BROWSE
townland
An Ghiolcach
genitive: na Giolcaí
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Brewsterfield
(English)

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52.0327, -9.3881latitude, longitude
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An Seabhac: Giolcach Brewsterfield amháin anois air ach deir Ó Donn. go raibh “Giolcach” mar shean-ainm ar an áit.
Nóta
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Cárta: An Ghiolcach DED 2000 (Féach An Ghiolcach CC, PL)
Nóta
1655c.
Gilkah
DS
1660c.
Gikagh
BSD Leathanach: 55
1669
Gilkeagh
ASE Leathanach: 207:41
1713
Brewsterfield
Francis Brewster
CGn. Leathanach: 339.3795, Imleabhar: 10
1735
Brewster field
A. Herbert of
CGn. Leathanach: 96.57141, Imleabhar: 82
1740
Brewester field
Lucy Herbert alias Brewster
CGn. Leathanach: 309.69241, Imleabhar: 99
1824
Brewsterfield
TAB Leathanach: 35
1841
Brewsterfield
BS:AL Leathanach: Ci082,5
1841
Brewsterfield
Inhabs.:AL Leathanach: Ci082,5
1841
Giolcach, 'is the Irish name which means a place full of reeds'
OD:AL Leathanach: Ci082,5
1841
Giolcach
pl:AL Leathanach: Ci082,5
1841
Brewsterfield
OD:AL Leathanach: Ci082,5
2017
ˈbruːstərˌfiːld
Áit. Uimhir : 170717, Cainteoir: 008
2017
ˈbruːstərˌfiːld
'Colonel Brewster arrived after the Jacobite War ... there were furnaces there ...'
Áit. Uimhir : 170718, Cainteoir: 015

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