BROWSE
townland
An Tamhnaigh Uachtarach
genitive: na Tamhnaí Uachtaraí
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Tawnies Upper
(English)

Glossary

English arable place, field

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the arable upland place
    tamhnaigh -- foirm chalctha den tuiseal tabharthach nó logthuiseal de tamhnach

  • English

    the arable upland place
    tamhnaigh -- petrified form of the dative or locative case of tamhnach

Centrepoint

51.6308, -8.89402latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1573
Tawny
F Leathanach: 2270
1586
Tawny
F Leathanach: 4848
1601
Townoghe
F Leathanach: 6515
1601
Tawnyegh
F Leathanach: 6566
1604
Tawnagh otherwise Tawny
CPR Leathanach: 51
1611
Tawny
CPR Leathanach: 210
1620
Tawnes alias Tawmaghes
CPR Leathanach: 479
1620
Tawny alias Tawnagh
CPR Leathanach: 210
1659
Tauny East
Cen. Leathanach: 220
1659
Tany, -East -West; Tawny East
Cen. Leathanach: 219
1811
Tawney
Bath
1837
Taunies
Top. Dict. Leathanach: ii, 96
1841-2
Tawneys
Ld. Shannon Map:AL
1841-2
Tawney
Bath:AL
1841-2
Tawnies, Lower Upper
BS:AL
1841-2
Tawnies
Shannon, Earl of:AL
1841-2
Tawnies
HCR:AL
1841-2
Tawnies
Quarry, Rev. J.:AL
1841-2
Tawnies
Leslie, Wm.:AL
1841-2
Tawnies
GJP:AL
1841-2x
Tamhnaidhe
EC:AL

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