An tSraith/Srah

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An tSraith

genitive: na Sraithe

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(Irish)

Srah

(English)

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Glossary

srath, sraith

English holm, river-meadow, valley-bottom

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Ceara/Carra

civil parish

Baile Óbha/Ballyovey

electoral division

Partraí/Portroyal

Explanatory note

English

the river meadow, holm

Centrepoint

53.6933, -9.3244latitude, longitude

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Properties

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Archival records

Historical references

1617	Sraha	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.195 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1617	Srah	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.273 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1685	Shreigh	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1710c	Shreagh	CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 70 Crown Rental of Lands.
1811	Sraigh	Bald Bog Map Leathanach: 2 Map of the Bogs, Lying on the South Western Part of the County of Mayo whose waters discharge themselves into Clew Bay, Killery Harbour and Lough Mask. Nóta: NLI 16 E 6, Údar: William Bald, Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1830	Sraigh	Bald Leathanach: 18 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Bliain foilsithe: 1830
1830	Shragh	L. Blosse Maps "Maps of the estate of Rev. Sir Francis Lynch Blosse [in the Barony of Carra], 1830” Nóta: Leabharlann Náisiúnta, LN 2706, Bliain: 1830
1830	Sraigh	TAB Leathanach: §34 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Sraigh	CM:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Sraigh	BM:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1838	Sheragh?	Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 County Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1838	Sragh	BS:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Srah "The difference between a sraith and a leana is that the leana is a hard bottom the sraith is soft" [OD Nóta];	OD:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	[Srah] "This townland is nearly all mountain" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Sraigh	Pasley, Rev. H.:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Pasley, Rev. H.:AL
1838	Sraha	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Srah	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Sraith, 'a holm' "the leana is hard bottom, the srait is soft" [dúch];	OD:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	S[.]ragh?	Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: ME030,38 County Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.

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