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Domhnach Mór
genitive: Dhomhnach Mór
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Donagh More
(English)
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54.3, -8.15605latitude, longitude
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"Pinkman: Domhnach-mór = Great church. The word Domhnach means Sunday, the Lord, and, also, a church, especially one founded by St. Patrick (Dinneen). According to the Tripartite Life, Jocelin, and other authorities, all the churches that are styled Domhnach were originally founded by St. Patrick, and they are so called because the Saint traced their foundations on a Sunday. It is stated in the Tripartite Life that the Saints “having remained for seven Sundays in Cianachta laid the foundations of seven sacred houses to the Lord, which he (Patrick) therefore called Dominica, that is, Domhnach.” Some hold that these places in Cloonclare Parish bear testimony to the fact that St. Patrick himself laid the foundations of a church in this parish. There is no trace of any church now, nor is there in existence, so far as I could gather, any tradition in the parish that there was one. The Martyrology of Tallaght mentions, at the 23rd of August, a feast for seven bishops of Aelmagh, Duald Mac F
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"*Onom: Domnach mór áilmaige; A.18 b2; al. D. Ailmaige in regionibus Callrigi Tre Maige, A. 15 a 1; cf. Aolmagh la Calrigib, Mi.; tl. Donaghmore, in p. Clonnclare, b. Dromhaire, c. Leitrim; i mBreifne Ui Ruairc, Fep.; 7 bps. Of D.M.A., LL 361, Fg. 162, Md. 226; secht n-esp. of D.M. Elmaigi, Mt. 43 (352a). "
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"LSO: “There are two townlands in the Parish called Donaghmore (Domhnach Mór) and Donaghbeg (Domnach Beag) which name might be supposed to have been retained from a Church built by St. Patrick in Moysleacht (Plain of Adoration) after destroying the Idol called Cromcruach, together with much more collateral aid derived from places already found which are set down as being contiguous to this Moysleacht, would confirm the investigator without the smallest doubt as to where the plain lay, even though the name (Magh Sleachta) does not now exist, yea, not even in the wide regions of tradition.” (132:261) "
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700c |
ad regiones Callrigi Tre Maige ..ad campum Ailmaige ... Domnach Ailmaige
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Pat. Texts Leathanach: 158
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800 /830c |
Secht n-epscoip Domnaigh Móir Aelmaige
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Mart. Tall. Leathanach: 65
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1588 |
[Don]oghmore
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F Leathanach: 5227
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1622 |
Donaghmore
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CPR Leathanach: 539a
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1659 |
Donoghmore
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Cen. Leathanach: 566
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1661 |
Donoghmore
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Inq. Leathanach: 184
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1817 |
Donaghmore
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1835 |
Donaghmore
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 34 (60:16/5)
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1836 |
Donaghmore
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1836 |
Donaghmore
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1836 |
Domhnach Mór
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1836 |
Donaghmore
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1836 |
Donach mor
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1836 |
Domhnach mór
great church'
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1836 |
Donaghmore
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1852 |
Donaghmore
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Leitrim Vot. 1852 Leathanach: 465, 6
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