Siánaigh/Sheena

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Siánaigh

genitive: Shiánaí

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(Irish)

Sheena

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Droim Dhá Thiar/Drumahaire

civil parish

Inis Mac Rá/Inishmagrath

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

place of fairy mounds, hillocks
siánaigh — foirm chalctha den tuiseal tabharthach nó den logthuiseal de siánach < sián
English

place of fairy mounds, hillocks
siánaigh — petrified form of the locative or dative case of the word siánach < sián

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54.1644, -8.13959latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	ˈʃiːnə x2	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
	ˈʃeːnə	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Na Sídhne = The fairy hills. “Sheena in Leitrim, Sheeny in Meath and Fermanagh, and Sheeana in Wicklow are different forms of the Irish plural sidhne, fairy hills.” (Joyce, Place-names, Vol. I, page 187). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	" Arch. Inventory: Enclosure. In a low-lying position beside a stream in Glenade valley (159). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1641?	Sheeny	Inq. Leathanach: 183 Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hibe Teideal iomlán: Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) atá iontu -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium I. II). Ní mhaireann na bunscríbhinní as a ndearnadh na cóipeanna seo.
1660c	Sheene	BSD Leathanach: 65 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1668	?Shannagh alias Kannagh	ASE Leathanach: 176:1 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
1668	Shannagh	ASE Leathanach: 161:34 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
1735	Sheey o/w Sheeny	CGn. Leathanach: 78.523.57537 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1834?	Sheena	TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 36 (60:16/8) Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1834?	Shena	TAB Leathanach: 75 (60:16/8) Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Sheena	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Sheeanagh	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Sheena	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Sinte, sidhne 'fairy hills'	OD:AL 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
1836	Sheena	OD:AL 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

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