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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
big place of flagstones
Is ann don fhocal leaca “hillside” i logainmneacha, m.sh. bf An Leacain (#28549) (foirm chalctha den logthuiseal) i bpar. Ros Fhionnghlaise. Ach tá na samplaí luatha chomh láidir sin ar son -ach na Gaeilge (go háirithe 1607/8 ‘Lackaghemore’ agus litriú Gaeilge 1608/9 ‘Lacagh mor’ [sic! -gh]) gur féidir talamh slán a dhéanamh de gur leacach atá anseo. Is cosúil mar sin go dtagraíonn an logainm do cháilíocht na talún seachas don bhaile fearainn a bheith suite ar leirg cnoic. Cf. paistí ‘Lithosols’ anseo (www.epa.ie) agus ainm Béarla an bhaile fearainn bf Leamhach/Quarrymount (#28352) laistiar.
Ainmneacha stairiúla:
Bhí dhá áit darbh ainm Leacach Beag “small place of flagstones” sa bharúntacht. Bhí ceann díobh, 1607 ‘Laackagh begge’, et var., gairid don bhaile fearainn seo idir chamáin. Bhí ceann eile, 1593 ‘Lackaghbegg’, ‘Kappaghbegge’ [sic], 1608 ‘Lackaghbegg’, 1612 ‘Laccagbegg’, suite 1593 ‘in the quarter of Lackaghe’ < Leacach — seo ainm eile ar an gceathrú talún timpeall ar bf Ceapach Bhrógáin (#28392) i bpar. Chill Bhanbháin thiar.Tabhair faoi deara gur imigh -agh (iarsma de -ach seo na Gaeilge) i léig sna foirmeacha béarlaithe de bf Leacach (#28521) in Uí Fhairchealláin i rith an 17ú haois freisin.
Centrepoint
Historical references
1593 |
Laccagbeg
Teig O Duin > Cahir mcFir O Molloy
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1607 |
Lackaghmore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 3
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1607–8 |
Lackaghemore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 38
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1607–8 |
the Lauaghmore
recte Laccaghmore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 41
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1608–9 |
Lakamore alias Lackaghemore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 75
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1608/9? |
Lacagh mor, 30 acra
margin
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1609 |
Lackamore or Lackaghmore
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CPR Leathanach: 123
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1616/7 |
Leacamore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 168
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1618 |
Lackamore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 173
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1622 |
Lackamore
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CPR Leathanach: 560
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1627/8 |
Lackamore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 176
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1638 |
Lackamore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 179
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1638 |
Lackamore
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O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 180
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1642 |
Lackamore
Phelim Dune
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Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 180r (UF)
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1642 |
Laccomoore
Phelem Doyne
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Dep. 1641 Leathanach: 268v
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1660c |
Laghcaghmore
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 125
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1662 |
Lackamore
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 2 C II
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1682 |
Lackaghmore
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Dunne Papers Leathanach: 136
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1819 |
Laceamore
"Great ploughland."
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Par. Stat. Leathanach: 331
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1833 |
Lackamore
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1838 |
Lacken
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BS:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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1838 |
Lackamore
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CM:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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1838 |
Laceamore
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HCons PR:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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1838 |
Lackamore
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Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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1838 |
Leaca mór, 'great hillside'
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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1838 |
Lackamore
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OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,14
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2005 |
lakəˈmoːr
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