An Ros Mór/Rosmore

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Hierarchy

townland

An Ros Mór

genitive: an Rois Mhóir

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(Irish)

Rosmore

(English)

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Glossary

mór

English great, big

ros

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Tír Oirill/Tirerrill

civil parish

Cill Mhic Calláin/Kilmacallan

Centrepoint

54.1368, -8.37046latitude, longitude

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Historical references

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1585	the Rosse ... belonging to the said Bishoprick	CBC Leathanach: 123 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1585	Rosse	CBC Leathanach: 129 The Compossicion Booke of Conought (ed. Freeman,1936) Bliain foilsithe: 1585
1655–7	Roße	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Ross	Cen. Leathanach: 605 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Rosse	BSD Leathanach: 109 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1665c	Rosse	HMR Leathanach: 86 Hearth Money Roll
1685c	Rosse	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1749	Rosses	Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 482 Census of Elphin
1819	Ross	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1824	Rossmore	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	[Rosmore] "there are 7 ancient forts in this townland ... and a cottage called Thrush Valley" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Rosmore "Ross sometimes denotes a 'wood'" [dúch];	OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL
1836	Rossmore	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Rosse	Cooper Map:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 Cooper Map, foinse in AL, Co. Shligigh / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Sligo.
1836	Ros mór	pl:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Rosse	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Ros mór, 'great point'	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 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	Rossmore	OD:AL Leathanach: Sl029,42 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
1938	Ros Mór	Elphin PN The Placenames of Elphin Diocese by M.J.Connellan, P.P.., Kilglass, Roscommon Bliain: 1938, Nóta: Presented to the Place-Names Commission by Author - 21. 10. 1952, Cóip sa Bhrainse Logainmneacha

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