Allt Fharannáin/Alternan Park

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townland

Allt Fharannáin

genitive: Allt Fharannáin

(Irish)

Alternan Park

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Glossary

allt, ailt, alt

English steep-sided glen, height, cliff

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county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Tír Fhiachrach/Tireragh

civil parish

Iascaigh/Easky

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54.2704, -8.89852latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Alternan Alternan in Sligo; Alt- Fharannain (Hogan); St. Farannan's or Forannan's height. See Alt. Alt, which forms the names or part of the names of many townlands, is commonly used to denote the steep side of a glen and sometimes any cliff or hillside or height: also a ravine in Antrim and about there (MacNeill).	Joyce Leathanach: 37, Imleabhar: III P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920
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1200	go hAll [Fh]arannáin a tTír Fhíachrach Mhúaidhe ...All [Fh]arannain	Buile Shuibhne Leathanach: §72, 73 (FSÁG) Buile Shuibhne (ed. O'Keeffe, 1952) Bliain: 1200
1450c	go h-All fíorálainn Farandáin...Alt fíorálainn Farannáin	Anecdota Leathanach: iii, 3, 7 (FSÁG) Anecdota from Irish manuscripts I-III Bliain foilsithe: 1907-13, Údar: Bergin, Best, Meyer, O'Keeffe, Áit foilsithe: Halle/Dublin
1585	Alteyfarranan (as in right of the abby of Boyle)	CBC Leathanach: 121 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	Altiferrenan	CBC Leathanach: 126 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1587	Alterenan	Exch. E:Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 392 History of Sligo County and Town, Vol. I, W.G. Wood-Martin, 1882. Dublin. (Exchequer Inquisitions, Sligo:appendix C, 388-401).
1587	Alterenan (capella)	Inq. E: Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 383 History of Sligo, County and Town, I. W.G. Wood-Martin, 1882. Dublin. (Chancery Inquisitions. Elizabeth: appendix B, 379-387)
1588	The Church of Alternan	F Leathanach: 5256 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1608	Altyfeyrinan ors. Alternan	CPR Leathanach: 126a Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1619	Altiseirinan ors. Alternan in O’Dowde’s country	CPR Leathanach: 406a Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1645	All na fairgsiona postea All-Farannani appelatur	ASH Leathanach: 337 §8 (FSÁG) Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae (Colgan, 1645) Bliain: 1645
1660c	Alternanals.Ballymany	BSD Leathanach: 158 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1660c	O’Rothlain as í a dhuthaidh Cluain na g-Cliabhach, agus Alt Fharannain, gur bheansad Muintir Maonaigh díbh…	Hy Fiach. Leathanach: 170 The Genealogies, Tribes, & Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O’Dowd’s Country: now for the first time published from the Book of Lecan... Údar: John O Donovan, Bliain foilsithe: 1844, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Alt Fharannain	Hy Fiach. Leathanach: 258 The Genealogies, Tribes, & Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O’Dowd’s Country: now for the first time published from the Book of Lecan... Údar: John O Donovan, Bliain foilsithe: 1844, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1667	Ballymoony als. Alteranan	ASE Leathanach: 161 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1669	Alternan als. Ballymony	ASE Leathanach: 201 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1757	Ballymoony als. Alternan	CGn. Leathanach: 87.381.62232 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1836	Pigeon Park	Groves:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 Groves, faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Pigeon Park	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Pigeon Park	Strong, W.:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 Strong, W., faisnéiseoir in AL, / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Alternan Park	Jones, R.:AL (Sl) Leathanach: Sl019,32 Jones, R, faisnéiseoir in AL, Co. Shligigh / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Sligo.
1836	Alt Earnáin, 'Ernan's steep or precipice'	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 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
1836	Alternan Park	dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 Nóta i ndúch dearg in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)
1836	[Alternan Park] "there is a well here called 'Arnons Holy Well' convenient to which are the ruins of a pigeon house from which it is said the townland derives its name. There are 2 forts in this townland" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl019,32 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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