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Iorras Aithneach
genitive: Iorras Aithneach
(Irish)
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53.3269, -9.82166latitude, longitude
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| 1450c |
Irrus Aitneach
var. Aithneach (:tait[h]mead) lch. 86
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Éigse Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 88
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| 1684 |
Irrosainhagh
"Irrus Ainbhtheach, the stormy Irros, as Mr. ODonovan conjectures in his notes of this parish for the Ordnance Survey"—ib., nóta
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Iar Conn. Leathanach: 97
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| 1838 |
Iorras Aintheach
"Now called distinctly in Irish Iorras Aintheach"
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LSO (Ga) Leathanach: iii, 115
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| 1838 |
Iorras Ainbhtheach
"I think that the true old Irish name of this district is Iorras Ainbhtheach, i.e. the stormy Irros"
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LSO (Ga) Leathanach: iii, 119
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| 1910 |
Irrus ainbhtheach
"now Irrosanhagh S.E. of p. Moyrus c. Galway"
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Onom. Goed. Leathanach: Wc.97
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| 1910 |
Irrus Aintheach
"on W. coast of c. Galway"
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Onom. Goed. Leathanach: Fy. 72
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| 1990 |
Iorras Aintheach
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Robinson, Connemara Leathanach: 86
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| 2007 |
The place-name now spelt both Iorras Aintheach and Iorras Aithneach is perhaps a reflex of Iorras Aitneach (< aiteann) given its medial ɴ′h, i.e. æˑɴ′həx.
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Ir. Iorras Aithneach Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 192
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| 2007 |
Iorras Aithneach
orəs æˑɴ′həx
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Ir. Iorras Aithneach Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 2093
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