BROWSE
lake or lakes
Loch Dháithí Bháin
genitive: Loch Dháithí Bháin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Lough Dahybaun
(English)

Glossary

English white; lea-ground, grassy
English lake; inlet

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the lake of white(-haired) Dáithí
    Níl aon bhaint ag an ainm pearsanta Dáithí (Sean-Ghaeilge Dá Thí) le Dáibhí (var. Dáith), ar iasacht é ó Davy na nAngla-Normannach, ná le Dáibhead, ar iasacht é ó AN David.

  • English

    the lake of white(-haired) Dáithí
    The personal name Dáithí (Old Irish Dá Thí) is unrelated either to Dáibhí (var. Dáith), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman Davy, or to Dáibhead < AN David.

Centrepoint

54.1211, -9.5296latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1830
Lough Daiawane
Bald
1838
Loughdahybaun
AL
1838
Lough Dauhyvaune, Lough Dahywane
BS:AL
1838
Loch Dhaithí Bháin “white Davy’s lake”
OD:AL

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