Cnoc an Churraigh/Knockachorra Mountain

Hierarchy

mountain or mountain range

Cnoc an Churraigh

genitive: Chnoc an Churraigh

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(Irish)

Knockachorra Mountain

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

Cill na mBanbhán/Kilmanman

townland

Gleann Caoin Uachtarach/Glenkeen Upper

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the hill of the wet land?

Níl de thagairtí stairiúla againn ach 1805 ‘Knuckacharra’ Cahill, 1838 ‘Knockachara Mountain’ Descr. Rem.:AL. Measaimid in ainneoin an litrithe seo ‘-char(r)a’ gur móide gur currach atá sa cháilitheoir — níl ar an sliabh ach portach (www.epa.ie). Réitíonn litriú an lae inniu -chorra leis an réadú coitianta béarlaithe ar currach, gin. churraigh (faoi bhéim) sa chontae, m.sh. /kuːləˈkorə/ (#28009), /ˈkorək/ (#28000), /ˈkorə/ (#28853) (cf. /logəˈkorən/ (#28183)). Ní cosúil go bhfuil baint ag ainm an tsléibhe le bf Garbhach Íochtarach/Uachtarach (#28411, #28412) lastoir.

Is botún é Knockachoora Mountain ar na léarscáileanna is déanaí de chuid www.osi.ie (cf. Sraith Eolais/Discovery Series).

Historical references

1805	Knuckacharra Mountain	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1838	Knockachorra	OD:AL 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
1838	Cnoc a chorra, hill of the weir	OD:AL 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
1838	Parts of the Townlands of Upper Glenkeen, Upper Gorrough & Scarrow	Situation:AL Cuir síos ar shuíomh na háite in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / description of the location's situation in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1838	Is all mountain & moor	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Knockachorra Mountain	CM:AL Imleabhar: 2, Leathanach: 12 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1841	Knockachorra Mountain	SO 6" An tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis, an chéad eagrán (6 orlach)/Ordnance Survey, first edition (6 inch)

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