BROWSE
sub-townland
Ard na gCreach
genitive: Ard na gCreach
(Irish)
Ardnagragh
(English)

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52.2092, -9.35203latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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An Seabhac: Córdal Thoir [ko:rdəl], Cill na nAnaman – Ta ionad na seanchille seo sa chuid seo den bhf. Tá Tobar na bhFionn, leis, ann. Is sa bhf. so atá an ball mór-chlú Árd na gCreach. Sa reilig seo adeirtear a hadhlaiceadh corp Iarla na Deasmhumhan tar éis a Mharbhuithe i nGleann a Gínte. Bhíodh mallacht sa Ghlg. ag daoine le linn m’óige – “Go mbeire an diabhal go hÁrd na gCreach tú”. Áit bhaoghail é seo de réir na gnáth-thuairime.
Nóta
1560c
?ón Aird Creachta
"ón Aird Chreachta go Casán" [Prob. Ardnagragh FSÁG I 37]
CDhonn. Leathanach: 16
1574
Ardnegrach
F Alt: 2481
1586c
Ardnegragh
... the lands of Thomas Fitz-David Gerald, of Ardnegragh
Desm. Surv. Leathanach: 9
1589
Ardnegraughe
'the castle of ...'
F Alt: 5312
1619
Ardnygraghe
Inq.(Ci) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 160
1619
Ardnegragh
Inq.(Ci) Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 164
1623
Ardnegragh
CPR Leathanach: 567b
1738
Ardnegragh
CGn. Leathanach: 293.65496, Imleabhar: 93
1826
Ardnagrah Old Pike
TAB Leathanach: 1
1827
Ardnagrah Castle Hill
TAB Leathanach: 2
1828
Ardnagrah Gortfoideen
TAB Leathanach: 3
1829
Ardnagrah Droum
TAB Leathanach: 4
1830
Ardnagrah East
TAB Leathanach: 5
1841
... stood on high ground Ardnacrah Castle. It has been totally demolished; three clumps of the walls lie at the site. Ardnacrah is pronounced in Irish Ard na gCreach, and signifies the hill or height of the plunders'.
OC
LSO (Ci) Leathanach: 209 / 501

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