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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
Ní léir brí.
Tá an fuaimniú na Gaeilge soiléir ó ‘Sheenan’ *Comm. Surv. *(1652) agus ‘siona//n’, ‘loch shi//nan’ pl:AL. Níl aon bhunús leis an díspeagtha dúbailte a mhol ÓD .i. sián+-án.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1609 |
Shanon
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1612 |
Shannan
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 19 Jac. I
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1629 |
Shanan is known by the name of <br/>Shannon
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 19 Car. I
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1631 |
Sheanae
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Inq. Ult. Alt: 32 C 1
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1638 |
Shanon al' <br/>Shanan al' <br/>Shannon
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 17 Car. II
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1652 |
Sheenan
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Comm. Surv. 26
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1657 |
Shanon
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LN Leathanach: D 6956
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1662 |
Shanon
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Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 17 Car. II
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1685 |
Shanon
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LN Leathanach: D 6957
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1709 |
Shenan
4 Carvaghs
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Carvaghs Leathanach: 48
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1730 |
Sheenan
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CGn. Leathanach: 65.259.45400
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1731 |
Shinan
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CGn. Leathanach: 66.302.46403
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1743 |
Shannon
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CGn. Leathanach: 113.498.79036
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1752 |
Shannon als <br/>Shinnan
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LN Leathanach: D 6958
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1825 |
Shinin
An dá -i- gan phonc.
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1825 |
Shinin
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs
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1836 |
Shenan
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CM:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shinan
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BM:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shenan
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Old Doc. 1790:AL (Ca) Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shinan
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GJ Cess List:AL (Ca) Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shanan
"Shanan is known by the name of Shannon" [Inq. C. I];
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Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Siadhanán
"diminutive of siadhan, a fairy hill" [OD Nóta];
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shinan
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OD:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Shinan
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BS:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
siona//n
[pl];
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pron.:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
Siadhan breac
"Siadhan breac is very common" [dúch];
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dúch:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
[Shinan]
"Shinan House stands in the [.] side of townland." [Desc. Rem.];
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca056,30
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1836 |
loch shi//nan
s.n. ‘Shinan Lough’
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pron.:AL Leathanach: Ca56,36
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2010 |
ˈʃɛinən
po Shearcóige
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