Avoca River

Hierarchy

river

Avoca River

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Cill Mhantáin/Wicklow

barony

An tInbhear Mór/Arklow

Archival records

Historical references

1395	Blakewatyr de Arkelow	RPat. Cl. Rotulorum patentium et clausorum cancellariae Hiberniae calendarium, Hen. II–Hen. VII, ed. E. Tresham (RCI, Dublin, 1828) Bliain foilsithe: 1828
1611	the Blackwater of Arklow	CSP J I Calendar of the state papers, relating to Ireland, of the reign of James I. 1603-1625. Vol. I-V (1872-1880)
1611	the Blackwater near Arklow 206	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1611	Blackwater of Arklow 208	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1613	Arklow River	CSP J I Calendar of the state papers, relating to Ireland, of the reign of James I. 1603-1625. Vol. I-V (1872-1880)
1654	the Great Water	Bayly Papers Bayly papers; The Property of Mr E. A. R. Bayly, Ballyarthur, Woodenbridge Co. Wicklow in Analecta Hib., no. 25 (1967) lgh. 95 - 122
1695c	Avoca R.	Morden Map The Kingdom of Ireland, Robert Morden, 1691. NLI 16 B 15(7).
1725	ón Abhuinn Mhór "Gabháil Ragnuill ... Sheaain mhac Brían mo phiansa thus/Éighre díleis Ghleann Malluradh/is eighre iomlán Cois Feadha uile/’sa bhfhuil ón Abhuinn Mhór go teorui[nn] thula"	LN G192 Leathanach: 5b Foras Feasa ar Éirinn agus ábhar eile. Tadhg Ó Neachtain a scríobh, 1704–1724. LS sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta. (Féach Nic Cárthaigh in Cín Chille Cúile.)
1760	River Ovoca (ag an Inbhear Mór féin, nach mór)	Nevill 1760 Jacob Nevill's map of Co. Wicklow, 1760. Bliain foilsithe: 1760, Nóta: Luaitear é seo i measc foinsí Liam Price in The placeÁnames of Co. Wicklow. Thug sé 'N.' mar nod air. Luann Price foinse eile 'A.R. Nevill's Map of Co. Wicklow, dated about 1810, a dtugann sé an nod 'NA.' air. Ar eagla na míthuisceana chuir mé dáta na foinse seo isteach sa nod. Níl an fhoinse áirithe seo againn sa tSuirbhéireacht.
1766c	Called the Evoca of Ptolomy, now Avonmore, or the great river, for into it at Ballyarthur, a few miles above the town fall two small rivers (viz) of Aughrim and Rathdrum: it then takes the name of Arklow river.	Three 18th cent. surveys: Wicklow Brian F. Gurrin, 'Three Eighteenth-Century Surveys of County Wicklow', Analecta Hibernica, uimhir 39 (2006), lgh.81-134
1766c	The town is washed by the river of Arklow, by Ptolemy, Ovoca.	Three 18th cent. surveys: Wicklow Brian F. Gurrin, 'Three Eighteenth-Century Surveys of County Wicklow', Analecta Hibernica, uimhir 39 (2006), lgh.81-134
1778	Avoca R.	T&S Taylor & Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. Foilsiodh an leabhar seo i 1778. Bliain: 1778, Pubref: leabhar de mhapaí
1809	River Ovoca	Scale's Atlas An Hibernian atlas or general description of the kingdom of Ireland: divided into provinces ... / by Bernard Scalé, Land Surveyor. and beautifully engraved on 78 copper plates, by Messrs. Ellis and Palmer. Bliain foilsithe: 1776, 1798, 1809
1814	river Ovoca	Shaw-Mason A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland I-III Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1814	these uniting their wild streams at the charming retreat of Ovoca Cottage, form the Ococa, or beautiful windg stream...	Shaw-Mason A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland I-III Áit foilsithe: Dublin

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