BROWSE
townland
Seisceannán
genitive: Sheisceannáin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Shesknan
(English)

Explanatory note

  • English

    (small piece of) sedgy, marshy land

Centrepoint

54.398, -8.3337latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Siescnean = A sedgy moor or marsh. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Court tomb. On a platform of a NE-facing slope (11). Wedge tomb. Buried in turf on a flat platform of a NE-facing slope (10). Cashel. On a knoll towards the bottom of a steep E-facing slope (122). Enclosure. In a low-lying position beside a stream in Glenade valley (159). Mass-rock (possible). Towards the bottom of a steep E-facing slope, and abutting the perimeter of a cashel at NW (198). "
Nóta
1660c
Sheskane
BSD Leathanach: 37
1817
Seskinaun
Larkin
1835?
?Shemune
TAB Leathanach: 1 (59:16/1)
1835?
?Shesmane
TAB Leathanach: 42 (59:16/1)
1836?
?Shesnane
TAB Leathanach: 96 (59:16/1)
1836
Shesknan
Plan:AL
1836
Sesknaun
Buck, H.:AL
1836
Shesknan
Cullen, C.:AL
1836
Shesknan
'the strong course grass'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Seskinaun
CM:AL
1836
Seiscneán
pl:AL
1836
Seiscnea//n:
'a sedgy moor or marsh'
OD:AL
1836
Shesknane
DS:AL
1836
Shesknan
OD:AL
2010
ˈʃeskən/<br/>/ˈseskən
duine céanna

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