Oileán na nUan/Lamb Island

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Hierarchy

townland, island or archipelago

Oileán na nUan

genitive: Oileán na nUan

(Irish)

Lamb Island

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

oileán

English island

Hierarchy

county

Ciarraí/Kerry

barony

Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh

civil parish

An Chathair/Caher

Centrepoint

51.9421, -10.2986latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1655	Lamb Island	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c.	Lambe Island	BSD Leathanach: 20, 5 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685	Lamb Ile	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1756	Lamb Island	Smith Hist. Kerry, map C. Smith, The Antient and Present State of the County of Kerry [léarscáil chun tosaigh]
1756	Lamb Island	Smith Hist. Kerry Leathanach: 357 The Antient and Present State of the county of Kerry Bliain: 1756, Bliain: 1756, Údar: Charles Smith, Údar: Charles Smith
1841	Lamb Island	Casey, J.:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 Casey, J.:AL
1841	Lamb Island	Local:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 Foirm in úsáid áitiúil / Finné nó úsáid áitiúil de réir AL Bliain: 1832-38
1841	Lamb Island	BM:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1841	Lamb Island	Larkin (Ci):AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 Larkin's County Map (Ciarraí / Kerry), foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1841	Lamb Island [Valentia Harbour]	Nimmo Chart 1831:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 Nimmo Chart 1831, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1841	Oileán na n-uan, 'island of the lambs'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 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
1841	Lamb Island	OD:AL Leathanach: Ci023,40 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
1956	Oileán na nUan	Uí Ráthach Leathanach: 20 'Uí Ráthach: ainmneacha na mbailte fearainn sa bharúntacht', An Seabhac (1954, [1956]), Béaloideas 23, 3-70 Bliain: 1954, Údar: An Seabhac
1969	lamˈailənd	Áit. Cainteoir: MG, Uimhir : T218b1 Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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