BROWSE
townland
Maoil Laoisigh
genitive: Mhaoil Laoisigh
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Moylisha
(English)

Centrepoint

52.7448, -6.62804latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1608
Moileife
CPR
1636
Moyelissa al' Moyliss
Inq. Lag.
1643
Mollisha
Dep. 1641
1654
Moylisie
CS X
1660c
Mulysye
BSD (CM)
1668
Melisha
HMR (CM)
1760
Millisha
Nevill 1760
1783
Melitia & Ballinavorta called ... by the name of Melitia
CGn.
1810
Mullilia ows. Melihet [leg. Mullitia ows. ?]
CGn.
1821
Malitia
GJR 1819-21 (CM)
1822
Militia
GJR 1821-23 (CM)
1830c
Melitia
TAB
1838
Millitia ows. Melitia
CGn.
1839
Melitia
Bk. Lands, Index to:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Melitia
BS:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Melitia
Hope, W.:AL Leathanach (AL): CM065,8
1839
Moyelissa
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Melitia
McDonnell, A.:AL (CM) Leathanach (AL): CM065,8
1839
Moylisha
"'Melitia' is bad." [Nóta OD]
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach (AL): CM065,8
1839
Magh 'Líse, 'Elizabeth' plain'
OD:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Ma leshi leeshia
pl:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Maleesha
pron.:AL Leathanach: CM065,8
1839
Melitia
Swinny, Rev. G. P.:AL (CM) Leathanach (AL): CM065,8
2019
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