Ros Dubháin/Rosdoowaun

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Hierarchy

townland

Ros Dubháin

genitive: Ros Dubháin

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(Irish)

Rosdoowaun

(English)

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Glossary

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Maothail/Mohill

civil parish

Maothail/Mohill

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the point of Dubhán
Dubhán — ainm pearsanta
English

the point of Dubhán
Dubhán — personal name

Centrepoint

53.9107, -7.89313latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
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n/a	"Pinkman: Ros-Dubháin = Duane’s wood or point of land. Dubhán, a diminutive from dubh, mean, literally, a small black-complexioned man."	Nóta Nóta eolais
1834	Rusduan	TAB Leathanach: 71, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap. 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	Rosduhaun	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Rossduan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Rostowawn	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Rostownan	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Rosdown	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Ros Dŭba//n, a kidney'; "accent on last" [dúch]	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Ros Dubhain Duane's wood,' 'Boscus Duvani'; Ros Dúbnán, Dúnain [scriosta]	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	Rosdoowaun "doovaun" [mar chríoch scriosta]	OD (corr.):AL Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL

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