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Srath Carn
genitive: Shrath Carn
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Sragarn
(English)

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
srath, sraith
English holm, river-meadow, valley-bottom

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Explanatory note

  • English

    river-meadow of (the) cairns

Centrepoint

53.9718, -7.87287latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Srath-gCarn = Holm of the ‘cairns’ This is an example of the old neuter eclipsis. Srath is here used as a neuter noun and causing eclipsis of the noun following. …. The name is written locally Shragarn and Stracarne."
Nóta
1622
Shracarne
CPR Leathanach: 539b
c1660
Srahcarne
BSD Leathanach: 31
1834
Sragarn
TAB Leathanach: 75, 76, Nóta: (61:16/16)
1834
Stragarn
TAB Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Shracarne
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Shracarne
BS:AL
1836
Shracarn
CM:AL
1836
Stragarn
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Shraith-carn
'the heap in the wet sward'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Srath-gea//rn
pl:AL
1836
Srath ccárn
'strath, or holm of the carns'
OD:AL
1836
Sragarn
OD:AL

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