BROWSE
townland
An tSeanghlais
genitive: na Seanghlaise
(Irish)
Oldglass
(English)

Glossary

English old

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the old stream?

    Níl bunús an logainm cinnte.

    B’ait an struchtúr an meascán seo d’aidiacht Bhéarla + eilimint Ghaeilge .i. old + *glass < glais(e) “stream” (cf. bf An tSeanbhuiríos (#27833)). Féach leis fuaimniú na logainmneacha seo i gContae Laoise: 2015 /glɑʃə/, 1838 ‘Glosha’ bf An Ghlaise (#28093); 1838 ‘Closhnamuck’ < bf Glais na Muc (#27822); 1838 ‘Closh’ … ‘a’ broad’ < bf An Chlais (#28430), 2015 /kəilnəˈgloʃ/ < bf Coill Átha Glais (#28486).

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
    Féach an mionainm Ballina-ghowl [sic] SO 25ʺ < Baile na nGall (?) “the town of the foreigners” lastuaidh den teach mór sa bhaile fearainn seo: deir Ó Corragán gur anseo a bhí ‘battle-ground of the Oulthachs, or Ulstermen, and the O’Phelans, in 1156 or 1157’ (History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory II 64).

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52.8607, -7.49713latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1655
Oldglasse
DS
1655
Oldglass
DS (P)
1659
Oulglass
Cen. Leathanach: 491
1660c
Old Glasse
BSD (La) Leathanach: 137
1685
Oldglasse
Hib. Del.
1774
Oldglass
T&S Leathanach: 161
1801
Oldglass
Stat. Surv. (La) Leathanach: 73, 74, 76, 82, 87
1805
Old Glass?
nó Oldglass p Bordwell?
Cahill (La)
1812
Oldglass
Leet Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 148
1814
Oldglas
Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 31, 78
1814
Oldglas, in Irish Aill-glas, the stony green summit.
Par. Stat.
1838
Oldglass
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
[Oldglass]
"It contains 2 D. forts…is bounded by the river Erskina on the east side."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglasse
DS:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
OD:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
Lalor, J.:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838y
Old glais, 'a streamlet?'
OD:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
Roe, W.:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
Thacker, Rev.:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
Vestry Bk.:AL Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
Borris in Ossory Survey 1 Leathanach: La005,22
1838
Oldglass
BS:AL Leathanach: La005,22
2004
ˈoːlglas
Áit.

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