Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Brickeens
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Explanatory note
- English
the dirty, speckled lands?
Centrepoint
53.6586, -7.82475latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1612 |
Bruckennye
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
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| 1617 |
Brackin
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CPR Leathanach: 500b
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| 1621 |
Bruckin (James McIrriell Farrall)
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CPR Leathanach: 490b
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| 1621 |
Bruckin
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CPR Leathanach: 491a
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| 1629 |
Brookeny
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| 1636 |
Brookin (Roger’ Ferrall)
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 20 Car.1
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| 1655 |
Brucken
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| c1660 |
Brucken (ffranc ffarrell I.P.)
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BSD Leathanach: 136
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| 1714 |
Bruckins (Farrell to Napper)
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CGn. Imleabhar: 15.40.6699
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| 1811 |
Bruckin owse B[ ]ckin
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CGn. Imleabhar: 638.421.442528
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| 1813 |
Brickeens
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| 1813 |
Brickeens
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| 1836 |
Brickeens
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| 1836 |
Brickeens
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| 1836 |
Breackans, “The speckles”
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| 1836 |
Brucken
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| 1836 |
bruicinidh, “Badger warrens”
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| 1836 |
..but a small tl. and contains about 20 acres of bog, the remainder is under cultivation it also containing two danish forts...There are a a Trignometrical station...called after the townland
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| 1908 |
Breekins; Broicínidhe, “little badger’s warren”
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MacGivney Leathanach: 49
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| 2008 |
briˈkiːnz
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