Críoch Leachta/Creelaghta

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Hierarchy

townland

Críoch Leachta

genitive: Chríoch Leachta

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(Irish)

Creelaghta

(English)

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Glossary

leacht, sleacht

English grave-mound, monument

Hierarchy

county

An Longfort/Longford

barony

An Longfort/Longford

civil parish

Cill Eo/Killoe

Centrepoint

53.8567, -7.72993latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1629	---------	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1813	Creelaghta	Edgeworth A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813); 4 leathanach (W. Faden, Londain a d’fhoilsigh, 1814)
1832	Creagalaghta	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1832	Creagalaghta	Crawford, Sir, G.:AL Crawford, Sir, G.:AL
1832	Crealughta	Edgeworth Map:AL A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813) ex AL
1832	Crith leachta, “boundary monument”	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1832	crith	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1832	criodh leachta	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1832	This townland contains a fort...River passes thro it...	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1908	Creaghlaghta, Crith Leachta, “abounding in monuments – O’ Donovan” [mícheart]	MacGivney Leathanach: 91 Place names of the County Longford. Correctly spelled in Irish and fully explained in English, with notes and illustrations by Rev. Joseph MacGivney
1954	The name of a neighbouring townland, Creaghlaghta (Crith-Leachta) suggests an abundance of those pre-historic monuments [“pillar stones”] in the vicinity.	Hist. Ardagh Leathanach: 619 MacNamee, James, J. (1954), History of the Diocese of Ardagh, Dublin: Browne and Nolan Limited.
2007	kriːˈlɑktə	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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