An tOileán Mór/Greatisland

OpenStreetMap OSI Irish OSI English OSI Digital Globe BROWSE

Hierarchy

townland

An tOileán Mór

genitive: an Oileáin Mhóir

(Irish)

Greatisland

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

mór

English great, big

oileán

English island

Hierarchy

county

Loch Garman/Wexford

barony

Síol Bhroin/Shelburne

civil parish

Cill Mhic Aodha/Kilmokea

Centrepoint

52.2895, -6.99407latitude, longitude

Irish Grid (with letter)

Computing...

Irish Grid (without letter)

Computing...

Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)

Computing...

Archival records

Historical references

1200c	apud Insulam	Chart. Mary's Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 184 Chartularies of St. Mary's Abbey I-II (ed. Gilbert, 1884)
1307	Insula Heruicii	CJR Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 352 Calendar of Justiciary Rolls, Ireland, 1295-1307 (3 volumes) Bliain foilsithe: 1905-c.1958, Údar: ed. Mills, Wood and Langman, Áit foilsithe: London
1309	Insula Hervici (John de Bonevile)	Hore Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 220 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1363–4	Walt. de Mauny... Hervyesilond...	Hore Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 222 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1395	Dubarriesilaund	Hore Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 214 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1542	Durbardisylande, “alias dict. the gret Ilande...”	Hore Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 228 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1549	Insula Hervey alias Durbaris Island, Hervei	COD Imleabhar: V, Leathanach: 28 Calendar of Ormond Deeds I-VI, ed. Curtis (1932-43). BÁC. Bliain: 1172-1603
1550	“Moche Iland”	Hore Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 228 Philip H. Hore, ed., History of the town and county of Wexford I-VI (1900-1911)
1557	Island called Durbertes Island or the Great Island (samplaí eile)	COD Imleabhar: V, Leathanach: 30 Calendar of Ormond Deeds I-VI, ed. Curtis (1932-43). BÁC. Bliain: 1172-1603
1602	Dunbards Island alias le great I(s)land ??	COD Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 164 Calendar of Ormond Deeds I-VI, ed. Curtis (1932-43). BÁC. Bliain: 1172-1603
1654	Great Iland, Greate Iland, ye Iland	CS (LG) Leathanach: 181 Civil Survey IX. County of Wexford (Simington ed., 1953) Bliain: 1654
1655	Great Island	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Great Island	Cen. Leathanach: 547 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660	Greate Island	BSD (LG) Leathanach: 18 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Wexford)
1667	Dunbard’s Island alias the Great Island James, Duke of Ormonde.	ASE Leathanach: 92 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Great Island	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1816	Island	Gill (Wexford) Grand Jury Map of Wexford, Valentine Gill, 1811 & 1816 Bliain: 1811 & 1816
1840	An t-Oileán Mór ‘the great island’	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
1840	Great Island	Book of Lands:AL Book of Lands, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.