An Fraoch Mór/Greatheath

Gaeilge
the big heath

Cf. an nóta faoi bf Lóiste an Fhraoigh (#28300) i bPort Laoise Thoir laisteas.

Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
1. Ní léir an loch i ndáiríre a bhí in 1549 ‘Laaghdowe’ CarrMS, 1841 Black Lough SO < An Loch Dubh (?) ó cheart; d’fhéadfadh lathach “mire” a chur san áireamh má tá an litriú ón 16ú haois cruinn (cf. bf An Lathach (#28291)).
2. 1838 ‘Rath Sheághain i.e. Shane’s Rath … it is the opinion of some people that it was formed in modern times when horse races were first established on that Common’ LSO II 238, 1841 Rathshane SO < Ráth Siáin (?) “ring-fort of (the) fairy mound, hillock” i lár an Fhraoigh Mhóir, suite ar theorainn Chlann Mhaoilíora agus Laoise. Féach an Fardal Seandálaíochta: ‘Situated on the highest point of the Heath, the surrounding land slopes dramatically to NE and SW.’
  Is é seo a leanas an pátrún béarlaithe ginearálta a d’imir ar sián sa chontae seo de ghnáth: -ya- /-ia- sa 16ú haois agus isteach sa 17ú haois, -a- /aː/ ón 17ú haois go dtí lár an 19ú haois, agus /eː/ i bhfuaimniú an lae inniu (#27773, #28661, #27773, #1419166).

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53.0616, -7.2182latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1563c	Frughmore	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1670/71	the great heath "ffree common and grazing on the great heath"—Gníomhas 20294	CN Foinse ón Chartlann Náisiúnta, uimhir thagartha leis. / Source in the National Archives, with reference number.
1794	the Great Heath, or Ratheen Common	Anth. Hib. Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 3 Anthologia Hibernica or Monthly collections of science, belles-lettres, and history, I–IV (1793–94). Dublin.
1805	The Great Heath (racecourse)	Cahill (La) Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois le Denis Cahill TCD 16H18(1-4)
1838	The Heath	Kemmis, T.:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Kemmis, T.:AL
1838	Freugh More "Old Map of Leix and Ophaley in British Museum."	Old Map:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Seanléarscáil ar bith in AL nach bhfuil údar luaite léi. Bliain: , Bliain: , Nóta: Le haghaidh a leithéid seo: 'Old map, no date'
1838	An Fraoch mor, 'the great heath'	OD:AL Leathanach: La038,25 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	Great Heath	dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Nóta i ndúch dearg in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)
1838	Great Heath of Maryborough	Seward Top. Hib.:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Foinse ex AL -- W. Seward, Topographica Hibernica (1795).
1838	The Great Heath of Maryborough	BS:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	The Heath	CM:AL Leathanach: La038,25 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	[Greatheath] 'It was never called the Great Height, but always Great Heath, which is a translation of its Irish name Fraoch Mór. There is a field adjoining it in the Heath House Demesne called at this day Fraoch Beag' OD	LSO (La) Leathanach: 76/226 Litreacha na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Co. Laoise / Ordnance Survey Letters, Co. Laois.

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