Rinn na Spáinneach/Spanish Point

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Rinn na Spáinneach

genitive: Rinn na Spáinneach

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(Irish)

Spanish Point

(English)

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Glossary

rinn

English point, headland

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county

An Clár/Clare

barony

Uí Bhreacáin/Ibrickan

civil parish

Cill Fear Buí/Kilfarboy

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Rinn na Spáinneach ‘the headland of the Spaniards’
English

Rinn na Spáinneach ‘the headland of the Spaniards’

Said to refer to part of the Spanish Armada which was wrecked on the west coast of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth I.

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52.8532, -9.44011latitude, longitude

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POThere is or was once a post office here

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Historical references

1775	Rienespanach	Mackenzie Imleabhar: XI Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Irelan Teideal iomlán: Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Ireland), Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Pubref: London, 1776, Bliain: 1776
1839	Spanish Point	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	Prospect Lodge	Letter (Carroll, J.):AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Letter (Carroll, J.):AL
1839	Rinn na Spainneach, 'point of the Spaniards'	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	Spanish point "Spanish Point Lodge, see mem" [dúch];	Letter (Morony, T.H.):AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Letter (Morony, T.H.):AL
1839	Spanish point	CM:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1839	Spanish point	Registry of Voters 1833:AL (Cl) Leathanach: Cl048,8 Registry of Voters 1833, foinse in AL, Co. an Chláir / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Clare.
1839	Spanish point "Spanish Point Lodge, see mem" [dúch];	Letter (Morony, T.H.):AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Letter (Morony, T.H.):AL
1839	Spanish Point	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	Prospect Lodge	Letter (Carroll, J.):AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Letter (Carroll, J.):AL
1839	Rinn na Spainneach, 'point of the Spaniards'	OD:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	Spanish point	CM:AL Leathanach: Cl048,8 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1839	Spanish point	Registry of Voters 1833:AL (Cl) Leathanach: Cl048,8 Registry of Voters 1833, foinse in AL, Co. an Chláir / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Clare.

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