An Burgáiste/The Burgage

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Hierarchy

street

An Burgáiste

genitive: an Bhurgáiste

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(Irish)

The Burgage

(English)

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Streetnames, road names, names of buildings, etc.

Local authorities are responsible for the provision of the correct Irish and English forms of the streetnames in each area. The Placenames Branch provides advice to the local authorities upon request. See Streetnames: Guidelines and Streetnames: Guidelines (Summary 2022).

As a rule the Irish streetname on logainm.ie has been provided by the relevant local authority and may be subject to future validation.

Hierarchy

county

Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin

administrative county

Dún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin/Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Tá fianaise ar an bhfoirm Ghaeilge seo burgáiste, ar iasacht é ón mBéarla, le fáil i roinnt logainmneacha. Tagann burgage / burgáiste le múnla iasachtaí eile ón mBéarla nó ó theangacha Rómánsacha, mar shampla college / coláiste, mortgage / morgáiste, cabbage / cabáiste. Féach leis an mionainm ‘Gortmore-na-Burgasty’ < Gort Mór na Burgáiste, Co. Luimnigh, atá le fáil in Calendar of Patent Rolls 253.
English

There is evidence for the Irish form burgáiste, which was borrowed from English, in a number of Irish placenames. Burgage / Burgáiste follows the pattern of other loan words from Romance languages or English, such as college / coláiste, mortgage / morgáiste, cabbage / cabáiste. Compare the anglicised Limerick placename ‘Gortmore-na-Burgasty’ < Gort Mór na Burgáiste found in Calendar of Patent Rolls 253.