BROWSE
townland
Raithneachán Bán
genitive: Raithneachán Bán
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Ranaghanbaun
(English)

Glossary

English white; lea-ground, grassy

Centrepoint

53.7556, -7.42806latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
1629
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Cotton Map
1836
Rhanaghanbaan
BS:AL
1836
Raithneachán bán, “felicetum album, white ferny land”
OD:AL
1908
Renaghanbawn, Raithneachán Bán, “white fern shrubbery. This place is now anglicised Fern-borro’.”
MacGivney Leathanach: 193
2007
ranəhənˈbɑːn
Áit.

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