BROWSE
townland
Ráithín Habhail
genitive: Ráithín Habhail
(Irish)
Raheennahown
(English)

Glossary

English small ring-fort

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the (little) ring-fort of —

    Tá an fhorbairt ó -l deiridh go -n an-dhéanach agus níl aon bhaint aige leis an logainm Gaeilge. Ní léir bunús an cháilitheora ach is dócha gur ainm pearsanta nó sloinne gallda atá ann, m.sh. malairt ghaelaithe (gan urrús) ar Howell. Cf. 1424 ‘Howellstown’ faoi bf Baile Héil (#27121) i gCill Chainnigh. Cuireadh tabhall “tablet? sling?” na Gaeilge san áireamh chomh maith. Réiteach fuaime atá sa leagan Gaeilge thuas.

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:

    1. Anseo tá tobar Toberhurragh SO < Tobar an Churraigh (?) “the well of the wet land” cf. bf Log an Churraigh.
    2. Trí oirthear an bhaile fearainn a ritheann 1654 ‘a watercours [sic] commonly called the Neore’, Fuer River SO [ó dheas i mbar. Bhaile Adaim] < An Fheoir (#116588) “the stream, rivulet” (féach Ó Duinnín s.v. feoir). Ní hionann an t-ainm seo agus abh An Fheoir [< Eoir]/River Nore (#67254) (CC, ).

Centrepoint

52.9548, -7.10833latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1654-6
Rahinhowell
CS X Leathanach: 21
1654-6
Rahinedowell
CS X Leathanach: 21
1659
Rahimhohill
Cen. Leathanach: 497
1660c
Rahinhoole
BSD (La) Leathanach: 105
1725
Raheenahole
CGn. Imleabhar: 44, Leathanach: 519, Uimhir: 30305
1780
Rahinahowle
Hardiman: Minstrelsy Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 189
1780
Raheenahowle
Eg. MS 74 (Gearóid Ó Broin)
LS
1812
Rahenhoule
Leet Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 167
1838
Rahinahole
BS:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Raheenahone
GJP:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Rahinohole
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Rathnehowen
= Raheennahown North (p Moyanna)
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Raheenahone
pl:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Raithin na habhann, 'little rath, or fort of the river'
OD:AL Leathanach: La065,15
1838
Raheennahown
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: La065,15
2005
rahiːnəˈhoun
Áit.
2006
rahiːnəˈhoun
Áit.
2006
ranəˈhoːn
Áit.

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