Mulcán/Mulkaun

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Mulcán

genitive: Mhulcáin

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(Irish)

Mulkaun

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Ros Clochair/Rosclogher

civil parish

Cill Osnat/Killasnet

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Brí éiginnte. Féach an logainm ‘Cairthi Muilchen’ in Annála Chonnacht sub anno 1235
English

Meaning uncertain. Compare the placename ‘Cairthi Muilchen’ in the Annals of Connacht sub anno 1235

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54.3153, -8.29331latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	ˈmolˌkɑːn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
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n/a	"Pinkman: Mulcán (nó Mullachán) = A little hill "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory: Rath. On top of an E-W drumlin ridge (117). Rath. On top of an E-W drumlin ridge (117). Rath. On top of a gentle rise (117). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"A RECONSIDERATION OF SOME PLACE-NAMES FROM THE ANNALS OF CONNACHT Diarmuid Ó Murchadha Ainm Iml. VI 1994-5 Cairthe Muilcheán 1235. co Creit 7 co Cairthi Muilchen 7 co Tor Glinne Ferna. (‘Glencar valley, in bar. Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim.’) ‘Muinter an Chartha’ formed a dynastic segment of the Ui Ruairc (O Clery gen., Anal. Hib. 18, 104). In 1585 ‘Carrhy’ was the largest sub-div. of ‘Breny O Roirke’ (Comp. Bk. Conn. 143). It was named, acc. to O’Donovan (OS Lett. Cav./Leit/, p.110) from a remarkable cliff near Caisleán an Chairthe (q.v.). Muilcheán may have been an earlier name for the area, preserved perh. in the name of tl. Mulkaun (par. Killasnet, bar. Rosclogher). c. 1.5m. to W of the castle. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1235	Cairthi Muilchen	AConn. Leathanach: 50 Annála Connacht/The Annals of Connacht (ed. Freeman, 1944) Bliain: 1224-1544
1622	Mulkane	CPR Leathanach: 536b 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
1655	Mulkane	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	Mulliane	Cen. Leathanach: 568 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	Muliane	BSD Leathanach: 35 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685	Mulkan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1809	Mulkan	Scale Map (Li) Scale Map (Li)
1817	Mulkan	Larkin Larkin - Grand Jury Maps of various counties
1835?	Mulkawn	TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 87, 89 (59:16/2) 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	Mulkane	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Mulkan	Larkin (Li) Grand Jury Map of Leitrim
1836	Mulkin	Bar. Cons.:AL High or Barony Constable's Book (List) ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-1840
1836	Mulkan	Park:AL Park:AL
1836	Mulkaun	Cullen, D.:AL Cullen, D.:AL
1836	Mulkan	Buck, H.:AL Buck, H.:AL
1836	Mulkane	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Mulca//n:	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Mulcán, 'a little summit'	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	Mulkaun	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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