An Dumha Beag/Doobeg

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townland

An Dumha Beag

genitive: an Dumha Bhig

(Irish)

Doobeg

(English)

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Glossary

beag, big

English small

dumha

English (grave-)mound, sand-bank

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

An Corann/Corran

civil parish

Cill Tura/Kilturra

electoral division

Cill Tura/Kilturra

Centrepoint

54.0346, -8.62859latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Doobeg Doobeg in Sligo; Dumhach-beag, small sandbank (see Dumhach, vol.ii.p.387). But Doobeg in the parish of Kilturra iin Mayo is from a small beehive shaped dumha or monument: doobeg, little mound.	Joyce Leathanach: 306, 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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1633‒6	Dubege	Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 191 History of Sligo County and Town, Vol. II, W.G. Wood-Martin, 1889. Dublin. (Rentals of the Estates of Landed Proprietors of the County of Sligo in the Years 1633‒6: appendix A, 141-193).
1655‒7	Balledowne	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1655‒7	Ballendowne	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1659	Ballindow	Cen. Leathanach: 601 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	Ballendowne	BSD Leathanach: 128 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685c	B: d:	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1819	Doughbeg	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1833	Doobeg	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	Doobeg	BS:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Doughbeg	CM:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Doobeg	Garrett, Rev.:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836	Doobeg	Corly, Rev.:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 Corly, Rev.:AL
1836	Doobeg	OD:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 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	Doo-beg	pron.:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Dúmha beag, 'small mound' "called from a little 'monument' in the townland. It is a little hill (they say) like a stack of oats" [dúch];	OD:AL Leathanach: ME116,7 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	Doughbeg	Map of Co. Sligo:AL Map of Co. Sligo:AL

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