BROWSE
townland
Tulaigh Sceithearnaí
genitive: Thulaigh Sceithearnaí
(Irish)
Tullyskeherny
(English)

Glossary

sceach, sceich
English hawthorn, thorn-bush
tulach, tulaigh
English hillock

Explanatory note

  • English

    hillock of (the) place of hawthorns, thorn-bushes

Centrepoint

54.3693, -8.10385latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
"P: Cloonclare b: Drumahaire "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Tulaigh-Sceacharnaigh = Hill of the bushes. Sceacharnach is an example of a compound termination, from sceach, a bush and the post-fix ‘nach’ combined with the letter ‘r.’ The whole conveys a cumulative meaning – ‘abounding in.’ "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Rath. At the SW end of a ridge (129) Rath. At the NE end of a ridge (130). "
Nóta
1660c
Tullyskehernagh
BSD Leathanach: 39
1817
Tullysharney
Larkin
1835?
Tullyskerny
TAB Leathanach: 6, 104 (59:16/1ii)
1836
Tullyskerny
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Tulcha Screeny
'skreeny mount'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Tullysharney
CM:AL
1836
Tulla-sgetherne/ igh
pl:AL
1836
Tulaigh scetherne/ sgeacharnach
'hill of the brambles'
OD:AL
1836
Tullyskeherny
OD:AL
1836
[Tullyskeherny]
"…there [are] two forts on the western part…"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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