BROWSE
townland
Fál Luachra
genitive: Fhál Luachra
(Irish)
Fallougher
(English)

Glossary

English rushes, rushy place

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

54.0516, -8.4438latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Fallougher
Fallougher in Sligo; rushy enclosure (luachra, rushes).
Joyce Leathanach: 349, Imleabhar: III
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
1618
Falowgher
CPR Leathanach: 391a
1834
Faulogher
TAB
1836
Fallougher
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
Fál Luachra
"from rushes. Fál is a place enclosed with stone wall [pl]; "is a farm in it belonging to W. Duke - enclosed with a stone wall. Earl Taaffe, the ancient proprietor of all Keish, built it originally" [pl];
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
Fál Lochra
dúch:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
Fal luachra, 'field of the rush"
"Fál is a place enclosed with a stone-wall. There is a farm in it belonging to Mr Duke, enclosed with a stone wall, originally built by Earl Taaffee, the ancient proprietor of all Keish" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
[Fallougher]
"an old fort near the centre and a R.C. chapel in the S.E. corner, erected in 1818, capable of containing 650 people" [Desc. Rem.]; [eolas ó M. Timoney 'Church is 1809, NOT 1818 as on logainm 1838 reference' ]
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
Fallougher
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl050,23
1836
Falloughra
Old Tithe Bk:AL (Sl) Leathanach: Sl050,23
2008
Fál Luachra
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