BROWSE
island or archipelago
Oileán na gCaora Srian
genitive: Oileán na gCaora Srian
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Illannageerysrain
(English)

Glossary

English island

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    'the island of the whortleberries'

    cf. Árd na Caoraí Sraothna/Sréana - Blaeberry hill' i mbf Srath Laoill Thuaidh

    "Caor sraothain (?) is the local word for 'blaeberry' or 'whortleberry'. The word fraochán which is found in N. Donegal is not used here." O'Neill, The Placenames of Glencolumbkille Parish, Co. Donegal (PhD thesis), QUB, 1973 p. 99. cf. Árd na gCaoraí Sréana, O'Kane, "Placenames of Inniskeel and Kilteevoge", ZCP, 31 (1970), p.117.

  • English

    'the island of the whortleberries'

    cf. Árd na Caoraí Sraothna/Sréana - Blaeberry hill' i mbf Srath Laoill Thuaidh

    "Caor sraothain (?) is the local word for 'blaeberry' or 'whortleberry'. The word fraochán which is found in N. Donegal is not used here." O'Neill, The Placenames of Glencolumbkille Parish, Co. Donegal (PhD thesis), QUB, 1973 p. 99. cf. Árd na gCaoraí Sréana, O'Kane, "Placenames of Inniskeel and Kilteevoge", ZCP, 31 (1970), p.117.

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55.0213, -8.40309latitude, longitude
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