Cnoc an Iomaire/French Hill

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Hierarchy

hill or hills

Cnoc an Iomaire

genitive: Chnoc an Iomaire

(Irish)

French Hill

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

cnoc

English hill

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Ceara/Carra

civil parish

Béal Átha hÉin/Ballyhean

townland

Log an Phoill/Lugaphuill

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the hill of the ridge
Scirmis a thit amach anseo idir saighdiúirí na Breataine agus saighdiúirí na Fraince sa bhliain 1798 a thug an t-ainm Béarla
English

the hill of the ridge
The English name refers to a skirmish that took place between British and French soldiers here in 1798

Centrepoint

53.8124, -9.25869latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1410c	Duthaid hi mailraiti [.i.] in tOiream ocus in braenros ocus in tIomairi ocus cul in daingin	Lec. Leathanach: 73a v.b, 17-8 The Book of Lecan. facsimile (ed. Mulchrone. 1937) Bliain: 1400C
1410c	Cul daingin is Braenros ban / oireamh imairi imlan	Lec. Leathanach: 74a v.b, 17 The Book of Lecan. facsimile (ed. Mulchrone. 1937) Bliain: 1400C
1617	Knocknemurrey	CPR Leathanach: 318 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
1617	Knocknemurrie	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.187 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1635	Knockenomery, the qr of	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §321 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1650c	Duthuidh Í Maoil-Raite [.i.] an tOireamh, agus an Braonros, an tIomaire, agus Cúl an Daingin	LGen. Leathanach: i 612 §271.17 Leabhar Mór na nGenealach: The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, compiled by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, 1- 5 Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1650c, Údar: Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Bliain foilsithe: 2003
1650c	Oirimh, Iomaire iomlán	LGen. Leathanach: i 632 §279.3 Leabhar Mór na nGenealach: The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, compiled by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, 1- 5 Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1650c, Údar: Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Bliain foilsithe: 2003
1661	Knocknemurry	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 144 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1680	Cnocknemunory	ASE Leathanach: 267 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1683	Knockenumery	Westport Est. Pap. Leathanach: 889/18(7-8) Westport Estate Papers Áit: NLI MS 40, Áit: LN 40, Teideal iomlán: Westport Estate Papers, A collection of records relating to the ownership and management of the largest estate in Co. Mayo, covering the 16th-20th centuries...
1698	Knockanumery 2 qrs	Browne's RR Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1699	Knocknumery 1 qr.	Browne's RR Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1703	Knockenumory	Westport Est. Pap. Leathanach: 889/28(8-9) Westport Estate Papers Áit: NLI MS 40, Áit: LN 40, Teideal iomlán: Westport Estate Papers, A collection of records relating to the ownership and management of the largest estate in Co. Mayo, covering the 16th-20th centuries...
1710c	Knocknemunery… Knockenamery	CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 53, 65 Crown Rental of Lands. Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann / National Archives of Ireland
1787	Knockenumerry	QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.69, 76 Quit Rent Ledgers
1811	French Hill	Bald Bog Map Leathanach: 2 Map of the Bogs, Lying on the South Western Part of the County of Mayo whose waters discharge themselves into Clew Bay, Killery Harbour and Lough Mask. Nóta: NLI 16 E 6, Údar: William Bald, Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1830	Frenchhill	Bald Leathanach: 14 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Bliain foilsithe: 1830
1838	Cnoc an Iomaire	OC:AL Leathanach: 1838 Leagan Gaeilge nó Béarla a scríobh Tomás Ó Conchúir in AL/Irish or English form written by Thomas O'Conor in AL Bliain: 1838

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