BROWSE
townland
Cluain Searbhóg
genitive: Chluain Searbhóg
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Copay
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    pasture of (the) bitter plants
    Tá bríonna éagsúla le searbhóg. Ní léir bunús Copay; b'fhéidir gur iarsma é de Ceapach na mBráthar (1655 'Cappa namrahar', Civil Survey 147), a bhí sa chomharsanacht

  • English

    pasture of (the) bitter plants
    The word searbhóg has several meanings. The origin of Copay is unclear; perhaps it is a remnant of the name Ceapach na mBráthar (1655 'Cappa namrahar', Civil Survey 147), which was in the locality

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52.5618, -8.81227latitude, longitude
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