BROWSE
townland
Com Ghadhra
genitive: Chom Ghadhra
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Coomgira
(English)

Glossary

English hollow, coomb

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

51.6869, -9.76996latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1626
Comgiree
Inq.(Co) Leathanach: iii, 144
1655
Cumngearagh
DS
1667
Comingiery
ASE Leathanach: 229
1755
Coumguiry
Bantry Papers Leathanach: 1, 134
1764
Comgure
Bantry Papers Leathanach: 2, 8
1789
Cumgira
Bantry Papers Leathanach: 3, 786
1824
Comguire otherwise Coomguira
CGn. Leathanach: 793.478.536213
1828
Coomgirra
TAB Leathanach: 61
1835
Cumguirah
p. Adrigole
BPR
1841
Coomgira
BS:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Coomgira
Bar. Cess Bk.:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Coomgira
O'Sullivan, P.:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Coomgirra
TAB Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Coomgira
Wright, Rev. R.:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Caumygiery
Charter 1679 C. II:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Comgirree
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Com Gadhra, 'Gara's or Geary's hollow'
"This is doubtful, but it probably means 'Gara's or Geary's hollow'." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Com girfhiadh
pl:AL Leathanach: Co197,19
1841
Coomgira
OD:AL Leathanach: Co197,19

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