Dún Seascainn/Doonshaskin

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Hierarchy

townland

Dún Seascainn

genitive: Dhún Seascainn

(Irish)

Doonshaskin

(English)

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Glossary

dún, dúnaibh

English fort

seisceann

English swamp, bog

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

Cairbre/Carbury

civil parish

Áth Iomghlaise/Ahamlish

Centrepoint

54.3782, -8.59644latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Doonshaskin Doonshaskin in Sligo; of the seisceann or marsh.	Joyce Leathanach: 308, Imleabhar: III P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920
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1633–6	Lecarowdonsaskin	Rentals: Wood-Martin II Leathanach: 190 History of Sligo County and Town, Vol. II, W.G. Wood-Martin, 1889. Dublin. (Rentals of the Estates of Landed Proprietors of the County of Sligo in the Years 1633‒6: appendix A, 141-193).
1749	Dunsaskin	Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 575 Census of Elphin
1749	Dunsasken	Cen. of Elphin Leathanach: 577 Census of Elphin
1819	Dunsaskin (‘Moor’ in aice leis)	Larkin (Sl) Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin)
1830c	Doonshaskin	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Doonsaskin	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl004,20 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Dunsaskin	BM:AL Barony Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1830-40
1836	Also one fort near the centre of the townland	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Dunsaskin	Larkin (Sl):AL Grand Jury Map of Sligo (Larkin) ex AL
1836	Doonshaskin	Local:AL Foirm in úsáid áitiúil / Finné nó úsáid áitiúil de réir AL Bliain: 1832-38
1836	Doonshaskin	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Dún: seascain “fort of the sedgy moor”	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Doonsaskin	Paterson, E.:AL Paterson E.:AL ,finné in AL, Áth Iomghlaise, Cairbre ,Co Shligigh/ witness in Ordance Survey Parish Namebook, Ahamlish, Carbury, Co. Sligo
1836	Doonsaskin	Tithe Bk (Hest [Hess], Rev. C.):AL Tithe Book (Hest [Hess], Rev. C.), foinse in AL
1938	Dún Seascainn	Elphin PN The Placenames of Elphin Diocese by M.J.Connellan, P.P.., Kilglass, Roscommon Bliain: 1938, Nóta: Presented to the Place-Names Commission by Author - 21. 10. 1952, Cóip sa Bhrainse Logainmneacha

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