BROWSE
townland
Ráth na Leamhach
genitive: Ráth na Leamhach
(Irish)
Rathnaleugh
(English)

Glossary

ráth, ráith
English ring-fort
leamhán, leamhach
English elm-tree

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the ring-fort of the marsh-mallows

    In Osraí bhí claonadh -amh(a)- a dhruidim le /uː/ (/ũː/) de bharr srónaíl an -mh- caillte. Mar shampla, faightear samhradh > /suːrə/ agus ‘Súra’ in idir thuaisceart agus dheisceart Cho. Chill Chainnigh (féach LASID II, Éigse XXVI, Labhrann Laighnigh) agus cf. an nóta ‘Lamh[r]-’ would be pronounced /luːr-/, or with /ũː/, locally’ (Breathnach, ‘Carraig Seac’ in Éigse I). Tabhair faoi deara nóta an Donnabhánaigh 1838 ‘liúch/leamhach … ‘Rath-na-lieugh’ is the best spelling to represent this sound’ .i. an fhuaim seo i ndiaidh l-caol. Cf. bf Leamhach/Leugh (CC 13, 14) (#26991).

    Cf. bf Leamhach/Leagh, par. Chill Uisean (La 32) (#28857) in oirdheisceart an chontae agus bf Leamhach/Quarrymount, par. an Chaisleáin Bhric (La 1, 3) (#28352) i dtuaisceart an chontae.

Centrepoint

52.8846, -7.66065latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1655
Rathanlenagh
DS
1655
Rathnelewgh
DS (P)
1655
Rathaleugh
DS (Terr.)
1659
Rathneleugh
Cen. Leathanach: 493
1660c
Rathnaleagh
BSD (La) Leathanach: 141
1685
Rathmulloe
Hib. Del.
1805
Rathnaleagh
Cahill (La)
1838
Rathalough
DS:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Ráth na liúch/ leamhach, 'rath or fort of the marsh mallows'
OD:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Rath na leamhach
pl:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Rathnaleugh
"lieugh" [dúch] "liúch" [dúch] "'Rath-na-lieugh' is the best spelling to represent this sound." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Ranaleugh or Ranaluke
Drought, Cllr:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Rathnaleagh
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
[Rathnaleugh]
"…an old burial ground."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Ranaleugh
BS:AL Leathanach: La051,20
1838
Ranaleugh
Lalor, J.:AL Leathanach: La051,20
2004
ratnəˈluːk
Áit.

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