An Chabraigh/Cabry

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Hierarchy

townland

An Chabraigh

genitive: na Cabraí

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(Irish)

Cabry

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thoir/Inishowen East

municipal district

Inis Eoghain/Inishowen

civil parish

Maigh Bhile Uachtarach/Moville Upper

electoral division

An Caisleán Geal/Whitecastle

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the copse, the rough land?

Níl an bhrí atá le cabrach sna logainmneacha go hiomlán soiléir.
English

the copse, the rough land?

The meaning of cabrach in placenames is not entirely clear.

Centrepoint

55.1387, -7.20727latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1621	Cabragh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1621	Carbragh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1621	Cabragh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: J I 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1625	Carbragh	Inq. Ult. 1 CI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Carberry	CS III Leathanach: 7 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655-7	Carbery flu	DS Contae (DG) The Down Survey - The County Donagall Ar fáil: https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php
1655-7	Carbry River	DS(TCD) Down Survey Barony Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Barony Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College) Pubref: http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Sligo
1659	Cabrie	Cen. Leathanach: 60 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660	Carberry	BSD (DG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Donegal)
1661	Cabrie	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
1669	Cabragh	Chic. Pat. Leathanach: 135 'confirmation of the Chichester Patents enrolled 1669', in R. M. Young, Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its vicinity (Belfast, 1896) lgh. 127-138.
1717	Cabray	CGn. 19.51.9652 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1729	Cabrey	CGn. 64.398.44371 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1740	Cabree	Protestant Householders 27 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	Cabree	Crow Inishowen D835/1/1/8 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
1768	Cabry	GJP (DG) GJ/1/1 334 [virtualtreasury.ie] Grand Jury Presentments, Donegal Donegal Grand Jury assizes/presentments, 1753-1769. DonegalCA GJ/1/1. Cartlann Chontae Dhún na nGall, leagan digitithe ar fáil ag https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/
1796	Cabbry '...an arched pipe betwn Trimity & Cabbry...'	GJP (DG) GJ/1/4, 4042, Summer 1796 (lch 74 Cartlann Chontae Dhún na nGall) Grand Jury Presentments, Donegal Donegal Grand Jury assizes/presentments, 1753-1769. DonegalCA GJ/1/1. Cartlann Chontae Dhún na nGall, leagan digitithe ar fáil ag https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/
1801	Cabry	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1830	Cabrey	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1830	Cábraidhe 'bad land, rubbish'	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	'Cabra - a sepulchre or place of sepulture'	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	Cabry 'signifying burial ground'	Finné:AL Revd. Mr. Marks Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Carbragh	Inq. J I:AL Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	Cabrach	Inq. C I:AL Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí

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