BROWSE
townland
An Sliabh Thiar
genitive: an tSléibhe Thiar
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Slieve West
(English)

Glossary

English mountain, moor

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the moorland
    An bhrí seo leis an bhfocal sliabh sa cheantar seo. Féach "Talamh garbh sléibhe agus móna é go léir beagnach", Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne, 286.

  • English

    the moorland
    The word sliabh (usually 'mountain') also has this meaning in this area. See "Talamh garbh sléibhe agus móna é go léir beagnach [‘it is almost entirely made up of rough moor- and bogland’]", Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne, 286.

Centrepoint

52.1862, -9.9487latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1841
Sliev West
BS:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
Slive
Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
Slieve West
Inhabs.:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
Slieve West
O'Sullivan, Rev. G.:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
West Slieve
TAB:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
West Slieve
Dey, Rev. E.:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1841
Slieve West
OD:AL Leathanach: Ci080,28
1939
An Sliabh
Tá an BF 'na dá chuid - Thoir agus Thiar.
TCCD Leathanach: 286
1947
ən ˈʃl′ɪɑv / ən ʃl′ɪɑv ˈh′ɪɑr
An Seabhac
1967
ʃl′iəv
MÓS—"Sliabh ainm an áit"
Áit. Cainteoir: MÓS, Uimhir : T196a1
1967
muintir an tSléibhe
ˌmiːn′t′ɪr′əˈt′l′eː
Áit. Cainteoir: MÓS, Uimhir : T196a1
1967
ʃl′iəv
Áit. Cainteoir: JF, Uimhir : T197b2
1971
ˌʃl′iːəvˈwest
Áit. Cainteoir: JOD, Uimhir : T308b3

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