An Ghadaigh Dhubh/Gaddyduff

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Hierarchy

townland

An Ghadaigh Dhubh

genitive: na Gadaí Duibhe

(Irish)

Gaddyduff

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thoir/Inishowen East

municipal district

Inis Eoghain/Inishowen

civil parish

Cluain Maine/Clonmany

electoral division

An tSráid/Straid

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Measann muid gurb é atá sa chéad eilimint anseo ná gadach, leagan substaintiúil gan urrús den ainmfhocal gad “withe” (FGB) a mbeadh an chiall “áit le gaid ag fás ann” leis. (JÓG, 12 Eanáir 2026)

Centrepoint

55.2648, -7.41275latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1661	Carownegaddi duff	Parsons Hollar Map (BM) Map of Inishowen, showing loughs Swilly and Foyle and the land around. 1661 Etching. Wenceslaus Hollar, Sir William Parsons. Leagan ó Mhusaem na Breataine / Copy from The British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Q-6-140
1740	Gaddy Duff	Protestant Householders 37 Names of 14,400 Protestant householders for parts of the counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Antrim, Armagh and Tyrone taken from the returns to the Irish House of Commons concerning religion. 1740. (P.R.O., Dublin bundle 75 of Parliamentary religious returns). 147 pages of typescript. Ar fáil: https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/PRONI-T808-15258
1767-1770	Gadeydew	Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/80; D835/1/1/96 Plans of the Earl of Donegall's estates in the barony of Inishowen, Co. Donegal, surveyed and measured by James Crow. 1767-1770 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D835/1/1
1827	Gaddyduff	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.
1830	Gadaidhe Dubh 'black thief'	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	Gaddyduff	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Gaddyduff	Finné:AL Revd. Mr Molloy Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	From Gaddy a thief and Dubh Black	Finné:AL Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Gaddidhe dubh, black thief	Finné:AL Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.

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Folklore

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The Schools’ Collection (1937⁠–1939)