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Achadh na gColpach
genitive: Achadh na gColpach
(Irish)
Aghnagollop
(English)
Centrepoint
54.0355, -8.02099latitude, longitude
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"Pinkman: Achadh-na-gcolpa = Field of the heifers. Colpa means a full grown animal of the horse or cow kind but, according to Joyce, it originally meant a three year old heifer, and in this sense it is to be understood in local names. Heifers’ field is an old local rendering of this name. "
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"Arch. Inventory Enclosure. In a low-lying position beside a stream (137). "
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1622 |
Aghanegalpagh
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CPR Leathanach: 530a
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1655 |
Aghanagalpagh
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1660c |
Aghenaghgalphagh
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BSD Leathanach: 42
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1667 |
Aghanegalpagh
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ASE Leathanach: 129
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1685 |
?Aghanaga
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1835 |
Aughnagollap
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TAB (60:16/10) innéacs Nóta: (60:16/10) innéacs
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1835 |
Aughnagollop
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TAB Leathanach: 117, Nóta: (60:16/10)
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1835 |
Annagollop
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TAB Leathanach: 119, Nóta: (60:16/10)
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1835 |
Aughnagallop
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TAB Leathanach: 179, Nóta: (60:16/10)
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1836 |
Aughnagollip
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1836 |
Acha-na-gholapha
'the heifer's rock, or bank'
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1836 |
Aughnagollop
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1836 |
Aghagollop
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1836 |
Aghanagalpagh
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1836 |
Achadh na gcolpa
'field of the collops'
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1836 |
Aghnagollop
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1836 |
[Aghnagollop]
"…it contains…an old fort…"
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