BROWSE
population centretownland
Carn na Ros
genitive: Charn na Ros
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Carnaross
(English)

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Centrepoint

53.747, -6.95399latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

1836
Carnaross
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí070,24
1836
Cornaross
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí070,24
1836
Carn a Ros, 'believed to be an abbreviation of,' Carraigh na Ros, 'rock of the woods'
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí070,24
1836
Carr na Ros
pl:AL Leathanach: Mí070,24
1836
Carnaross
OD:AL Leathanach (AL): Mí070,24
1836
Carnarass
Local:AL Leathanach: Mí070,24

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