Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
ox-promontory
Féach léarscáil sé orlaigh na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (1838), a léiríonn portach ar thrí thaobh den bhaile fearainn seo. Sraith ársa logainmneacha in Éirinn is ea comhfhocail den déanamh ainmfhocal +* ainmfhocal; féach Mac Giolla Easpaig, 'NOUN + *NOUN Compounds in Irish Placenames', Études Celtiques XVIII (1981), lgh.151–163. - English
ox-promontory
See the Ordnance Survey six-inch map (1838), which shows bog on three sides of this townland. Noun +* noun compounds are a very old stratum of Irish placenames; see Mac Giolla Easpaig, 'NOUN + *NOUN Compounds in Irish Placenames', Études Celtiques XVIII (1981), pp.151–163
Centrepoint
Historical references
1617 |
Dawrus
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Inq.(Ga) Leathanach: III.124
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1617 |
Dauris
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Inq.(Ga) Leathanach: III.125
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1660C |
Dawrish
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BSD (Ga) III Leathanach: 91
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1677 |
Dauras or Dourus
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ASE Leathanach: 237
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1685 |
Dowris
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1838 |
Dowruss
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1838 |
Dauris
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1838 |
Dauress
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1838 |
Damh-ros
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