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Re: Shrough places

Janet Crawford — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:11:52 GMT

It's a good find, Tony. I like it. The Rahoonbeak out of Rathownbeg is funny. Killeen Cormac is a very interesting area and something attracted the ancient

Re: Shrough places

Tony — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:24:22 GMT

Janet, The ancient site of Killeen Cormac on the Kildare ? Wicklow border is desribed as having many large raths and terraces, and was before Christianity

Re: Sruth places

Paul Tempan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:53:14 GMT

... Starting from the Irish sruth rather than anglicised forms and using logainm.ie would be much easier and much more methodologically sound, as you can

Re: Shrough places

Kieran Jordan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:33:55 GMT

Janet, If you want to compare townland names from around the country the following website is useful: http://www.seanruad.com/ In the 'townland' part of

Re: Shrough places

Paul Tempan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:40:02 GMT

Hi Janet, How about An tSruthail / Struell near Downpatrick in Co. Down? The wells here have Patrician associations and the name is recorded as Tirestruther

Re: Shrough places

Janet Crawford — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:19:15 GMT

Thanks, Paul. There are problems with late name changes, i.e. Strule in Tyrone, which is why I was asking for something perhaps out of the Civil Survey and/or

Re: Shrough places

Paul Tempan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:12:21 GMT

Michael, When I stayed in Stranraer last year, it struck me that reamhar 'fat' is a rather odd term to combine with sruthan, and that sròn reamhar would be

Re: Shrough places

Paul Tempan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:45 GMT

Hello Janet, Joyce mentions the element sruth, its derivatives (sruthán, sruthair, sruthail) and example place-names at several points in INP, but he examines

Re: Shrough places

Michael Ansell — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:56:18 GMT

An example almost in Ireland, Stranraer, sruthan reamhar (MacQueen J, P-N of the Rhinns of Galloway & Luce Valley, p9. Michael ________________________________

Shrough places

Janet Crawford — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:53:37 GMT

I don't know if you will find this at all interesting, but these are the ones I have spotted in Tipp (as found spelled) and most are used a parish boundaries

Re: Shrough places

Ed O Riordan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:44:21 GMT

Janet Shrahane East and Shrahane West, Caherconlish parish, County Limerick. Ed ... From: "Janet Crawford" To:

Re: Shrough places

Janet Crawford — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:33:27 GMT

Thanks, Tom, Tom and Kieran. Please keep them coming all if you can spot more. So far there are more in Tipp than the rest of the country combined, but I am

Re: Shrough places

Kieran Jordan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:25:18 GMT

Janet, We have Shraheendoo in Galway. I have taken the Shraheen part as 'a small stream' and yes, it is near a Bronze Age burial site. Best wishes, Kieran ...

Re: Shrough places

TOM SMITH — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:14:25 GMT

There is a townland "Sruhagh" in Templeport parish, County Cavan which is surrounded by ancient sites, as it is the centre of the ancient Magh Sleacht. See

Re: Shrough places

Tom Burnell — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:09:06 GMT

For what its worth here are the Anglicized varieties I have come across. I do not have Meares and Bounds. Use them in any way you wish. Regards Tom. Shragh,