Mín Dobhráin /Meendoran

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Hierarchy

townland

Mín Dobhráin

genitive: Mhín Dobhráin

(Irish)

Meendoran

(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

smooth grassy patch of (the) otter, water?; the smooth grassy patch of Dobhrán?

Tá bríonna éagsúla leis an ainmfhocal dobhrán. Is ainm pearsanta é Dobhrán freisin (luaite le hUí Néill an Tuaiscirt in LGen.) agus féach gur ainm abhann é sa logainm Bun Dobhráin. Mínítear mín mar “a smooth green field” in The Gaelic Dialect of Urris, Inishowen, Co. Donegal le Emrys Evans.
English

smooth grassy patch of (the) otter, water?; the smooth grassy patch of Dobhrán?

Centrepoint

55.2314, -7.38139latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1767-1770	Mindoran	Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/97 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
1801	Meendoran	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1805	Mendoran	Chic. Survey A survey of the estate of Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester in the barony of Ennishowen, Co. Donegal and in the liberties of Londonderry, by Sherrards and Brassington. NLI 21.F. 19
1827	Mindoren	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	Mindoran	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Mín Dóráin 'Doran's smooth field or misk'	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	Meendoran	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	Mindoran, pt. of Donally Church land	BS Sketch Map:AL Boundary Survey Sketch Map in AL
1835	Mindoran	Finné:AL Revd. Mr. Mulloy Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Meendoran	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1835	Min Dorain 'Dorans Field'	AL Mr. O'Reilly Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook. Le fáil sa Chartlann Náisiúnta / Available in the National Archives Bliain: 1830-42, Nóta: Féach réamhrá Logainmneacha na hÉireann I: Contae Luimnigh lch. xvi mar a dtugtar eolas faoin bhfoinse seo.
1835	Mindoran	Stat. Surv. (DG) Statistical Survey of the County of Donegal with Observations on the Means of Improvement, Drawn up in the Year 1801. James McParlan.

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