Ceann Bhreagha/Bray Head

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Ceann Bhreagha

genitive: Cheann Bhreagha

(Irish)

Bray Head

(English)

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ceann, cionn

English head, headland

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Ciarraí/Kerry

barony

Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh

civil parish

Dairbhre/Valencia

townland

Breigh/Bray

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Ceann Bhreagha ‘the headland of Brí / Breagha’?
English

Ceann Bhreagha ‘the headland of Brí / Breagha’?

The second element of this name is itself a placename, but it is unclear whether the original form was singular brí ‘hill’ (gen. breagh) or plural breagha ‘hills’.

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51.8843, -10.4258latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1609	the Head of Bray	CPR Leathanach: 141a Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1840	Ceann Bhriaigh, head of hill	OD:AL Leathanach: 26 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
1840	Brey head	DS Map:AL Leathanach: 26 Foinse in AL
1840	Brea Head	Beaufort:AL Leathanach (AL): 26 Beaufort:AL
1840	Brea Head	Beaufort Map & Memoir:AL Leathanach: 26 Beaufort Map and Memoir ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook
1840	Bray Head	Scales Atlas:AL Leathanach: 26 Scale:AL
1840	Bray Head	Lewis:AL Leathanach: 26 Lewis:AL
1840	Bray Head	Railway Maps:AL Leathanach: 26 Railway Maps, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1840	Bray Head Corromore	Murphy, D.:AL Leathanach (AL): 26 Murphy, D.:AL
1840	Bray Head	Nimmo Chart 1831:AL Leathanach: 26 Nimmo Chart 1831, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1840	Bray Head	Nimmo Bar. Map 1811:AL Leathanach: 26 Nimmo Bar. Map 1811, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1840	Brey Head	BM:AL Leathanach: 26 Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1840	Brey Head 1814	Larkin (Ci):AL Leathanach: 26 Larkin's County Map (Ciarraí / Kerry), foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1840	Bray Head This is a steep and rocky headland stretching westward into the Atlantic Ocean Desc. Rem.:AL Féach Bray Head Signal Tower, 1416223	Smith Eng. Map:AL Leathanach: 26 Smith Engraved Map:AL

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