BROWSE
townland
Gráig an Bhúisigh
genitive: Ghráig an Bhúisigh
(Irish)
Graigueavoice
(English)

Other names

Craigueavoice
(English)

Glossary

English hamlet; cattle-steading?

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the hamlet of An Búiseach
    An Búiseach — ón sloinne Búis (< de Boys na nAngla-Normannach)

    Cuir an fhoirm bhéarlaithe 1655 ‘-voisse’ i gcomparáid leis an litriú Gaeilge ‘Semas Boais’ (= James Boyce, constábla Mhaigh Nuad) ar cháipéis dlí Ghaeilge in 1530 (féach ‘Agreement between Gerald, 9th earl of Kildare and the Mac Rannalls’, www.ucc.ie/celt; cf. JRSAI X 480–489).

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
    Raheennagorta SO < Ráithín an Ghorta “the (little) ring-fort of the famine” ainm an leasa anseo.

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52.8177, -7.44931latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1655
Gragavoice
DS
1655
Gragavoyle
DS Par. (Reeves)
1655
Gragavoisse
DS (Terr.)
1659
Graigvoice
Cen. Leathanach: 493
1660c
Gragavoisse
BSD (La) Leathanach: 130
1669
Graigevoisse
ASE Leathanach: 214
1685
Gragenboyce
Hib. Del.
1714
Graigavois
CGn. Imleabhar: 12.446.5767
1805
Graigueavoice
Cahill (La)
1812
Graigavoice
Leet Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 298
1838
Graigeboice
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigavoice
BS:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigueavoice
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
[Graigueavoice]
"…5 Danish forts…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Gragavoyle
DS Map:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Gragavoisse
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigavoice
Gannon, C.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigvoise
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graiavoice
Lodge, R.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigh Boyse, 'Boyse's Graigue'
OD:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
[Graigueavoice]
"'Graig' must be made the general spelling." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Gráig a voice
pl:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigavoice
Pratt, S.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
1838
Graigavoice
Price, Rev.T.:AL Leathanach: La006,7
2004
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