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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the speckled places?
Níl bunús an ainm seo ró-shoiléir agus tá an fhianaise tearc agus déanach.
Is é is dóichí ná gurb é an t-iolra Béarla atá san -s deiridh agus nach cuid de logainm Gaeilge é — ní heol dúinn aon chomhfhocal breac + -as i logainmneacha. Seans gur eascair Braccas ó * Bracka(gh)s < An Bhreacach/Na Breacacha. Díol spéise go bhfuil an t-iolra Béarla seo le sonrú san fhianaise ar bf Brocka (#28036), baile fearainn beag eile (55 acra) 6km uaidh seo i bparóiste Chill Deilge: 1838 ‘Brocca’, ‘Brackas’, ‘Broccas’.
Talamh fhliuch atá sa chuid is mó den bhaile fearainn seo (‘Fen Peat’, www.epa.ie); cf. an baile fearainn eile úd Brocka (‘Surface water Gleys’).
Centrepoint
Historical references
1795 |
Braccas & bog
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CGn. Leathanach: 499.373.316850
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1838 |
Braccas
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Lodge, R.:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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1838 |
Breacach, 'speckled, or spotted land'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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1838 |
Brackas
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pl:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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1838 |
Braccas
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Price, Rev.T.:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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1838 |
Braccas
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BS:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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1838 |
Braccas
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OD:AL Leathanach: La006,25
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