Gairfin/Garrafin

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Hierarchy

townland

Gairfin

genitive: Ghairfine

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(Irish)

Garrafin

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

An Choill Uachtarach/Upperwoods

civil parish

Uí Fhairchealláin/Offerlane

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

rough land?

B’fhéidir gur cheart-na/-ua i bhfoirmeacha gaolmhara an 17ú haois a léamh mar -an e.g. 1655 ‘Garafan’, srl. Tá sé le tuiscint as foirmeacha an 19ú haois gurb éard atá anseo ná foirm den fhocal gairfean “rough land?” in -n deiridh caol (cf. www.dil.ie s.v. gairbthen (fir.), ach féach bf Cnoc na Gairfine (#20596) (Ga)).

Drochthalamh lochach atá anseo agus paiste de thalamh chlochach i ndeisceart an bhaile fearainn cois Abhainn Duilliúr (‘Lacustrine’ … ‘Lithosols’, www.epa.ie).

Centrepoint

53.0147, -7.57199latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1655	Garafina	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655	Garraffua	DS Par. (Reeves) Down Survey Parish Maps ó bhailiúchán Reeves (The Reeves Collection)
1655	Garafna	DS (Terr.) Down Survey Terrier (Reeves Collection) Bliain: 1655c
1660c	Garafna	BSD (La) Leathanach: 149 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1685	Garisna	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1818	Garrafin	CGn. Leathanach: 727.522.496657 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1838	Garrafin	BS:AL Leathanach: La046,29 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Garryfinn	Despard:AL Leathanach: La046,29 Despard:AL
1838	Garthaidh fionn, 'white garden'	OD:AL Leathanach: La046,29 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Garrafin	pl:AL Leathanach: La046,29 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Garrafin "Recte 'Garryfin'." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: La046,29 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
2004	gɑrɑfin	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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