An Currach/Curragh

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Hierarchy

townland

An Currach

genitive: an Churraigh

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(Irish)

Curragh

(English)

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Glossary

currach

English marsh

Hierarchy

county

Tiobraid Árann/Tipperary

barony

Uíbh Eoghain agus Uíbh Fhathaidh Thiar/Iffa and Offa West

civil parish

Baile Uí Bhéacáin/Ballybacon

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the marsh
Currach na Móna, ‘the marsh of the bogland’ (nó b’fhéidir Currach na Muine, ‘the marsh of the thicket’) an fhoirm fhada atá le feiscint in iontrálacha 1654–1712.
English

the marsh
The long form seen in entries 1654–1712 is Currach na Móna, ‘the marsh of the bogland’ (or perhaps Currach na Muine, ‘the marsh of the thicket’).

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52.256, -7.86158latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	əˈkrɑx	Cártaí Beaga Cártaí beaga, cártaí cartlainne de chuid an Bhrainse Logainmeacha.
1654	Curraghnemony	CS I Leathanach: I.334 Civil Survey I. Co. Tipperary (east & south) (ed. Simington, 1931) Bliain: 1654
1654	Curraghnamunny	CS I Leathanach: I.260 Civil Survey I. Co. Tipperary (east & south) (ed. Simington, 1931) Bliain: 1654
1654	Curraghnemony	CS I Leathanach: I.330,332,335,339,& rl Civil Survey I. Co. Tipperary (east & south) (ed. Simington, 1931) Bliain: 1654
1655	Curraghnemony	DS (s) (TÁ) Down Survey (Superimposition). Composite map representing the Ordnance Survey of County Tipperary, 1839-43, & the Down Survey 1655-58,.. Compiled from Down Survey Parish Maps (Reeves Collection), & Hib. Regnum & Quit Rent Office maps & tracings DS (s) (TÁ) Down Survey (Superimposition). Composite map representing the Ordnance Survey of County Tipperary, 1839-43, & the Down Survey 1655-58,.. Compiled from Down Survey Parish Maps (Reeves Collection), & Hib. Regnum & Quit Rent Office maps & tracings
1660c	Curraghnemony	BSD Leathanach: 142 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1665-6	Curraghnemoony	HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 24 Tipperary's families: being the Hearth Money Records for 1665-6-7 Údar: T. Laffan, Bliain foilsithe: 1911, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1669	Curraghnemony	ASE Leathanach: 192:31 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1712	Curraghnemony	CGn. Leathanach: 8.403.3014 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1840	Currough	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1840	currach	Glanta:AL Nóta i bpeann luaidhe san AL, é glanta ach é (nó cuid de) inléite mar sin féin/Note in pencil in AL, erased, but legible, or partially so. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1840	currach	AL Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook. Le fáil sa Chartlann Náisiúnta / Available in the National Archives Bliain: 1830-42, Nóta: Féach réamhrá Logainmneacha na hÉireann I: Contae Luimnigh lch. xvi mar a dtugtar eolas faoin bhfoinse seo.
1840	Curragh	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1952	Currach	PN Decies Leathanach: 292 The place-names of Decies / Log-ainmneacha na nDéise Áit foilsithe: Cork, Údar: Patrick Power, Bliain foilsithe: 1952, an chéad eag., 1907)
1963-4	ˈkrɑx/ /ənˈkrɑx	Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.34 Dinnseanchas (iris an Chumainn Logainmneacha, 1964-77) Bliain: 1964-77
1985	krɑx	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
1985	ˌkrɑxnəˈfro̤gənə '... and stony Graigue'	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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