333, -6.8023latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1654
Slebane
211
CS (LG)
1654
Sleybane
214
CS (LG)
1840
Sliabh Bán 'white mountain'
OD:AL
1840
"Contains 161a.3r 10? of which only 4 acres are cultivated, the remainder is all uncultivated mountain land"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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