BROWSE
townland
Achadh na Sceach
genitive: Achadh na Sceach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Aghnaskea
(English)

Glossary

achadh, -ach
English field
sceach, sceich
English hawthorn, thorn-bush

Explanatory note

  • English

    the field of the hawthorns, thorn-bushes

Centrepoint

53.6825, -7.86812latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Aghneskeagh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Aghowneskeagh
CPR Leathanach: 491b
1620
Agheneskehene
CPR Leathanach: 468a
1629
Aghoneskeah
Cotton Map
1726
Aghneskeagh
CGn. Imleabhar: 50.155.32413
1813
Aughnaskea
Edgeworth
1837c.
Aughnaskea
BS:AL Leathanach: C99, 61
1837c.
Aughnaskea
Edgeworth Map:AL
1837c.
Augh Uisk The Water Horse
Quinn, E.:AL
1837c.
Aghneskeagh
Inq. J I:AL
1837c.
Acha na Sceach, 'Field of the briars'
OD:AL
1837c.
Acha na sceach
pl:AL
2008
ɑknəˈsgiː
Áit.

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