Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Feraghfad
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Centrepoint
53.7116, -7.7614latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1612 |
Fearaghafadda
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
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| 1629 |
Feraghfadda
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| 1632 |
Fieragh-saddagh (Faghny Mc.Rosse Ferrall)
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 9 Car.1
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| 1655 |
Ferafadda
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| 1659 |
Ferahgfadda
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| c.1660 |
ffarrafadda
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BSD Leathanach: 150
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| 1685 |
Ferafada
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| 1745 |
Fierrafadda
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CGn. Leathanach: 118.494.81627
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| 1768 |
Fierafadda otherwise Fierrafadda
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CGn. Leathanach: 269.71.171371
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| 1813 |
Ferrafad
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| 1836 |
Ferrafad
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| 1836 |
Fearabh Fada, “the long men”
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| 1836 |
Fearaghfadda
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| 1836 |
Fieragh-saddagh
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| 1836 |
Fiarach fada, “long pastures”
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| 1836 |
A great portion of this tl. is under bog on the south. There are a Danish fort of a considerable size...also two small ones
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| 1836 |
A well in Ferafad – Sunday Well
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pl:AL Nóta: clúdach an AL
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| 1836 |
Ferrafad
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| 1837 |
A well called Sunday well springs in the Townland of Ferefad
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LSO (Lo) Leathanach: 34
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| 1908 |
Ferrafad; Féarach Fada, “long pastures”
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MacGivney Leathanach: 116
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| 2007 |
fiːrəˈfad
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