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Dún Aille
genitive: Dhún Aille
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Doonally
(English)

Glossary

aill, faill
English cliff
dún, dúnaibh
English fort

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54.2952, -8.4338latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
Nóta
1584
Downeally
F Leathanach: 4560
1585
Downally
CBC Leathanach: 120
1585
Downeally
CBC Leathanach: 126
1588
Downeally
Inq. E: Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 385
1589
Donalle
Bingham
1590
Downalley
F Leathanach: 5504
1602
dúnarus Cathbhairr an tan sin i ***nDun Aille don leith a niar [leg. a nair?]/do Shlicceach
ARÉ Leathanach: vi 2330
1617
Downally
CPR Leathanach: 322a
1665c
Dualey
HMR Leathanach: 30
1665c
Dualey
HMR Leathanach: 33
1665c
Dualey
HMR Leathanach: 63
1665c
Dualey
HMR Leathanach: 70
1665c
Dualey
HMR Leathanach: 84
1666
Downally als. Downalla
ASE Leathanach: 57
1682c
Downnally
Inq.(Sl) Leathanach: 8
1749
Donally
Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 540
1819
Dunally
Larkin (Sl)
1836
The word Dun is in Carbery applied to the green round hills which are of a small size, on some of which are forts and on some there are not ...
LSO (Sl) Leathanach: 211
1836
Donally
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl009,21
1836
Dun Aille ["4 Masters 1602"]
ARÉ:AL
1836
Dunally
BM:AL
1836
Dún: Ai//lle “fort of the cliff or declivity”
OD:AL
1836
Doonally
OD:AL
1836
Also half the Castle of Downally &c ... situated in Callary in the Barony of Carbery & County of Sligo
Part. 1687:AL
1836
Dun Aille ‘There is a fort here’ [pl]; [// os cionn ‘u’ i ‘Dun’]; [2 spota os cionn ‘n’ i "Dun"]; [// os cionn "A" in "Aille"]
pl:AL
1938
Dún Aille
Elphin PN Leathanach: 40

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