BRABHSÁIL
baile fearainn
Iardún Beag
ginideach: Iardún Beag
(Gaeilge)
Eardownes Little
(Béarla)

Gluais

beag, big
Béarla small

Ordlathas

contae

barúntacht

paróiste dlí

Nóta mínithe

  • English

    O’Donovan is probably correct when he states that this place-name is of English origin (19). Certainly there is nothing in the evidence to indicate an Irish precursor.

    Examples such as ‘Earthtown’ (2), etc., are perhaps best viewed as secondary forms, likely due to the influence of the far more common ending -town. The H- in the earliest attestation ‘Herdon’ (1) is absent from all other examples and is probably prosthetic. The final -s first seen in ‘Eardownes’ (12) is clearly a plural marker in reference to the subdivisions Great and Little (4).

    The original name appears to have been similar to the modern form Eardowne, but its provenance is obscure. There is no reason to believe that the final element is a reflex of Irish dún “fort”, as the English word down “hill” is known to have occurred elsewhere in the toponymy of South Wexford; it is found, for example, in the now-defunct place-name ‘Downmead [par. Drinagh]’ “hill-meadow” (see CGn. 61.352.41592). The initial element may be derived from Middle English eard “land, dwelling” (see Stratmann p.184, also EPNE i p.144; cf. OE erð ‘ploughed land’, EPNE i p.158).

    As the etymology of this place-name is uncertain a translation is not possible. The Irish form of the name used here is the phonetic approximation Iardún Mór/Beag, although Éardún as suggested in BPP (p.51) is also quite acceptable.

    [Derivation of the initial element from Old Norse eyrr as recently suggested ([details to be added]) is problematic. In nearby Carnsore and Greenore this element has been realised as -ore (see Mac Giolla Easpaig, D., ‘L’Influence Scandinave sur la Toponymie Irlandais’, in L’Héritage Maritime des Vikings en Europe de l’Ouest, 441‒82, ed. Ridel, É (2002). Caen.), which is inconsistent with the evidence for Eardowns. It has also been suggested that the final element may be from the Old Irish word dumach “sand-bank” ([details to be added]) (dumhach in Modern Irish), but this word is normally anglicised as doagh or similar, which not reflected in any of the evidence for this place-name. Moreover, soil maps of the townland do not reflect the presence of sand-banks or the like (see https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/).]

    [Excerpt from Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of County Wexford, 2016]

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1368
Balfislan and Herdon
Kn. Fees Leathanach: 118
1368
Balyfislan and Herdon (Plea, John Barry v Will. Sandhull deft.)
Hore Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 196
1618
Earthtown (Walter French of)
CPR Leathanach: 373a
1637
Eartowne (Pat. Browne)
Inq. Lag. Alt: 120 C I
1654-6
Little Earetowne
CS (LG) Leathanach: 305
1655c
Great and Little Eardowne
DS Comp. (LG)
1659
Eardon
Cen. Leathanach: 537
1660c
Great and little Earetowne (Wm. Browne)
BSD (LG) Imleabhar: (CS), Leathanach: 87 (305)
1667
Great Cardowne (Thom. Holme)
ASE Leathanach: 110
1667
in Great Cardowne (Rich. Nunn)
ASE Leathanach: 82
1667
little Garedowne (Edm. Waddy)
ASE Leathanach: 105
1685
Ear[]
Hib. Del.
1690c
Erredowne (Holme)
Quit Rent (LG) Leathanach: 26
1690c
Great and Little Eardowne (Edm. Waddy)
Quit Rent (LG) Leathanach: 29
1690c
In Great Eyrestowne
Quit Rent (LG) Leathanach: 24f
1800
Eardom (Hanton)
CGn. Imleabhar: 523, Leathanach: 602, Uimhir: 346784
1830c
Eardownes
TAB Imleabhar: 1
1840
Ardown
CM:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Ardown
CM:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 8
1840
Ayrdownes
GJP:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Ayrdowns
GJP:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 8
1840
Eardownes
Greene, W., Rev.:AL (LG)
1840
Eardownes
Greene, W., Rev.:AL (LG)
1840
Eardownes
TAB:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 8
1840
Eardownes etc.
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 7
1840
Eartowne
DS:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 8
1840
Great & Little Eardowne
DS Map:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Great & Little Eardowne
DS Map:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Great Airdowns
BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 7
1840
Great Airdowns
Walsh, P., Rev.:AL (LG) Oileán Mhuire
1840
Greate & Little Earetowne
DS Ref.:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Greate & Little Earetowne
DS Ref.:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 7
1840
Iar-dumhadha, 'western "This name is English." [Nóta OD]downs'
OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 7
1840
Little Airdowns
BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 8
1840
Little Airdowns
Walsh, P., Rev.:AL (LG) Oileán Mhuire

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