BROWSE
townland
Faiche Iúrach
genitive: Fhaiche Iúrach
(Irish)
Fihoragh
(English)

Glossary

English yew-tree
English green (ainmfhocal/noun)

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9296, -7.61436latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Fayhorre
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1619/20
Faghowry
CPR Leathanach: 450b
1629
-----------[istigh le Rosduff]
Cotton Map
1632
Fieragh-saddagh
B’fhéidir Feraghfad in Ardagh?
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
1654-56
the lough of Foyora
CS X Leathanach: 46
1655
Fieragh
DS
1659
Fayhora
Cen.
c.1660
ffieragh
BSD Leathanach: 167
1716
Fighoragh
CGn. Leathanach: 18.149.8726
1813
Fihorah
Edgeworth
1836
Figh horagh
BS:AL
1836
Fioragh / Fiorogh
Crawford, Sir G.,:AL
1836
Fihora
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Fieragh
DS:AL
1836
Fayhorre
Inq. J I:AL
1836
Faithchorach [Faichthorach?], “green field or plain of the grey colour”
OD:AL
1836
Faith horach
pl:AL
1836
pronounced Fie:
pron.:AL
1908
Faithchorach, “plain of grey colour”
MacGivney Leathanach: 117
2000
Faiche Orach (<Odhrach) = earthy green (or lawn) (Ó Dálaigh)
MacNerney Leathanach: 69
2007
fəiˈhoːrə
Áit.

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