Loch Gamhna/Lough Gowna

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Loch Gamhna

genitive: Loch Gamhna

validated name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Lough Gowna

(English)

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Other names

An Screabach

genitive: na Screabaí

historical name (What is this?)

(Irish)

Scrabby

historical name (What is this?)

(English)

Glossary

gamhain

English calf

loch

English lake; inlet

Hierarchy

county

An Cabhán/Cavan

barony

Teallach Dhúnchadha/Tullyhunco

civil parish

An Screabach/Scrabby

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

lake of (the) calf
Is é An Screabach, 'the stony land', seanainm an bhaile seo
English

lake of (the) calf
The former name is Scrabby < An Screabach, 'the stony land'

Centrepoint

53.8728, -7.53192latitude, longitude

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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

Historical references

1629	Screbagh, towne of	Inq. Ult. Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1710	Scrabagh, the market town of	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1713	Scrabagh, the market town of	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1720	Scrabagh	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1836	Gau/-nă "ăoo, ăú German is the pronunciation" [pl];	pl:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	[Loch Gawna] "Loughnagowna sketches along the E., S. and W. sides of the parish in a very crooked manner. It contains several islands, the principal of which is White Island on the W. side which contains nearly 12 acres entirely covered with wood, and another on the S.E. side containing about 2 acres. There are a great many small islands" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Loch gamhna, 'lake of the calf'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 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	Lough Gowna	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 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	Loch gamhna	ARÉ:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Tagairt do Annála Ríoghachta Éireann in AL
1836	Lough-na-gowna	BS:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Loch-Gowna	Elliot, Rev.:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Elliot, Rev.:AL
1836	Lough Gawna	Norden Map:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Norden Map:AL
1836	Lough Gawnagh ["Map in Sir C. Cootes Survey"];	Coote Co. Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca055,42 Coote Co. Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)
1836	Lough Gounagh	Edgeworth Map (AL) Leathanach: Ca055,42 Edgeworth Map:AL - Longford & Roscommon
1836	screabaidh	pl:AL Leathanach: Ca055,43 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Scraba (village)	Carlisle Top Dic:AL Leathanach: Ca055,43 N. Carlisle A. Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1810), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Scrabby village	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca055,43 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

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