BROWSE
townland
Carraigín na gCailleach Dubh
genitive: Charraigín na gCailleach Dubh
(Irish)
Corragunnagalliaghdoo Island
(English)

Glossary

dubh, dú-, duí-
English black

Centrepoint

53.9057, -9.59008latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Corragán na gcailleach dubh, 'little rock of the black nuns'
OD:AL Leathanach: ME042,23
1838
Corrigawn
BS:AL Leathanach: ME042,23
1838
Corrigaun-na-callagh dugh
"or Corrigaun-na-callagh dugh" [Inhabs.]; "Corrigawn, is a monument & Collagh-dugh, other little monuments of stones set up which woudl resemble old women at a distance" [dúch]; "who says this? the cailleach dubhs are the Cormorants" [OD Nóta];
Inhabs.:AL Leathanach: ME042,23
1838
Cairrín
pl scriosta:AL Leathanach: ME042,23
1838
Carraigín na gcailleach dubh
pl scriosta:AL Leathanach: ME042,23
1838
Corragaunnagalliaghdoo
OD:AL Leathanach: ME042,23

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