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Hierarchy

county

An Dún/​Down

barony

An Caisleán Riabhach Uachtarach/​Castlereagh Upper

civil parish

Tamhnaigh Naomh/​Saintfield

townland

Creag na Sasanach/​Craignasasonagh
townland
Creag na Sasanach
genitive: Chreag na Sasanach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Craignasasonagh
(English)

Glossary

creag, craig, creig, screig
English rock, crag

Hierarchy

county

An Dún/​Down

barony

An Caisleán Riabhach Uachtarach/​Castlereagh Upper

civil parish

Tamhnaigh Naomh/​Saintfield

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the rock of the Englishmen
    An logainm Gaeilge is sine fianaise (dá maireann mar ainm riaracháin) ina bhfuil an focal Sasanach le fáil (féach www.placenamesni.org). Féach an nóta faoin bf Corr na Sasanach, Co. Mhuineacháin, agus faoin bf Lios na Sasanach, Co. an Chabháin

  • English

    the rock of the Englishmen
    This is the earliest-attested Irish (administrative) name in which the word Sasanach is originally found (see www.placenamesni.org). See the explanatory notes under the townlands named Corr na Sasanach/Cornasassonagh, Co. Monaghan, and Lios na Sasanach/Lisnasassonagh, Co. Cavan

Centrepoint

54.4702, -5.86412latitude, longitude
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