Ros an Mhíl/Rossaveel

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Ros an Mhíl

genitive: Ros an Mhíl

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(Irish)

Rossaveel

(English)

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Glossary

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Gaillimh/Galway

barony

Maigh Cuilinn/Moycullen

civil parish

Cill Chuimín/Kilcummin

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

‘Talamh ard (coillteach), coill, ceann tíre’ an réimse bríonna atá leis an bhfocal ros.
Tagraíonn an focal míol do réimse ollmhór ainmhithe.
“the headland of the hare?, midge?, louse?, creature?” (nó b’fhéidir “whale?” míol mór? anseo)
Féach (eDIL s.v. 1 míl)
English

“the headland of the hare?, midge?, louse?, creature?”, possibly whale?’
The common noun míol can have several meanings
See (eDIL s.v. 1 míl)

Centrepoint

53.2682, -9.55241latitude, longitude

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Properties

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Archival records

Historical references

1617	Rosseville	Inq.(Ga) Leathanach: III.205 Inquisitions County Galway, Vols. I-IV Bliain: 1540-1690
1618	Rosseville	CPR Leathanach: III.368 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
1618	Rosseveleagh	CPR Leathanach: 369 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
1660C	Rossavile	BSD (Ga) III Leathanach: 59 Books of Survey and Distribution Vol. III County of Galway (ed. Mac Giolla Choille, 1962)
1677	Rosavile	ASE Leathanach: 236 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1819	Russaveal	Larkin (Ga) Grand Jury Map of Galway Údar: William Larkin, Bliain foilsithe: 1819
1838	Russaveel	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ros a' Mhíl	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Ros a' Mhíl	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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