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Burncourt
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the burnt court
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POThere is or was once a post office here
Historical references
(i) 'Upon the said 3 ploughlands [Ballyshichane] stands the said Sir Richard Everards Mansion house ... the said house beinge burned is yett without repaire ...' CS I.374
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'Cúirt Dhóighte. The townland owes its name to the (late Tudor) castle of the Everards which was destroyed by fire within a few years of its erection. though the limestone walls still stand' ...
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1654 |
Castle of Clogheene als Everards Castle (=Burncourt)
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CS I Leathanach: I.260
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1655 |
cuid de 'Ballishikane' (=Ballysheehan)
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1667 |
Brunt-Clogheene (leg. Burnt..)
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ASE Leathanach: 91
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1722 |
Burne Court
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CGn. Leathanach: 35.67.20934
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1724 |
Burnt Clogheen
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CGn. Leathanach: 39.407.25930
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1816 |
Burnt Clogheen alias Burnt Court
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CGn. Leathanach: 738.397.503132
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1840 |
Burncourt
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1907 |
(iii) J. Everard, 'Everard's Castle, now Burncourt Castle ...' JRSAI XXXVII (1907) 80: 'In every generation the name in the Irish Language - Cuirt-doigte-has ever eloquently told its own sad, significant tale'.
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