BROWSE
townland
Doire na Croise
genitive: Dhoire na Croise
(Irish)
Derrynacross
(English)

Glossary

crois, cros
English cross; crossroads
English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Centrepoint

53.8118, -7.70934latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Derrinecrossye
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Derrinecross
CPR Leathanach: 481b
1629
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Cotton Map
1660c
Derrinnecross
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 177
1782
Derrynacross
CGn. Imleabhar: 347.112.231320
1813
Derrynacross
Edgeworth
1832
Derrynacross
BS:AL
1832
Derrynacross
Crawford, Sir, G.:AL
1832
Derrynacross
Edgeworth Map:AL
1832
Derrinecrossye
Inq. J I:AL
1832
Doire na croise, “Roboretum Cruci, oak wood of the cross”
OD:AL
1832
na croise
pl:AL
1908
Derrynacreagh?, Doire na Croiche, “wood of the cross”
MacGivney Leathanach: 102
1981
Doire na Croise, “Oak Wood of the Cross”
Devaney Leathanach: 97
1982
Doire na Croise
NÓM litir
2002
Doire na Croise
Cártaí Móra
2007
dernəˈkrɑs
Áit.

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