BROWSE
townland
Seangán
genitive: Sheangáin
(Irish)
Shingaun
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    "an chaol" (ag tagairt do chaol in iardeisceart an bf. seo, b'fhéidir.)

  • English

    "waist (narrow)" (perhaps referring to the narrow in the southwest of this tld.)

Centrepoint

52.5116, -6.59373latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1840
Shingaun
Fayle, W.D.:AL (LG)
1840
Shingaun
Tackaberry, Wm.:AL (LG)
1840
Siongán, a place abounding in ants e[] or pismires
OD:AL
1840
Slingaun
CM:AL

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