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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
bawn, fortified enclosure of Eachra
Eachra (< Eachra(i)d na Sean-Ghaeilge) — logainm “(the place of) steeds”?Maidir leis an gcéad eilimint bábhún, cf. ‘Castle (possible site): inside enclosure’ san Fhardal Seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie) agus ‘the “Bawn” of Bawnaghra is a polygonal enclosure’ in History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory II 283.
Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Tá fothracha eaglasta anseo (‘Probably an early ecclesiastical enclosure’, Fardal Seandálaíochta), a ndeir Ó Corragáin fúthu ‘[T]he Church of Bawnaghra, in Irish Kyle-aghra, stands in the centre of the ‘Church field’’ (loc. cit.). Sampla eile de cill de réir dealraimh i dtosach an logainm is ea 1636 ‘Bawnagherry and Killogherry’.Ní léir an ionann *Cill Eachra seo an Chorragánaigh agus an logainm stairiúil 1150c ‘cella Echairith’. Tá an logainm úd le fáil i mbeatha Molua, éarlamh pharóiste na Cille (< Cill Chluain Fearta Molua), atá tamall ó bhaile (25km slí) i dtuaisceart na barúntachta seo (féach faoi bf An Chill (#28751) agus san Fhardal Seandálaíochta, www.archaeology.ie). Maodhóg nó Aodhán (‘Aedan Echaird’, Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae 707.11) ab ainm don naomh a bhi ina chónaí in Eachaireadh de réir na beatha réamhráite.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1150c |
in cella Echairith?
Vita Moluae
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VSH (Heist) Leathanach: 144, Alt: 66
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1566 |
Aghra
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F Leathanach: 897
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1571 |
Agherye
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COD Imleabhar: v, 181
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1571 |
Aghary
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COD Imleabhar: v, 183
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1601 |
Bawnagher
Dyrmot M'Craghy
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F Leathanach: 6551
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1613 |
Aghara
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 J I
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1618 |
Aghary, Aghir
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COD Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 180
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1621 |
Agharra
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 19 J I
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1624 |
Bawnaghery
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CPR Leathanach: 586
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1636 |
Bawnagherry & Killogherry
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 20 C I
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1655 |
Banaghery
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1655 |
Banrichery
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1659 |
Bawnagharry
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Cen. Leathanach: 493
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1660c |
Bonaghery
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 139
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1685 |
Banahery
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1805 |
Bawnaghry
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1806 |
Bawnaughra
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CGn. Leathanach: 582.458.395328
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1838 |
Baunaghra
"I think 'Baun' is better than 'Bawn' when an anglicising of 'Ban', green field."
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
[Baunaghra]
"…one Danish fort and the ruins of an old building said to have been a garrison…"
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnaghra
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BS:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawn
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawne
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Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnaghra
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Butler, W.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnaughra
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Moore, Rev.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnaghra
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Brenan, Rev. T.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnaghry
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawne
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Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Banaghery
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DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bannoherys
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DS Map:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Bawnagherry
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Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Ban eachra, 'field of the steeds'
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1838 |
Ban eachra
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pl:AL Leathanach: LA026,12
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1905 |
Bawnaghra. The original name of this townland was Aghra, i.e. Eachra (pronounced Oghara), or the Brake. Bawnaghra means the Bawn of the Brake.
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Carrigan Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 282
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2004 |
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