BROWSE
townland
An Fhorrach Rua
genitive: na Forraí Rua
(Irish)
Farraghroe
(English)

Glossary

rua, ruadh
English red; red place

Centrepoint

53.7444, -7.6981latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1612
Farragh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1622
Forehoe alias Fogher
CPR Leathanach: 551b
1629
Foreho
Cotton Map
1659
Farraghro
Cen. Leathanach: 457
1660c
fferagh
BSD Leathanach: 178
1781
Farragh otherwise Farraghroe
CGn. Imleabhar: 339.236.228454
1813
Faraghroe
Edgeworth
1835
Farraghroe
BS:AL
1835
Faraghroe
Edgeworth Map:AL
1835
Fairge Ruaidh, “The Red Sea”
Quinn, E.:AL
1835
Farrereoghe
Inq. J I:AL
1835
Farragh
Inq. J I:AL
1835
Farrach ruadh, “red hill”
OD:AL
1835
See Triad. Shan Farrach mac n-amhalgada
OD:AL
1908
Farrach Rúadh, “red hill”
MacGivney Leathanach: 116
1981
Farrach Ruadh
Devaney Leathanach: 101
1982
An Fhorrach Rua, ‘the red area/meeting place, etc.’
NÓM litir
2002
An Fhorrach Rua
Cártaí Móra
2007
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