An Doire Uachtarach/Derries Upper

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Hierarchy

townland

An Doire Uachtarach

genitive: an Doire Uachtaraigh

(Irish)

Derries Upper

(English)

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Glossary

doire

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Hierarchy

county

An Cabhán/Cavan

barony

Lucht Tí Uachtarach/Loughtee Upper

civil parish

An Chill Mhór/Kilmore

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the oak-wood
An baile fearainn seo a bheith roinnte go luath ina dhá chuid, .i. íochtarach agus uachtarach, a thug foirm iolra an ainm bhéarlaithe
English

the oak-wood
The early division of this townland into two parts, lower and upper, is the reason for the plural form of the anglicised name

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53.9867, -7.48686latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1836	Derry-upper	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 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	Derries upper "This is a dreadful corruption: the two townlands are called 'the Derries' but one of them should not be Derries but Derry" [OD Nóta];	OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL
1836	Derries Upper	BS:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Derrys, uper	Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Co. List 1790, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	The two Derryes	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	The two Derrys	DS Map:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Doire, 'an oak wood'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 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	Derrys, uper	CM:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Derryes Upper	Commonwealth Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca039,40 Commonwealth Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)

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