BROWSE
townland
Tálaigh
genitive: Thálaí
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Tawly
(English)

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.4334, -8.38156latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Táimhlighe = A plague burial place. Támh or táimh and lighe, a bed or a grave. See previous names. The River Duff flows through it. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Enclosure. On top of a small rise (160). Enclosure. On top of a drumlin (160). Enclosure. On a rise which is known locally as ‘Fort Hill.’ (160). Mass-rock (present location). In a deciduous wood at the N-facing foot of the Dartry Mountains and close to its original location. A sandstone altar with an oval top with an incised cross and ‘IHS’ inscription on one face. A bullaun stone is nearby, and both were re-erected in 1975 close to their original findspot when the ground around them was paved (198). Mass-rock. In a slight fold of a gently undulating landscape. Oval flat-topped stone with an incised cross on its S side (198-9). Bullaun stone (present location). In Culleen Wood, c. 20m from the road bank to S, and close to its original location (193). "
Nóta
1622
Tawly
CPR Leathanach: 521a
1655
Thally
DS
1659
Taly
Cen. Leathanach: 568
1660c
Thaly
BSD Leathanach: 39
1667
Tally alias Thaly
ASE Leathanach: 142:11
1685
Thally
Hib. Del.
1817
Tawly
Larkin
1836
Tawley
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Tawley
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Tawly
HCER 1820:AL
1836
Tawly
CM:AL
1836
Thaley
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Thally
DS Map:AL
1836
Talaigh, shalaigh
pl:AL
1836
Tamhlaigh
'a burial place'
OD:AL
1836
Tawly
OD:AL
2010
ˈtɑːliː
"bog area, rough land"

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