Gleann Caoin Uachtarach/Glenkeen Upper

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Hierarchy

townland

Gleann Caoin Uachtarach

genitive: Ghleann Caoin Uachtarach

(Irish)

Glenkeen Upper

(English)

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Glossary

caoin

English pleasant, fair

gleann

English glen

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

Cill na mBanbhán/Kilmanman

Explanatory note

Gaeilge
pleasant glen

Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
1. Tá gleann beag eile in oirthear Ghleann Caoin Íochtarach .i. Glenmore [Wood] SO < An Gleann Mór “the big glen”.
2. Ní heol dúinn aon tagairtí stairiúla d’ainm Gaeilge Wolftrap Mountain SO agus is aistriúchán é sl Sliabh Ghaiste na Mac Tíre (#107035).

Centrepoint

53.1233, -7.57712latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1682	Glankeene	Dunne Papers Leathanach: 136 Dunne Papers in 'Survey of Documents in Private Keeping: Third Series'. in Analecta Hibernica No. 25 (1967).
1718c	Upper Glankeen	Dunne Papers Leathanach: 141 Dunne Papers in 'Survey of Documents in Private Keeping: Third Series'. in Analecta Hibernica No. 25 (1967).
1774-9	Glankeen	Dunne Papers Leathanach: 144 Dunne Papers in 'Survey of Documents in Private Keeping: Third Series'. in Analecta Hibernica No. 25 (1967).
1838	Glankeen Upper	BS:AL Leathanach: La036,33 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Glankeen Mountain	Map (Dunne, Gen.):AL Leathanach: La036,33 Map (Dunne, Gen.):AL
1838	Glenkeene	CM:AL Leathanach: La036,33 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	[Glenkeen Lower] "'Knockachara Mountain' is in it's southern end."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La036,33 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
2005	glenˈkiːnopər	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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