BROWSE
townland
Draighnigh
genitive: Dhraighní
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Driny
(English)

Glossary

draighean, draighneán, draighneach
English blackthorn

Centrepoint

54.0317, -7.94944latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˈdrɑiniː
Áit.
ˈdrəiniː
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Draoigheanaigh = (A place of) blackthorns or sloe-bushes. The Irish may be draoigheanaigh, the dative of draoigheanach used as a nominative, or it may be draoighne, plural form. But the meaning will be the same – a place of blackthorns. "
Nóta
1590
Drynagh
F Leathanach: 5442
1621
Dryny
CPR Leathanach: 529b
1655
Dreyny
DS
1666
Dryny
ASE Leathanach: 51
1685
Dreiney
Hib. Del.
1721
Dring
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 229
1731
Dryng (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 231
1752
Dryny (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 239
1754
Dryny (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1960 Leathanach: 240
1755
Driney (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1965 Leathanach: 505
1772
Dryny (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1965 Leathanach: 520
1789
Driney (Peyton)
Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1966, Leathanach: 143
1833
Driney
TAB Leathanach: 35, Nóta: (61:16/11) innéacs
1836
Driney
BS:AL
1836
Driney
CM:AL
1836
Driney
S&V:AL
1836
Droigheanaidhe
'blackthorns'
OD:AL
1836
Driny
"'Made 'Dreeny' in Ulster." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL
1837
Driney
Top. Dict. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 217

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