An Lorga/Lurga

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An Lorga

genitive: na Lorgan

(Irish)

Lurga

(English)

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Glossary

lorgain, lorga

English long low ridge; strip of land

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county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Maothail/Mohill

civil parish

An Chluain/Cloone

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53.9204, -7.8303latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	ˈlɣrgə
		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	Ga; RC Gan chártaí	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Lorga = A long hill. Lorga, means the shin and, by extension, a long hill or a long strip of land. And the name is very descriptive of this place in the north of the parish of Gorlettera."	Nóta Nóta eolais
1622	Lurgaune	CPR Leathanach: 539b 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
1628	Lurgan	Inq. Leathanach: 164 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.
1655	Larga	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
c1660	Lurga	BSD Leathanach: 25 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1667	Lorga or Lurga	ASE Leathanach: 167 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
1685	Larga	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1726	Lorga	CGn. Imleabhar: 49.459.32853 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1783	Lurga (Crofton)	Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1966 Leathanach: 138 Uachtanna, Féach Breifne 1966
1836	Lorga, 'or' lorgach 'a place of stumps or blocks'	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Larga a shin, or long hill'	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	Lurgacha, 'tracts'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Lurga	Norris, B.:AL Norris, B.:AL
1836	Lurga	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Lurraga	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Lurga	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Larga	DS:AL Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Lurga	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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