An Teanga/Teangue

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Hierarchy

townland

An Teanga

genitive: na Teanga

(Irish)

Teangue

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Ráth Bhoth Theas/Raphoe South

municipal district

Leifear–Srath an Urláir/Lifford–Stranorlar

civil parish

Srath an Urláir/Stranorlar

electoral division

Leitir Móir/Lettermore

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the tongue(-shaped piece of land)

Is baile fearainn fada caol é seo a ghobann amach as paróiste Shrath an Urláir isteach i bparóiste Chonmhaí i treo an oirthuaiscirt. Is é is dóichí ná gur óna chruth a ainmníodh é. 07 Feabhra 2025 (JÓG)
English

the tongue(-shaped piece of land)

This is a long, narrow townland which juts out of the northeastern end of Stranorlar parish into the parish of Convoy. The name is most likely a reference to its shape. 07 February 2025 (JÓG)

Centrepoint

54.8509, -7.74059latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1809	Tangue	CGn. 605.495.415056: Hayes to Prosson Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1815	Tangue	CGn. 686.249.471790: Edgworth to Johnston Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1815	Tangue	CGn. 686.109.471651: Prosson [?] to Hayes Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1820	Tang	PR COI (DG) PRONI MICI/95/143 Confirmations 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)
1830	Tangue	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	Tangue	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835c	Tangue	Hayes, Sir Edmond:AL (DG) Hayes, Sir Edmond, Baronet, faisnéiseoir in AL, Ráth Bhoth Theas, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Raphoe South, Co. Donegal.
1835c	Teanga 'a tongue' 'This word signifies a tongue it being a stripe of land or what the Irish call a tongue of land'	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	Teangue "(Tongue?) t is liquid"	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	Tangue	McCrea:AL McCrea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801, foinse in AL
1835	you will observe that there are some names in this and the Barony of Raphoe beginning with Tangue (Teanga) which means a Tongue or Tonguelike stripe of land; in this the t is liquid and g broad as in the word tongue	LSO (DG) 200, 201, JOD Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Dún na nGall / Ordnance Survey Letters, Donegal.

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