Oileán na gCorr/Crane Island

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Oileán na gCorr

genitive: Oileán na gCorr

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(Irish)

Crane Island

(English)

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Glossary

corr

English round hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odd

oileán

English island

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Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Carraig Álainn/Carrigallen

civil parish

Carraig Álainn/Carrigallen

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54.0458, -7.69594latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory: “Bawn. In mixed woodland on Crane Island, which is in a bay on the S side of Garadice Lough. Traditionally the island is associated with the United Irishman rebel Myles ‘The Slasher’ O’Reilly…. Scrub-covered rectangular area…defined by a collapsed and grass-covered mortared wall…with the remains of a circular tower…, which has a doorway…and three gun-loops, situated at the N angle. At cairn… at the S angle may be the remains of another tower.” (lch 206) "	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Oileán-na-gcorr = Island of the cranes or herons. This is the name of a small island on Garadice Lough. It is said that Myles O’Reilly, or Myles the Slasher, was imprisoned on this island. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1836	Crane Island	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Oilean chríonaigh, 'Island of the withered trees or brambles' "from TL" scríofa i bpl.	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Crane Island "The people say that this island takes it's name from Creeny townland. Look at the plan and see is it sufficiently connected with it to bear out this general belief in the neighbourhood." 'it is not' scríofa faoina bhun i ndúch dearg	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Creeny	dúch (scriosta):AL Nóta i ndúch in AL agus é scriosta/Note in ink in AL (crossed out)
1836	Crane Island	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Crane Island "Situated in Rynn Lough, near the north part of it…"	Situation:AL Cuir síos ar shuíomh na háite in Ainmleabhair na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / description of the location's situation in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Crane Island "A small circular island…all covered with wood: and much frequented by cranes, from which it is said to have taken it's name."	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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