Fiodh Ard/Fethard

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Fiodh Ard

genitive: Fhiodh Ard

(Irish)

Fethard

(English)

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Glossary

ard

English height; high

fiodh, feá

English wood

Hierarchy

county

Loch Garman/Wexford

barony

Síol Bhroin/Shelburne

civil parish

Fiodh Ard/Fethard

Centrepoint

52.1956, -6.85026latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1280	Fithard	Chart. Mary's Imleabhar: II , Leathanach: 171 Chartularies of St. Mary's Abbey I-II (ed. Gilbert, 1884)
1308	Fytherid,	Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 311 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1308	Fytheryd	Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 310 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1410	Fythard VI 205-212	CPL Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1453	de Fyterd X 664-669	CPL Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1462	Fydard (or Fyderd) xi 443-453	CPL Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1493	Church of St Gaddanus of Fethard	Hore Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 215 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1619	Fetherd	Inq. Lag. Alt: 22 JI Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1654-56	Feathard	CS (LG) Leathanach: 174 Civil Survey IX. County of Wexford (Simington ed., 1953) Bliain: 1654
1654	Fethard	CS (LG) Leathanach: 172 Civil Survey IX. County of Wexford (Simington ed., 1953) Bliain: 1654
1654	Fethard	CS (LG) Leathanach: 173 Civil Survey IX. County of Wexford (Simington ed., 1953) Bliain: 1654
1655	Feathard	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Fetherd	Cen. Leathanach: 546 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660	Fethard Parish	BSD (LG) Leathanach: 19 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Wexford)
1660	ffethard	BSD (LG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Wexford)
1660	ffetherd	BSD (LG) Leathanach: 20 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Wexford)
1666	Fetherd	ASE Leathanach: 76 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
1816	Feathard	Gill (Wexford) Leathanach: 43 Grand Jury Map of Wexford, Valentine Gill, 1811 & 1816 Bliain: 1811 & 1816
1840	Feathard	Book of Lands:AL Book of Lands, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1840	Feathard	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1840	Fethard	Doyne, Mr:AL (LG) Doyne, Mr, finné in AL, Fiodh Ard, Síol Bhroin, Co. Loch Garman / witness in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Fethard, Shelburne, Co. Wexford.
1840	Fethard	GJReturn:AL (LG) Grand Jury Returns foinse in Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis, Co. Loch Garman / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook, Co. Wexford
1840	Fethard	TAB:AL Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1840	Fiodh Árd ‘High wood’	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
1840	We the inhabitants of the Barony of Ida in the County Kilkenny, always call this place...no other name than Fiodh Ard....next the Fethard in Wexford is pronounced Foidh Ard by those who speak Irish in the Barony of Shelburne, for the old people still speak that language...(O’Donovan)	Hore Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 308 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)

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