An Sconsa Íochtarach/Sconce Lower

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townland

An Sconsa Íochtarach

genitive: an Sconsa Íochtaraigh

(Irish)

Sconce Lower

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Port Laoise Thiar/Maryborough West

civil parish

Cluain Eidhneach agus Cluain Caoin/Clonenagh and Clonagheen

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the fortification?

B’fhéidir gur brí dhéanach cosúil le ‘fence’ (Dinneen, FGB) atá i dtreis anseo seachas ‘defence work, fortification’ (www.dil.ie). Ritheann an dá bhaile fearainn seo timpeall le 7km ar feadh na teorann idir sean-Laois (bar. Phort Laoise Thiar) agus Osraí (bar. Chuileannaí). Féach go bhfuil bf An Sconsa (#42181) (UF 24) suite ar theorainn bharúntachtaí Bhaile Átha Buí agus Ghéisille i gContae Uíbh Fhailí, 30km slí ó thuaidh.

Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Ní léir cad is bun leis an gcáilitheoir in Moanameny SO i mbarra an chnoic. Móin na Míne (?) < mín “fine (mountain) pasture”, b’fhéidir? Cf. bf Achadh na Míne (#40995) (Mu 5).

Centrepoint

53.0289, -7.47183latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1659	Sconce	Cen. Leathanach: 498 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1718	Sconce	CGn. Imleabhar: 22.188.11738 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1838	Lower Sconce	BS:AL Leathanach: LA015,71 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Sconce' is a fort or entrenchment	OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,71 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	Lower Sconce	OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,71 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	sgɑns	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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