BROWSE
townland
Doire Maol
genitive: Dhoire Maol
(Irish)
Derrymoyle
(English)

Glossary

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket
English bare, flat-topped; derelict; bare, flat-topped hillock

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    bare (oak-)wood;
    (oak-)wood of —

    Ní léir cé acu aidiacht nó ainmfhocal atá sa cháilitheoir maol sa chás seo (féach www.dil.ie s.vv. 1, 2 mael). B’fhéidir go dtugann struchtúr an leagain bhéarlaithe 1518c ‘The Derre Moyll’ le fios gurb é maol “bare” atá ann. (Bíonn an t-alt le fáil le doire uaireanta agus seans gur rian den alt Gaeilge atá le sonrú sa tagairt chéanna sin chomh maith.)

Centrepoint

52.8491, -6.95704latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1518c
The Derre Moyll
Kildare Rent. Leathanach: 307
1563
Dormoyle
F Leathanach: 533
1576
Dormoile
F Leathanach: 2838
1635
Deremoyle
?
Inq. Lag.
1660c
Derrymoyle
BSD (La) Leathanach: 85
1838
Derrymoile
BS:AL Leathanach: La035,23
1838
Derrymayle
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La035,23
1838
Derrymoyle
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La035,23
1838
Derrymoyle
Old Map:AL Leathanach: La035,23
1838
Doire maol, 'bald derry or oak wood'
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,23
1838
Derrymoyle
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,23
2006
deriˑˈmɔil
Áit.

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