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Oileán Baoi
genitive: Oileán Baoi
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Dursey Island
(English)

Glossary

English island

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county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    Oileán Baoi ‘island of Baoi?’

    The meaning of Baoi is obscure

  • English

    Oileán Baoi ‘island of Baoi?’

    The meaning of Baoi is obscure

Centrepoint

51.6011, -10.1941latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

1598
the Dorses
Clancarthy Surv. Leathanach: §112
1598
Dorses
Clancarthy Surv. Leathanach: Lsc. barúntachtaí
1610c
ó imlbh Baoi
imilibh buidhe LS
Dánta Mhuiris MDDMG Leathanach: 34, Leathanach: 48
1841
Dursey Island
BS:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Durzey Island
CM:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841z
Dursey Island
OD:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841y
Dóirse, 'doors'
OD:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841y
Oilean Baoi Bheirre, 'the island of Bear-haven'
"The old name of this was 'Oilean Baoi Bheirre,' i.e. the island of Bear-haven. It is called 'Bera Insula' by P. O'Sullivan Beare." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Dursey Island
O'Sullivan, E.:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Dursey Island
O'Sullivan, J.:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Cape Dursey
Smith:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Dursey Island
Smith:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1841
Durzey Islands
[1815]
Townsend Survey:AL Leathanach: Co260,41
1927c
Baoi Bhéarra
LSh. Í Chonaill Leathanach: 325
1938
Baoí
BNS Imleabhar: 478, Leathanach: 10
1970
ˌbˠiːˈv′iarə
Áit. Cainteoir: FMC, Uimhir : T292a1

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