Maigh Rois/Moross

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townland

Maigh Rois

genitive: Mhaigh Rois

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(Irish)

Moross

(English)

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Glossary

maigh, magh

English plain

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan

municipal district

Leitir Ceanainn–Baile na nGallóglach/Letterkenny–Milford

civil parish

Cluain Dabhaodóg/Clondavaddog

electoral division

Ros na Cille/Rosnakill

Explanatory note

English

plain of (the) (wooded) headland

Centrepoint

55.1967, -7.7058latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1510c	da baile Maige Roiss	LCS Leathanach: p30 *alt 25 Walsh, P., Rev. (1920, Eag.), Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne: An Account of the Mac Sweeney Families in Ireland, with Pedigrees, Baile Átha Cliath: Dollard Printinghouse LTD.
1510c	a Maghross	LCS Leathanach: p72 *alt 56 Walsh, P., Rev. (1920, Eag.), Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne: An Account of the Mac Sweeney Families in Ireland, with Pedigrees, Baile Átha Cliath: Dollard Printinghouse LTD.
1608	Moyreish	Survey Ulst. Leathanach: 174 "A booke of the Kings lands founde upon the last generall survey within the province of Ulster anno le:1608" MS. Rawlinson A.237 Anal.Hib. 3.151-218 Bliain foilsithe: 1608
1608-1620	Moyris [?] Arthur Terrie hath 1,000 acres called Moyris (206). Upon this there is a good Bawne of Lime and Stone, with two Flankers, and a good House in it, being inhabited with an English Gentleman, his Wife and Family. He hath six English Families besides, the which in all are able to make 10 men armed.	Pynnar Surv. 524 'Pynnar's Survey' in G. Hill, An historical account of the Plantation in Ulster ... 1608-1620 (Belfast, 1877) lgh. 445-590.
1610	Moyres 1 qr (manor of) Henry Vaughan	CPR Leathanach: 180b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1654	Moyross	CS III Leathanach: 124 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Moyross Castle	CS III Leathanach: 103 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1654	Moyross, Mayross	CS III Leathanach: 106 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655	Mayross	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1801	Maoris	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1833	Morress	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1833	Maorris	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1833	Mor-res 'Large promontory'	Hart, Capt.:AL (DG) Hart, Capt., faisnéiseoir in AL, Cluain Dabhaodóg, Cill Mhic Réanáin, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Clondavaddog, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.
1833	Mor-ros 'great point'	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
1833	Mor-ros prond. Mó-ros or Móre-is	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

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