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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the town of Muiris
Muiris — ainm pearsanta (< Moris na nAngla-Normannach)Cf. Clann Muiris, géag de Chonchúraigh Ó Failí a bhí i réimeas in Oireadh (#1415), taobh theas den pharóiste seo. Féach Topographical Poems (c. 1400) (rann breise é seo a cuireadh leis an bpríomhdhán, ibid. 91n):
Do ghabh críoch álainn amhra
taoiseach oirdhearc atharrdha,
Mac Muiris, nír dhoiligh dhi
suidhis a n-oirear Oire.Níor mhair an t-aistriúchán Béarla 1666 ‘[Ballymorrish alias] Maurishtowne’ ASE 84 i bhfad. Tá roinnt bréagaistriúcháin agus ainmneacha Béarla nuachumtha san fhoinse céanna, cuid acu níos cruinne agus níos buaine ná a chéile.
Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
Carrick Wood SO, 1905 ‘a wooded hill called Corrig’ JKAS IV 197 < An Charraig “the rock”. Cnoc carraigeach coilltiúil in oirthear an bhaile fearainn (‘Karstified limestone bedrock at surface’ www.epa.ie; cf. Rockfield Cottage SO), mar a bhfuil an foirgneamh baoise darb ainm The Spire (1801 ‘erected … to give employment to the poor in the year of the great frost’ Stat. Surv. 136; cf. www.archaeology.ie).
Centrepoint
Historical references
1564 |
Ballymoryshe
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F Alt: 596
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1570 |
Ballymorysh
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F Leathanach: 1654
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1600 |
Ballimorish
Dermott Dempsie
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F Leathanach: 6439
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1602 |
Ballimorishe
Edm. M'Donagh Demsy
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F Leathanach: 6666
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1617 |
Ballemorish
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 J I
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1618 |
Ballimorishe
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CPR Leathanach: 390
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1655 |
Ballemorish
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1659 |
Ballinrosh towne
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Cen. Leathanach: 502
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1660c |
Ballimorish
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BSD (La) Leathanach: 118
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1666 |
Ballymorrish alias Maurishtowne
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ASE Leathanach: 84
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1685 |
Ballemorish
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1695 |
Ballymorris
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 4 G III
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1814 |
Ballymorris, Ballimorris
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Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 546
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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BS:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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HCSV:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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Vestry Bk.:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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Clarke, Rev. :AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballimorrish
[Copy of DS 1761]
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DS:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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HCons PR:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballemorish, Ballymorish
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Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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Inq. G III:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Baile Mhuiris, 'Maurice's town'
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OD:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballimorish
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DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballimorrish
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DS Map:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
Ballymorris
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OD:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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1838 |
[Ballymorris]
"It contains 'The Spire Hill,' 'Carrick Hill,' and 'Deerpark' and the ruins of a house."
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Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La041,8
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2005 |
baliˑˈmoris
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