Oileán na Cathrach/Caher Island

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Oileán na Cathrach

genitive: Oileán na Cathrach

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(Irish)

Caher Island

(English)

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oileán

English island

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county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Muraisc/Murrisk

civil parish

Cill Ghaobhair/Kilgeever

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53.7169, -10.0305latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1450	(?)Illa Sca	Westropp (Italian Maps) Leathanach: 413 “Early Italian Maps of Ireland from 1300 to 1600, with notes on foreign settlers and trade” Údar: Thomas Johnston Westropp,, Iris: PRIA xxx Section C, 361-428, Bliain: 1912-13
1546	(?)ye Sa	Westropp (Italian Maps) Leathanach: 413 “Early Italian Maps of Ireland from 1300 to 1600, with notes on foreign settlers and trade” Údar: Thomas Johnston Westropp,, Iris: PRIA xxx Section C, 361-428, Bliain: 1912-13
1569	(?)y santa	Westropp (Italian Maps) Leathanach: 413 “Early Italian Maps of Ireland from 1300 to 1600, with notes on foreign settlers and trade” Údar: Thomas Johnston Westropp,, Iris: PRIA xxx Section C, 361-428, Bliain: 1912-13
1584	Caifre	Browne’s Map A Plat[e] of the County Mayo by Jean Baptiste..., 1590, from a design by John Browne Nóta: LN 16 B 15(1)
1593	Caher	CSPI Leathanach: 133 Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth. Vol. I-XI (1860-1912) Nóta: vol, cuid, leathanach; [Price] Wicklow nó N[ewcastle &]A[rklow]
1610c	Cayhir	Conn. Map Connaught Map (NLI)
1635	the townlands of Dwoghmore contained 4 qrs whereof the islandsof Inistinrick and Iniscaher is 1 qr	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §52 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1661	(?)Roheran Iland 1 Cart	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 113 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1672c	Cagher	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1691	Cahor	Morden Map The Kingdom of Ireland, Robert Morden, 1691. NLI 16 B 15(7).
1715c	Caher	Overton & Morden “Ireland, printed by [John] Over[t]on and [William] Morden, London... inscribed to James, Duke of Ormaond...”, c.1715; NLI 16 L 10(4).
1721	Kahir	Price, Senex & Maxwell Price, Senex & Maxwell, A Correct Map of Ireland Divided into it's Provinces, Counties & Baronies, Shewing the Roads and the Distances of Places in Computed miles by Inspection where Barraques are Erected &c.
1759c	Caher	Jeffrys Map A new and accurate map of the Kingdom of Ireland divided into the Provinces, Counties and Baronies... by Thomas Jeffrys, c.1759 Bliain foilsithe: 1759, Nóta: NLI 16 L 15(7)
1776	Cahir	Mackenzie Leathanach: xiv Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Irelan Teideal iomlán: Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Ireland), Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Pubref: London, 1776, Bliain: 1776
1792	Cahir I	Beaufort Map Beaufort, Map of Ireland, 1792 Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Bliain foilsithe: 1792, Údar: Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort
1795c	Cahir I.	Vallancey Map Map of Ireland from actual survey by Chas. Vallancey, Colonel Engineer. Nóta: Cóip sa Bhrainse Logainmneacha., Bliain foilsithe: 1785
1802	Cahir I.	Stat. Surv. Mayo Statistical Survey of the County of Mayo, with observations on the means of improvement. Bliain foilsithe: 1802, Áit foilsithe: London, Údar: James McParlan
1811	Cahir I	Arrowsmith Léarscáil d'Éirinn, dréachta ag Aaron Arrowsmith, foilsithe 1811.
1812	Cahir	Bald Bog Map 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	Cahir	Bald Uimhir: 17 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
1838	Caher Island	BS:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Cahir	CM:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Cahir	HCSV:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Caher	TAB Leathanach: ME091,20 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	Caher o níllan, 'fort island'	Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 Giblin, P.:AL
1838	Caher Island	Rent Office:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME091,20 Rent Office, foinse in AL Co. Mhaigh Eo / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Mayo.
1838	An cathair, oileán na cathrach, cathair na naomh 'and' cathair saoruigh, 'the stone fort, island of the caher etc.'	OD:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 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	An chathair, oileán na cathrach	pl:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Caher Island	OD:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 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	[Caher Island] "…the ruins of an old chapel, 1 lake called 'Lough-kan-keel'."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME091,20 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1910	Cathair Phádraig	MacNeill (ÓM) Leathanach: 130 §320 “MacNeill’s survey of Clare Island toponymy, 1910, revised and updated with material from the resurvey of 1996” in Ó Muraíle 1999, 115-130.

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