BROWSE
townland
An Ros Dubh
genitive: an Rois Duibh
(Irish)
Rosduff
(English)

Glossary

dubh, dú-, duí-
English black
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Centrepoint

53.8917, -7.59199latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Roseduffe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1619/20
Rosseduffe
CPR Leathanach: 450b
1629
Rosduff
Cotton Map
1655
Rossduffe
DS
1659
Rossduff
Cen.
c.1660
Russduffe
BSD Leathanach: 166
1668
Rossduffe
ASE Leathanach: 140
1714
Ross Duff
Moll Map
1813
Rossduff
Edgeworth
1826
Rossduff
Parochial Abstracts, in, JACAS, iml. 2, uimh. 11 Leathanach: 88, 89
1836
Rossduff
BS:AL
1836
Ross Duffe
DS:AL
1836
Rose duffe
Inq. J I:AL
1836
Ros dubh, “black wood”
OD:AL
1836
“...better not to double the s when followed by a consonant...”
Nóta:AL
1836
Rossduff
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Rossduff
HCER:AL
1908
Ros Dubh, “black wood”
MacGivney Leathanach: 198
2007
rosˈdof
Áit.

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