Ruball Sionnaigh/Urbalshinny

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Hierarchy

townland

Ruball Sionnaigh

genitive: Ruball Sionnaigh

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(Irish)

Urbalshinny

(English)

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Glossary

sionnach, sionnaigh, seannach

English fox

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

municipal district

Leitir Ceanainn–Baile na nGallóglach/Letterkenny–Milford

civil parish

Tulaigh Fhearna/Tullyfern

electoral division

Baile na nGallóglach/Millford

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

(the) fox tail

Baile fearainn fada caol atá i gceist anseo. Is cosúil gur ag tagairt don chruth sin atá an t-ainmfhocal ruball “tail” san ainm. Féach An tIorball Riabhach in Inis Eoghain. (JÓG)
English

(the) fox tail

This is a long, narrow townland, and it is most likely that the noun ruball “tail” is employed as an allusion to its distinctive form. See An tIorball Riabhach/Urbalreagh in Inishowen. (JÓG)

Centrepoint

55.0984, -7.68527latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1659	Rubbeshim	Cen. Leathanach: 57 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
1665	Rubbleshanny	HMR (DG) 39/41 Hearth Money Rolls, Co. Dhún na nGall Tá leagan digitithe ar fáil ar virtualtreasury.ie [https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-6232]
1719	Rubbalshinny	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1739	Rubbleshinny	CGn. 99.42.67867: Babington to Wray Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1775	Orbelshinny Humphrey Babbington	Frizell TCD 1775, Richard Frizell. Maps of the estate of the College of the holy and undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth in the kingdom of Ireland, 1775.
1829	Ruball Sionnaigh 'foxe's tail' Rubbal is the local word for a tail, O'Rogan	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
1830	Rubbalshinney	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.
1835	Urbleshinny	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1835	Rubbalshinny	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1835	Rubbleshinny, Rubbaldshinney /	Sproule, Mr:AL (DG) Sproule, Mr., agent to Sir Jas. Stewart Bt, faisnéiseoir in AL, Tulaigh Fhearna, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Tullyfern, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.

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