Maoil Rua Bheag/Moyleroe Little

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townland

Maoil Rua Bheag

genitive: Mhaoil Rua Bheag

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(Irish)

Moyleroe Little

(English)

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Glossary

beag, big

English small

maol

English bare, flat-topped; derelict; bare, flat-topped hillock

rua, ruadh

English red; red place

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county

An Iarmhí/Westmeath

barony

Dealbhna/Delvin

civil parish

Dealbhna/Delvin

Explanatory note

English

red bare-hill

Centrepoint

53.6263, -7.08186latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1660c	Mallagherow & Colloodraine (ní hea seo Mullaghcroy)	BSD Leathanach: 72 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685c	Malla[r]oe (Ní hea seo Mullaghcroy)	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1836	Little Muilroe	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Mullogheroy	HCSV:AL High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1836	Mullaghroe	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Muilroe	Hugh Dickson: AL Hugh Dickson: AL
1836	Mullaghroe	Inq. C I:AL Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Mullagheroy	Inq. J I:AL Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Maol Ruadh "red bald or round hill"	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Moyleroe	OD:AL 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	[Moylerow Little] "There is a small lough on the SW. Boundary of this Townland, a portion of which belongs to it... there is a portion of bog bounds the south side of the Lough and 2 chains south of which is a swamp".	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Big Muilroe There are 2 Loughs on the Sothern Boundary and a third on the E.Boundary, a portion of each belongs to this Townland. There are many patches of bog,one of which, at the South Boundary has a small lough in it.."	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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