Mín Chaorach/Meenkeeragh

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Hierarchy

townland

Mín Chaorach

genitive: Mhín Chaorach

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(Irish)

Meenkeeragh

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

mín

English smooth

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thiar/Inishowen West

municipal district

Inis Eoghain/Inishowen

civil parish

Fathain Íochtarach/Fahan Lower

electoral division

Bun Cranncha (Tuath)/Buncrana Rural

Explanatory note

English

the smooth grassy patch of the sheep

Centrepoint

55.1249, -7.37405latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1777	Meenkeeragh	Shaftesbury Leases D652/338: Counterpart Lease for 3 lives or 41 years. Rent £150. Earl of Donegall to Thomas Grey [sic. Greg atá ceart], Belfast. 2275acres 3roods 6perches Tolledish, Fahan Parish, Co. Donegal. Leases and Papers relating to the Estates of the Donegall Family in Counties Donegal, Antrim and Down 1617-1932 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D652
1801	Meenkeeragh	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1830	Meenkeeragh	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Mín Caorach Misk of the sheep. Mín is a green fertile spot in a mountain generally producing rushes.	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	Meenkeeragh	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	from a [?] of Bhin Ben & Keeragh, a sheep i.e. The Sheep Ben.	Finné:AL Mr Canny Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Meenkeeragh	McCrea:AL McCrea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801, foinse in AL
1835	Meenkeeragh	Finné:AL Revd. Mr Hawkshaw Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Min Caorach "sheep field"	Mr O'Reilly:AL (DG) Foirmeacha Gaeilge agus míniúcháin a mhol Éadbhard Ó Raghallaigh/Edward O’Reilly i gCo. Dhún na nGall, foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Irish forms and explanations by Éadbhard Ó Raghallaigh/Edward O’Reilly in Co. Donegal, Source in Ordnance Survey Namebooks.

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