BROWSE
townland
Sliabh Cairn
genitive: Shliabh Cairn
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Slievecarran
(English)

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
English mountain, moor

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

53.0912, -9.0069latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1621
Slewcarne
CPR Leathanach: 501b
1626
Sleiffcarne
Owhney Ô Loughlen; Car. I
Inq.(Cl) Leathanach: II, 108
1629
Sleavecarne
Inchiquin Leathanach: 1045
1629
Sleave Carne
Car. I
Inq.(Cl) Leathanach: I, 176
1660c
Sleavekarne
BSD (Cl) Leathanach: 448
1667
Slewcarne
ASE Leathanach: 109
1685
Sleauekarne
Hib. Del.
1787
Sleavkarne
Pelham (Cl)
1839
Slievcarron
BS:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
SleavKarne
Pelham:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
[Slievecarran]
"There is a mountain in this townland called Slievcarron where there is a trigonometrical station. Nothing else remarkable" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
Slievecarron
Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
Slievecarrun
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
Sliabh Charain
pl:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
Sliabh Carain seu Sliabh Cairn, 'mountain of the carn'
OD:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25
1839
Slievecarran
OD:AL Leathanach: Cl120,25

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