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Meelragh (Nagur)
(English)
Glossary
English round hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odd
English bare, flat-topped; derelict; bare, flat-topped hillock
ráth, ráith
English ring-fort
Explanatory note
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"Pinkman: Maol-Ráth = Bare or dilapidated or stripped ‘rath’. Moyleragh, Inquisition 1634. The place lies about one mile and a half north west of the parish church of Bornacoola. It has two divisions – Meelraghnasaggart, Maol-Ráth-na-Sagart, of the priests… and Meelraghnagur, Maol-Ráth-na-gCorr, of the cranes or herons."
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1622 |
Moyleragh
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CPR Leathanach: 540b
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1634 |
Moyleragh
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Inq. Leathanach: 178
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1655 |
Milreagh
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c1660 |
Milreagh
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BSD Leathanach: 19
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1667 |
Millneagh
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ASE Leathanach: 136
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1685 |
Milrea
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1834 |
Meelragh Nagur
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TAB Leathanach: 67, Nóta: (61:16/16)
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1834 |
Meelragh=nagur
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TAB Nóta: (61:16/16) recap
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1836 |
Meilragh Nagur
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1836 |
Meilragh Nagur
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1836 |
Milreagh
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1836 |
Meilrack
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1836 |
Meelra
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1836 |
Meilath,
'bleating' [scriosta]
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1836 |
Milreagh
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1836 |
Maolrach na g-co(u)r
"guttural" [dúch]
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1836 |
Maol-rath
'bald fort [of] Nagur family'
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1836 |
Meelragh Nagur
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