Ros Uí Bhriain/Rossbrien

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Hierarchy

townland

Ros Uí Bhriain

genitive: Ros Uí Bhriain

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Rossbrien

(English)

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Other names

Fearann na gCailleach

genitive: Fhearann na gCailleach

historical name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Glossary

fearann

English land

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Ó, Uí

Hierarchy

county

Luimneach/Limerick

barony

Cathair Luimnigh/Limerick City

civil parish

Paróiste Mhichíl/Saint Michael's

barony

Pobal Bhriain/Pubblebrien

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the high place of Ó Briain
Fearann na gCailleach, 'the land of the nuns', an seanainm (cf. 1591 'ffarrenegillagh', Inquisitiones; 1655 'Fferranegalliagh', Civil Survey; etc.); féach Mac Spealáin, North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3 (1942), 113-4, mar a ndeirtear gurb é Ó Briain, Barún Inis Uí Chuinn, atá i gceist i Ros Uí Bhriain
English

the high place of Ó Briain
Fearann na gCailleach, 'the land of the nuns', is the former name (cf. 1591 'ffarrenegillagh', Inquisitiones; 1655 'Fferranegalliagh', Civil Survey; etc.); see Mac Spealáin, North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3 (1942), 113-4, where it is said that the name Ros Uí Bhriain refers to Ó Briain, the Baron of Inchiquin

Centrepoint

52.6395, -8.62646latitude, longitude

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Archival records

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