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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
Srón Bhroin ‘the raven’s point’ or ‘the point of Bran’
- English
Srón Bhroin ‘the raven’s point’ or ‘the point of Bran’
According to Irish literary tradition Cú Chulainn hunted a flock of black birds as far as Srúbh Bhroin, near Cathair Conraoi, in the west of Ireland, where he killed the last of the flock. Bran (gen. Broin) was used as a man’s name but was originally a common noun meaning ‘raven’; srúbh means ‘a point of land’ in a figurative usage of its original sense ‘a beak, bill’. Thus the placename Srúbh Bhroin is explained in the tale as ‘raven’s bill’. The first element may have been replaced here by srón which is identical in meaning. See also Srúibh Brain (Inishowen Point), Co. Donegal
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Srub Broin inn-íarthar hÉrend
Aided Conroí maic Dáiri
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Ériu Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 22
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1756 |
Brandon head
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Smith Hist. Kerry Leathanach: 361
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1967 |
piːn′t′ənəˈsroːnə
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1967 |
sroːnˈwrin′
'pointe ar thaobh an chnoic'
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1967 |
ˈsroːn
'They [the old people] called it'
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1967 |
piːn′t′əˈvrandən
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1967 |
sroːnˈbrun
'The dog Fionn Mac Cumhaill had was killed... there'
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1982 |
sroːnˈvrin′
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