Currach na gCeap/Curraghnagap

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townland

Currach na gCeap

genitive: Churrach na gCeap

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(Irish)

Curraghnagap

(English)

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Glossary

currach

English marsh

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Tír Fhiachrach/Tireragh

civil parish

Iascaigh/Easky

Centrepoint

54.2843, -8.96481latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Curraghnagap Curraghnagap in Sligo; Currach-na-gceap [-gap], moor of the ceaps, or stakes or stocks.	Joyce Leathanach: 284, 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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1819	Carraghnagan [recte–gap]	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1833c	Curraghnagap	TAB 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.
1836	Curraghnagap	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	[Curraghnagap] "there is an old abbey in this townland" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Carraghnagar	Larkin Map:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Larkin Map:AL
1836	Curraghnagap	Strong, W.:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Strong, W., faisnéiseoir in AL, / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Curraghnagap	Groves:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Groves, faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Currach na Gap	pl:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Currach na Gap	dúch (scriosta):AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Nóta i ndúch in AL agus é scriosta/Note in ink in AL (crossed out)
1836	Currach na gCeap "(pron:)" [dúch];	pron.:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Curraghnagap	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 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	Currach na gCeap, 'moor of the stumps or stocks of trees'	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl019,21 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	Carraghnagar	Larkin (Sl):AL Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin) ex AL
2014	[kurənə ˈgʹap]	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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