BROWSE
townland
Achadh na Croise
genitive: Achadh na Croise
(Irish)
Aghnacross
(English)

Glossary

achadh, -ach
English field
crois, cros
English cross; crossroads

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9243, -7.85662latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
Lo, La Gan chártaí
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Achadh-na-croise = Field of the cross. Perhaps where a cross was erected to recall some providential occurrence… [Nóta faoi Fenagh, Aroddy]"
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory Earthwork (site). In pasture on the N-facing slope of a drumlin (162)."
Nóta
1613
Aghnecrosse otherwise Dromnecrosse
CPR Leathanach: 260a
1621
Aghnecross alias Dromcrosse <s>and Coolelea<s>
CPR Leathanach: 518b
1621
Aghnecross
CPR Leathanach: 518b
c1660
Aghanecrossa
BSD Leathanach: 29
1834
Aghnacrush
TAB Leathanach: 2, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Aghnacrush
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Ahnacrosh
BS:AL
1836
Aghnacrush
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Aich-na-crusa
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Aughacrush
CM:AL
1836
Achadh na croise,
'field of the cross'
OD:AL
1836
Aghnacross
OD:AL
1836
[Aghnacross]
"It contains a small fort in the northern end."
Desc. Rem.:AL

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