Ordlathas
contae
barúntacht
paróiste dlí
baile fearainn
Ordlathas
contae
barúntacht
paróiste dlí
Nóta mínithe
- Gaeilge
high, shelving hill?
Ní cinnte brí lochta anseo. Meastar gur iasacht ó lopt na Sean-Ioruaise í lochta (féach www.dil.ie s.v. lota), ach oiread le loft an Bhéarla: ‘In Norwegian placenames it [lopt] is also used of 'something elevated, especially a hill' and this sense may occasionally ... occur in English placenames’ (Smith, English Place-Name Elements (1956) II, 26–7). B'fhéidir go bhfuil an tsainbhrí chéanna, .i. 'airde', le lochta sa logainm seo. - English
high, shelving hill?
The meaning of lochta is uncertain here. Lochta is thought to be a loanword from Old Norse lopt (see www.dil.ie s.v. lota), as is English loft: ‘In Norwegian placenames it [lopt] is also used of 'something elevated, especially a hill' and this sense may occasionally ... occur in English placenames’ (Smith, English Place-Name Elements (1956) II, 26–7). It is possible that lochta in the present placename has the same meaning, viz. 'height'.
Lárphointe
Tagairtí stairiúla
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AL, Desc. Remarks, 'Belong to Lord Donoughmore .... It is all under demesne ....'
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| 1549 |
Knockloghty
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COD Leathanach: V.11
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| 1558 |
Knocloghtie
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COD Leathanach: V.101
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| 1575 |
Cnocklughta
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COD Leathanach: V.265
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| 1598 |
Knockloghy
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F Leathanach: 6248
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| 1603 |
Knockloghie
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F Leathanach: 6762
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| 1603 |
Knocklofty
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F Leathanach: 6762
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| 1603 |
Knockloghty
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F Leathanach: 6765
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| 1605 |
Knockloughtie
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CPR Leathanach: CXXIV43.87b
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| 1627 |
Knockloghty
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Inq. Leathanach: I.314
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| 1639 |
Cnockloghty
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Inq. Leathanach: III.241
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| 1654 |
Knocklofty
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CS I Leathanach: I.259,260,306,316, & rl; VI 91
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| 1655 |
Knocklofty
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| 1655c |
Knock Lough Castle
bar. Glaneyhyry, PL
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| 1659 |
Knocklofty
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Cen. Leathanach: 312
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| 1660c |
Knocklosty
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BSD Leathanach: 138148
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| 1662 |
Cnockloghty
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Inq. Leathanach: III.331
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| 1665-6 |
Cuocklossy
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HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 28
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| 1666 |
Knockloghty alias Knocklofty
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ASE Leathanach: 80
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| 1666-7 |
Knocklosty
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HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 90
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| 1667 |
Knocklofty
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ASE Leathanach: 86
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| 1686 |
Knocklofty
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CG Leathanach: 44
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| 1778 |
Knock Lofty
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T&S Leathanach: 121
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| 1840 |
Knocklofty
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| 1840 |
Cnoc Lochta (pl glanta) 'hill of the loft, or the shelving hill
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| 1840 |
Cnoc Lochta (pl glanta) 'hill of the loft, or the shelving hill
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| 1963-4 |
kɴukˈʟox*də
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Dinnseanchas Leathanach: I.42
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| 1985 |
ˌnɑkˈlɑftiː
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| 1985 |
nəkˌlɑftiːˈhɪl
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