BROWSE
townland
Doire Ghualach
genitive: Dhoire Ghualach
(Irish)
Derrygolagh
(English)

Glossary

English (oak-)wood, grove, thicket

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

54.0064, -8.39266latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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1819
Derryvolagh
Larkin (Sl)
1836
Derryvolagh
Old Tithe Bk:AL (Sl) Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Derrygolagh
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Doire Ghúalach, 'wood of the charcoal'
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Doire Ghúalach
"man was endeavouring to give me idea of spelling & said -g-" [pl]; "Doire is an oblong hill - this was famous for turf or coal (gual)" [pl];
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
[Derrygolagh]
"The soil is poor mountain of a boggy nature" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Derryvolagh
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Derryvalagh
CM:AL Leathanach: Sl050,19
1836
Mr. Conolly says that Doire signifies an oblong hill.
LSO (Sl) Leathanach: 154
1836
Derryvalagh
Map of Co. Sligo:AL
2008
Doire Ghualach(D. Ghabhlach?)
Ó Muraíle
2010‒11
[derə ˈgoːlə] [dəriː ˈgoːlə] [darǝ goːlǝ]
Áit.

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