Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Carraig na mBreac
genitive: Charraig na mBreac
(Irish)
Carricknabrack
(English)
Centrepoint
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...
Historical references
n/a |
"Pinkman: Carraig-na-mbreac = Rock of the trouts. Breac, a trout, or any fish taken with a hook. The local tradition is that the place got its name from fishermen, who used to fish there. "
|
|
1621 |
Carricknemrake
|
CPR Leathanach: 514b
|
1655 |
Carricknabrack
|
|
1660c |
Carricknabracke
|
BSD Leathanach: 43
|
1667 |
Carricknebrack alias Carricknabrack
|
ASE Leathanach: 89:28
|
1685 |
Carricknabrack
|
|
1836 |
Carricknabrack
|
|
1836 |
Carricknabrick
|
|
1836 |
Corig-na-breac,
'the spotted rock'
|
|
1836 |
Carrick na brack
|
|
1836 |
Carrick na brack
|
|
1836 |
Carrickenabracke
|
|
1836 |
Carickinabrack
|
|
1836 |
trouts
|
|
1836 |
Carraic na mbreac, 'rock of the trouts'
"So called from fishermen."
|
|
1836 |
Carricknabrack
|
|
2003 |
Carraig na mBreac
|
Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.
Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.
Permanent link
https://www.logainm.ie/29199.aspxOpen data
Application programming interface (API)
Available under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
Linked Logainm
Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML
Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland