An Ros Beag/Rosbeg

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Hierarchy

townland

An Ros Beag

genitive: An Rois Bhig

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(Irish)

Rosbeg

(English)

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Glossary

beag, big

English small

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Buiríos Umhaill/Burrishoole

civil parish

Cill Mhíona/Kilmeena

Centrepoint

53.8587, -9.58013latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1635	(?)Rosbon, the ½ qr of	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §29V 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	Rossbeg	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 99 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1838	Rosbeg	BS:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Rossbeg	OD:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 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	[Rosbeg] "There are no antiquities, only what the inhabitants call Darby & Grace's Bed" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Rosbeg	Eyre, Rev. G.:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Eyre, Rev. G.:AL
1838	Ross	CM:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Rossbeg	S&V:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Rosbeg	Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 Giblin, P.:AL
1838	Ros beag, 'small point'	OD:AL Leathanach: ME105,42 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

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