Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
rough land
Gné de chanúintí an oirdheisceart ab ea -bh/-mh leathan deiridh a bheith báite i ndiaidh consain leachtaigh, ar nós 1838 ‘garbh (rough) pronounced gara’ LSO I 1 (cf. Irish Dialects 77). Is dócha gur cailleadh -bh- tar éis -r- i lár an logainm seo — i gceantair eile bheifí ag súil le guta fada /uː/ a theacht ina áit, ach is cosúil go raibh sé balbh ar fad anseo.
Cf. bf Garbhach (#28897).
Centrepoint
Historical references
1549 |
Garra
|
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 69, 109
|
1549 |
Carra
|
F Leathanach: 249
|
1563 |
Garroughe
|
F Leathanach: 533
|
1563 |
Garroballynekill
bf Ballykillen SO
|
F Leathanach: 534
|
1563c |
Garo
|
|
c. 1575 |
Garo
(Mercator's map; not BM)
|
|
1576 |
Garroughe
|
F Leathanach: 2838
|
1578 |
Garrobanekall
|
F Leathanach: 3357
|
1601 |
Garrough
|
F Leathanach: 6534
|
1619 |
Garroballekill
|
CPR Leathanach: 429
|
1655 |
Garrough
|
|
1660c |
Garrough
|
BSD (La) Leathanach: 84
|
1669 |
Garrough
|
ASE Leathanach: 199
|
1685 |
Garough
|
|
1743 |
Garragh
|
CGn. Leathanach: 108.541.77296
|
1838 |
Garrough
|
BS:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrowghe
|
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrough
|
DS:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrach, q.d., garbh-achadh, 'coarse-field'
|
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrough
|
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrough
|
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrough
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Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garough
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Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
1838 |
Garrough
|
Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: La035,21
|
2006 |
ˈgarək
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