BROWSE
townland
An Bhuirgéis
genitive: na Buirgéise
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Burgesland
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the borough-land
    Foirm fhada Baile na Buirgéise agus (An) B(h)ruigéis (de bharr meititéise), atá le feiscint in iontrálacha 1840 agus san fhoirm a bhí ag Gaeilgeoirí deireanacha na háite sna 1960í (féach Dinnseanchas I, 34); cf. bbf An Bhuirgéis Nua, An Bhuirgéis Thiar, Buirgéis an Tí Mhóir, par. Thiobraide.

  • English

    the borough-land
    A longer form Baile na Buirgéise, 'the town of An Bhuirgéis', and the metathesised form (An) B(h)ruigéis, are seen in the entries from 1840 and from the last local Irish speakers in the 1960s (see Dinnseanchas I, 34); cf. bbf An Bhuirgéis Nua/Burges New, An Bhuirgéis Thiar/Burges West, Buirgéis an Tí Mhóir/Burges Mansion, par. Tubbrid.

Centrepoint

52.288, -7.80951latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1654
Burgesland
CS I Leathanach: 326,328,329
1654
Burgessland
CS II Leathanach: 402
1655
Burges Land
DS
1659
Burgessland
Cen. Leathanach: 311
1660c
Burges Land
BSD Leathanach: 139
1665-6
Burgessland
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 28
1666-7
Burgisland
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 89
1669
Burgesse-land
ASE Leathanach: 191:19
1703
Burges land
ASE Leathanach: 369:4
1713
Burgess land
CGn. Leathanach: 11.304.4593
1751
Burgesland
CGn. Leathanach: 140.549.98180
1840
Burgesland
BS:AL
1840
no Irish
pl:AL
1840
Fe(a)ran na bruigesi
pl:AL
1840
Fearann na bruigéise, 'land of the Burges'
AL
1952
An Bhuirgéis
PN Decies Leathanach: 307
1963-4
əɴ vrɪˈg′ɛːʃ
Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.34
1963-4
ˌbɑl′ənəburˈg′ɛːʃə
Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.34
1963-4
bərˈg′ɛːʃ
Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.34
1985
ˈburʤəsˌland
Áit.

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