Faugher

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townland

Faugher

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

municipal district

Na Gleannta/Glenties

civil parish

Cluain Dá Chorcach/Clondahorky

electoral division

An Ardaidh/Ards

Centrepoint

55.1693, -7.91953latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1608	Fogher	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 175 "A booke of the Kings lands founde upon the last generall survey within the province of Ulster anno le:1608" MS. Rawlinson A.237 Anal.Hib. 3.151-218 Bliain foilsithe: 1608
1608-1620	Facker Lieutenant Perkins hath but 172 acres called Packer. He never had more ; therefore is not bound to build (211).	Pynnar Surv. 525 'Pynnar's Survey' in G. Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster ... 1608-1620 (Belfast, 1877) lgh. 445-590.
1654	ffoyher	CS III Leathanach: 125 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Moyher	CS III Leathanach: 112 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Noyher	CS III Leathanach: 113 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655c	Fowre als Dowre 'rock and mt 520:0:0 whereof unpf acres :120:0:0	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1665	Foher	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1834	Faugher	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1835	Faugher	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Fachar 'a level of a loft in a hill'	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
1835	Fiochár arable land	Ogilby, A.:AL (DG) Ogilby, Alex, faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dá Chorcach, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall/informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondahorky, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1835	Fougher	Stewart, A.:AL (DG) Stewart, Alex, Esq., faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dá Chorcach, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondahorky, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1937/38	Fothar 1) bfheidir go dtig an ainm ó "scrig" nó "ailt" cosúil le balla garbh bearnaighthe atá sa bhaile. Tá cosúlacht ar an fhocal " fothar" agus "Fothrach" ( fothar-theach?) (2) ón bhfocal "Fuidir" .i. sclabhuidhthe	Ainm. Áit. CDH Míniú ar Ainmneacha Áiteach sa Pharóiste (Cluain Dá Chorcach) Bailiúchán na Scol: 1077, Leathanach 283 Mír san imleabhar do Dhún Fionnachaidh i mBailiúchán na Scol ina dtugtar leaganacha Gaeilge agus iarrachtaí ar mhíniúcháin ar logainmneacha i bparóiste Chluain Dá Chorcach. Is cosúil gurb é an múinteoir, Éamonn Ó Canainn, a rinne an liosta. Ní léir cén cúlra a bhí aige siúd. Níl an sloinne Ó Canainn róchoitianta sa cheantar.

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