Ros Abha/Rossow

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townland

Ros Abha

genitive: Ros Abha

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(Irish)

Rossow

(English)

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Glossary

abhainn, abha

English river

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Buiríos Umhaill/Burrishoole

civil parish

Cill Mhíona/Kilmeena

Centrepoint

53.862, -9.56173latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1611	Rossowe	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: I.69 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1617	Rossowe	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.263 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1629	Rossowe, half a qr. called	L. Blosse Papers Leathanach: 169.48 “Collection of documents [relating] to the Lynch family (afterwards Lynch Blosses) originally of Galway, afterwards successively of Castlecarra and of Athavallie, Co. Mayo” Iris: Anal. Hib. 29, 115-218
1631	Rossoure	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: III.377 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1633	Rossowe	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: III.389 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1661	Rossow ½ Qr	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 98 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1685c	Rossow	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1690	Rossowe	Curtis (ME) Leathanach: II iii 55 Sraith alt le Edmund Curtis in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Cáipéisí a bhaineann le Co. Mhaigh Eó go príomha: Vol. 15, No. 3/4 (1932/1933), pp. 121-128 ,Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (1934), pp. 48-56 agus 3/4 (1935), pp. 134-139
1694	Rossowe	Curtis (ME) Leathanach: II iv 56 Sraith alt le Edmund Curtis in Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Cáipéisí a bhaineann le Co. Mhaigh Eó go príomha: Vol. 15, No. 3/4 (1932/1933), pp. 121-128 ,Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (1934), pp. 48-56 agus 3/4 (1935), pp. 134-139
1777	Rossow	O’Donnel RR Leathanach: 1 “Rent Rolls of Neale O’Donnel and D. Medlicott [of Newport, Co. Mayo], 1777, 1805 and 1815”, NLI Ms. 5821.
1805	Rossow	O’Donnel RR Leathanach: 2 “Rent Rolls of Neale O’Donnel and D. Medlicott [of Newport, Co. Mayo], 1777, 1805 and 1815”, NLI Ms. 5821.
1815	Rossow	O’Donnel RR Leathanach: 3 “Rent Rolls of Neale O’Donnel and D. Medlicott [of Newport, Co. Mayo], 1777, 1805 and 1815”, NLI Ms. 5821.
1829	Rossow	TAB Leathanach: §21 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.
1830	Ross Sow	Bald Uimhir: 13 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	Rossow	BS:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Ross Sow	CM:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Rossow	S&V:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Rossov	Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Giblin, P.:AL
1838	Rossow	Eyre, Rev. G.:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Eyre, Rev. G.:AL
1838	Rossow	Query Bk. 1837:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME105,49 Query Book 1837, foinse in AL, Co. Mhaigh Eo / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Mayo
1838	Rossowe	Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Rossow[.]e	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1838	Ros aba "owa" [pl];	pl:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Ros Eabha, 'Eva's point'	OD:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 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	Rossow	OD:AL Leathanach: ME105,49 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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