Ceann an Chnoic/Braehead

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Hierarchy

townland

Ceann an Chnoic

genitive: Cheann an Chnoic

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(Irish)

Braehead

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh/Raphoe North

municipal district

Leifear–Srath an Urláir/Lifford–Stranorlar

civil parish

Ráth Bhoth/Raphoe

electoral division

Fiogart/Figart

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Is logainm de bhunadh na hUltaise é seo. Focal a fhaightear san Ultais agus san Albanais a chiallaíonn cnoc is ea brae. Ní léir cé chomh barántúil is atá an leagan Gaeilge den ainm Ceann an cnuic a bhreac Seán Ó Donnabháin san ainmleabhar.
English

This placename is of Ulster-Scots origin. Brae is a word found in Ulster Scots and Scots meaning hill. It is not clear whether the form Ceann an cnuic, written by John O’Donovan in the Ordnance Survey namebooks is an authentic local form of the name.

Centrepoint

54.873, -7.61951latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1787	Breahead the townland of Breahead situate along the high road leadg from Raphoe to Convoy	CGn. 398.265.262956: Samy to Rodgers Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1828	Braehead	PR P (DG) MIC1P/183/1 Raphoe Presbetarian Baptisms Taifid Pharóiste de chuid na bPreispitéireach do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Presbyterian Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
1835	Breahead	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Ceann a cnuic	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	Braehead	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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