BROWSE
townland
Ros Searraigh
genitive: Ros Searraigh
(Irish)
Rosharry
(English)

Glossary

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.936, -7.8532latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Ros-Shearraigh = Shear or Sharry’s wood, or tract of land. Searrach, a foal, and hence flighty. O’Searraigh, literally, descendant of the flighty one. Sharry, Sherry, Sheara."
Nóta
1621
Rosbarry
CPR Leathanach: 518b
c1660
Rissharry
BSD Leathanach: 30
1834
Rusharry
TAB Leathanach: 73, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap
1836
Rosldry
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Roshory
BS:AL
1836
Rasharry
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Rosharry
S&V:AL
1836
Rois-searraigh
pl:AL
1836
Ros Searraigh,
Sherry's wood'; "Made sherry in Ulster." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL
1836
Rosharry
OD (corr.):AL

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