Inis Córthaidh in GÉ On 17 Nov 2003 at 16:15, irish_tee2002 wrote: To: Irish-Placename-Studies@yahoogroups.com From: "irish_tee2002"...
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PeteScherm@...
Feb 16, 2004 3:48 pm
To all, ... the Kishawanny townlands, in Kildare just across the border from Edenderry. The name is obviously heavily Anglicized (3 non-Irish letters). I...
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sodireain@...
rsodireain
Feb 16, 2004 7:13 pm
It would have to be Ceis na Bóinne, (it is feminine), Stiofán [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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PeteScherm@...
Feb 16, 2004 9:44 pm
Stiofán, Thanks for the advice. As a non-Irish speaker, I make my feeble attempts at translation sort of by "analogy" - a disastrous procedure when dealing...
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sodireain@...
rsodireain
Feb 18, 2004 7:17 pm
There is an old proverb - ní saoí gan locht i.e. there is no wisdom without fault. So I tell my wife that I am keen to make as mistakes as possible! On a...
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eile
ainm8181
Feb 19, 2004 2:07 pm
A chairde, Dia dhaoibh. An "Feochaill" an "bunainm" (Gaeilge mhaith?) don baile darb ainm "Forkhill"; fá láthair? Go raibh maith agaibh roimh ré. Níl ach "Irish...
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Brian Mac Domhnaill
brian@...
Mar 1, 2004 6:41 pm
Further to the discussion on this townland in Drummully parish, it is recorded as Unshinagh in at least one parish record. This would indicate a marshy place...
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eile
ainm8181
Mar 2, 2004 7:56 pm
I am having a very hard time finding a shop that has Vol 39 of the OS Memoirs. Does anyone have a viable source for this out of print book? Thanks. Paul Carr...
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tombman100
Mar 3, 2004 1:06 pm
There is a place called Ballybristy here in Tipperary. Its in the Parish of Loughmore ( north of Thurles)not 15 minutes drive from this computer. Tom In...
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tombman100
Mar 3, 2004 1:06 pm
Paul. You seem to know stuff.........do you know where I can buy the Tipperary Source books by Donovan on the net? regards. Tom ... OS...
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Annie Given
annegiven
Mar 3, 2004 8:11 pm
... but I cannot find any reference to it today. < I think this could be Ballyrussell. There are 2 townlands of that name in Co Down: one is in Clonallan...
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Janet Crawford
reojan@...
Mar 4, 2004 3:09 pm
Hi all, Might anyone have an idea as to the location and current name for Rath Bicli, probably in Co. Tipperary, or at least in Munster, please? Janet...
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ainm8181
Mar 4, 2004 3:10 pm
Can anyone recommend a good source for purchasing old maps of Ireland? best, Paul Carr...
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ainm8181
Mar 4, 2004 3:11 pm
... Are you talking about OS Memoirs? I don't think O'Donovan covered Tipperary. Paul...
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PeteScherm@...
Mar 4, 2004 5:27 pm
... Tipperary < Paul, I haven't yet seen the Tipp volumes, but the OS Letters for Co. Tipp are certainly available. O'Donovan was the author of most of the...
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ebairead
Mar 5, 2004 11:47 am
One of the other lists has been discussing the meaning of river names such as Don, Danube, Dniester & so on. The Don element seems to be an old word for river....
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Northern Ireland Plac...
townlands@...
Mar 6, 2004 7:31 pm
Dear Pete and others The OS Namebooks are (mainly) small landscape notebooks, compiled by the officers doing hte first 6-in survey, containing the name of the...
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tombman100
Mar 6, 2004 7:31 pm
The Goedelicum Onomasticon says; r. bicli; K. of Cashel is called K. of R. B., Ro.; R. Bicli, in Mun., Anecd. 49. Pete is good at this type of thing he may be...
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Tom Burnell
tombman100
Mar 6, 2004 7:31 pm
Thanks anyway. regards. Tom ... _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. ...
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PeteScherm@...
Mar 7, 2004 9:56 pm
... R. B., Ro.; R. Bicli, in Mun., Anecd. 49. Pete is good at this type of thing he may be able to elaborate. << I don't think so, Tom. I get as far as the...
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tombman100
Mar 8, 2004 1:21 pm
If you write to the Ordinance Survey Office in the Pheonix Park Dublin they should be able to help you. Most maps can be bought over the counter but older...
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ainm8181
Mar 8, 2004 1:22 pm
Anois, tá mé trína chéile. Are the OS Namebooks and the OS Letters something different? slán, Paul Carr...
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tombman100
Mar 8, 2004 1:23 pm
... called K. of ... called the ... include the ... Analecta, but that ... Massachusetts I thought that the RO might be an abbreviation for Roscommon and Anecd...
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PeteScherm@...
Mar 8, 2004 1:48 pm
... That might be. But I can't figure how Roscommon, in Connacht, would fit into the picture. ... Me, too.......but what sort of Anecdote would be "Anecdote...
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PeteScherm@...
Mar 8, 2004 10:10 pm
... Yup. The OS Namebooks were well-described in Saturday's letter to this list from the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project (unsigned, but probably from Kay ...
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Janet Crawford
reojan@...
Mar 9, 2004 1:23 pm
I can tell you where it comes from: "That King Cormac MacCuilennain was versed in the knowledge of the Oghuim writings, as well as in that of the current...
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Brian Mac Domhnaill
brian@...
Mar 9, 2004 1:24 pm
Yes Paul. The letters were written back from various parts of each county in the course of the placenames collection. While O'Donovan or one of his co-workers...
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Jane Lyons
jane_lyons2000
Mar 9, 2004 1:24 pm
How about annexed? Lots of references everywhere in place name studies to being annexed to this or that Jane ... From: <PeteScherm@...> To:...
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Ole Munch-Pedersen
munchped
Mar 9, 2004 1:25 pm
Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts; Issues 1-5 (Halle, 1907-1913); Kuno Meyer, ed., Ole Munch-Pedersen ... Cashel is called K. of R. B., Ro.; R. Bicli, in Mun.,...
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Shane Anderson
seaaingrayan...
Mar 9, 2004 1:25 pm
... The main Locus page for the Onomasticon is here: http://minerva.ucc.ie:6336/dynaweb/locus/@Generic__CollectionTextView;uf=0 Not that there are three (3)...
