Muintir an tSionnaigh/Muntertinny

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Muintir an tSionnaigh

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(Irish)

Muntertinny

(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

the sept of An Sionnach

An Sionnach – leasainm

Ainm Stairiúil:** Fearann Mhuintir an tSionnaigh**

land of the sept of An Sionnach

Ba le Muintir an tSionnaigh an t-aonad talún seo mar a léirítear in Inquisitiones Ultoniæ, Appendix (1609): ‘the quarter of Ffarremonitretony belongeth to the sept of the Tomies [sic, Muintir an tSionnaigh]’ in. Tá an sloinne Mac an tSionnaigh an-choitianta sa cheantar seo san fhoirm bhéarlaithe Tinney. (JÓG, 25/06/2025)
English

the sept of An Sionnach

An Sionnach – nickname

Historical name: Fearann Mhuintir an tSionnaigh

land of the sept of An Sionnach

This land unit was in the possession of Muintir an tSionnaigh, as described in Inquisitiones Ultoniæ, Appendix (1609): ‘the quarter of Ffarremonitretony belongeth to the sept of the Tomies [sic, Muintir an tSionnaigh]’ The surname Mac an tSionnaigh is very common in this area in the anglicised form Tinney.

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Historical references

1609	Ffarremonitretony (sept of Tonies)	Inq. Ult. App. Leathanach: 5 Inquisitiones Ultoniæ, Appendix Bliain: 1609, Nóta: Appendix I–VII: Tailte eaglasta i gcontaetha AM, TE,Do, DG, FM, Ca Appendix IX–XII Escheated Lands not granted to the Bishops......, Pubref: His Majestie's Printers, Dublin 1829, Teideal iomlán: Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariæ Hiberniæ Asservatum Repertorium, Vol. II (Ultonia)
1610	Farremonitretony	CPR Leathanach: 381 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
1610	Farrienemonitretony	CPR Leathanach: 381 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	Muntertiny	CS III Leathanach: 42 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655	Munterliny	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655	Muntertiny	DS (Terr.) Down Survey Terrier (Reeves Collection) Bliain: 1655c
1660c	Muntertiny	BSD (DG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Donegal)
1702	Muntertenny	PR COI (DG) PRONI MICI/95/143 Raphoe Vestry Book 1702 – liosta d’áiteanna agus an méid crann a cuireadh iontu Taifid Pharóiste de chuid Eaglais na hÉireann do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Church of Ireland Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) agus Representative Church Body Library (RCBL)
1737	Mountraintiny als Mounterteny	CGn. 87.181.61181: Hamilton to Thornton Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1773	Muntertinny	PR COI (DG) PRONI MICI/95/143 Christenings Taifid Pharóiste de chuid Eaglais na hÉireann do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Church of Ireland Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) agus Representative Church Body Library (RCBL)
1801	Muntertany	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1830	Muntertinney	PR P (DG) MIC1P/183/1 Raphoe Presbyterian 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	Muntertinney	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Muintear an tSionnaigh 'The Senachs clan'	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	Muntertinny	Finné:AL Mr Fenwick of Raphoe, agent Finné in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Witness is Ordnance Survey Namebooks Tugtar ainm an fhinné / Informant's name is provided.
1835	Muntertiney	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks

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