BROWSE
townland
Bun an Bhaic
genitive: Bhun an Bhaic
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Bunawack
(English)

Glossary

English (river-)mouth, bottom(-land)

Hierarchy

county

barony

municipal district

civil parish

electoral division

Centrepoint

54.9915, -8.27643latitude, longitude
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Properties

GGaeltacht

Archival records

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Historical references

n/a
bacc o, h, m (a) 'angle, bend, corner (b) Freq. in Laws Comm in phr. b. n-achaid '(an enclosed) corner or angle of field' DIL 'bend in river'
Nóta
1641
Bunwack
Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 30 CI
1835c
Bunawack
BS:AL
1835c
Bunawait
Map 1789:AL (DG)
1835c
Bun a Bhaice
OD:AL
1952
Bun an Bhaic
Glún. Ros. Leathanach: 186

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