Leamhach/Leagh

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Leamhach

genitive: Leamhaí

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(Irish)

Leagh

(English)

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Glossary

leamhán, leamhach

English elm-tree

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Sliabh Mairge/Slievemargy

civil parish

Cill Uisean/Killeshin

Explanatory note

Gaeilge
place of elms?

Pléitear an logainm seo sa nóta faoi bf Seanliath (#28821).

Ainmneacha stairiúla:
1. 1566 ‘Killenore’, 1886 ‘Killanure’ < Cill an Iúir “the burial ground of the yew-tree” ainm na reilige bige Burial Ground SO i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn (www.archaeology.ie).
2. Anseo timpeall freisin bhí 1563 ‘Monefadd’, 1602 ‘Monefadie’, 1631 ‘Monefadd’ < An Mhóin Fhada “the long bog(land)”.

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52.8641, -6.96824latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1549	Leyogh?	Carrigan MS Carrigan MS
1563	Leaugh	F Leathanach: 515 Fiants: Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1563	Laawghe	F Leathanach: 540 Fiants: Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1619	Leaugh and Ballivallagh, Colnerien	CPR Leathanach: 429 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Luagh, Coldeawse, Tesshanefeekin in Killeshin and Monofadd.	CPR Leathanach: 429 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Leaugh & Ballyvallagh	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 16 J I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1631	Lawghe	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 8 C I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1655	Leogh	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Leauge	Cen. Leathanach: 500 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
1660c	Logh	BSD (La) Leathanach: 84 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1669	Lagh alias Leagh	ASE Leathanach: 199 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1710	Logh als Leagh	CGn. Imleabhar: 4, Leathanach: 564, Uimhir: 1320 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1738	Leigh als Leagh	CGn. Imleabhar: 91, Leathanach: 214, Uimhir: 64003 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1838	Leagh	BS:AL Leathanach: La035,12 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Leagh	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La035,12 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Logh	DS:AL Leathanach: La035,12 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Leagh "Made 'Lea' in Connaught." [Nóta OD]	OD:AL Leathanach: La035,12 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	[Leagh] "…a burial ground at the northern boundary…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La035,12 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Liath, 'grey land'	OD:AL Leathanach: La035,12 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	Leagh	Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La035,12 High or Barony Constable's Book (List) ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-1840
1838	Leagh	Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: La035,12 Griffith Map:AL
2006	lok	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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