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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the hollow of An Currach?
An Currach “the wet land” — logainm
ach rectius Log an Churraoin “the hollow of the —”Socraíodh Log an Churraigh mar ainm postoifige i 1969 (Ainmneacha Gaeilge na mBailte Poist) agus tugadh stádas oifigiúil dó i 1973. Bhí an fhoirm sin bunaithe go mórmhór ar aon tagairt amháin, 1612 ‘Corragh al’ Loggechurry’ (Inq. Lag. 2 Jac. I) (ní raibh an tagairt ó 1643 ar eolas ag an am). De réir dealraimh thagraíodh logainm eile An Currach “the wet land” don talamh anseo timpeall gur ghlac ‘Logg currin’, et var., a ionad ó lár an 17ú haois amach.
Ach taobh amuigh den fhoirm seo ó 1612 tá -n deiridh le fáil tríd síos san fhianaise, idir na foirmeacha béarlaithe agus an fhoirm Ghaeilge 1838 ‘Lag a curraoin “hollow of the little moor”’ ag Laurence (Maoileachlainn) Ó Broin (1751–1838), a rugadh san Fhailligh Bheag laisteas. Ba é ‘Logacurren’ in -n an litriú béarlaithe ag a athair siúd Gearóid Ó Broin (1716–1780) (Hardiman’s Irish Minstrelsy 189). Réiteodh foirm Ghaeilge an Bhranaigh leis an bhfuaimniú béarlaithe áitiúil i 1838 ‘Luggacurreen’ pl:AL (ar dócha nach é féin a sholáthair é) agus le fuaimniú amháin a breacadh síos c. 1960 /ˌlɔgəˈkoˌrin/ (féach 1838 ‘-een’ agus an bhéim thánaisteach ar 1960 /ˌrin/).
Más ea ní cinnte brí an cháilitheora seo in -n. Tá dealramh leis an tuiscint áitiúil gurbh fhoirm dhíspeagtha é de currach “wet land” (cf. b’fhéidir bf Lios Churraoin (#1410396), ainm fo-bhaile i dTiobraid Árann lámh le bf Na Curraithe Glasa (#46012) .i. iolra < currach). Díol spéise go bhfuarthas mionainm áitiúil anseo c. 1960 /ðə ˈkoɾoxs/ (‘The Curraghs’). D’fhéadfaí coirrín, foirm dhíspeagtha é de corr, a bhfuil bríonna éagsúla leis, a chur san áireamh freisin agus tá samplaí den mhír aonair curraoin i logainmneacha Dhún na nGall (< corr?).
Ach ní thagann aon fhoirm stairiúil le foirm Ghaeilge Daniel O’Byrne 1851 ‘Lugacurren … (Log-an-chorain), the Hollow of the Hook’ [*Log an Chorráin] sa chur síos aige ar The Dun of Luggacurren SO anseo (Trans. Kilk. Arch. Soc. I 298). Tabhair faoi deara an -n deiridh arís mar sin féin.
Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Ní léir cérbh é an Phelim a thug ainm do Phelim’s Cross Roads SO in airde ar imeall theas an bhaile fearainn. Féach gur de shliocht Fhéilim mhic Fhiacha iad na Branaigh thuasluaite a chuir fúthu anseo sa 17ú haois.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1518-19 |
Curraghe
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Kildare Rent. Iontráil: 287
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1549 |
Curragh & Ballykaghe
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Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 63
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1551 |
Corraghe
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F Leathanach: 741
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1563c |
Corrogh
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1568 |
Curragh
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F Leathanach: 1240
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1569 |
Curraghe
Francis Cosbie, gent
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F Leathanach: 1376
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1570 |
Curraghe
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F Leathanach: 1624
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1579c |
Curraghe
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 10 Eliz.
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1593 |
Curragh
Edw. Fitz Henry
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F Leathanach: 5824
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1612 |
Corragh
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 2 J I
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1612 |
Corragh al' Loggechurry
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 2 J I
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1612 |
Loggechurry, Corragh al'
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 2 J I
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1623 |
Curragh
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 24 J I
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1627 |
Logecurren
"William FitzGerald of Tymogue, brother of Garrald FitzGarrald, of Logecurren, Queen's County. Ob. 1627. Prerogative grant." (The Fitzgeralds of Moyrett)
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1642 |
Logocurren
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1643 |
Loggocorrin
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1643 |
Logacorry
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1659 |
Logg currin
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Cen. Leathanach: 504
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1660c |
Laggacorrin
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 105
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1807 |
Loggacurren
James Byrne
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1838 |
Luggacurren
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Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Luggacurren
[Lord Landsdown]
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Landsdown Map:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Luggacurreen
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pl:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Lag a curraoin, 'hollow of the little moor'
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Byrne, L. :AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Luggacurren
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OC (corr.):AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Luggacurren
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BS:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Lugacurrin
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1838 |
Luggacurren
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GJP:AL Leathanach: La065,12
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1969 |
Luggacurren - Log an Churraigh
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Bailte Poist Leathanach: 44
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2006 |
logəˈkorən
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