Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
island or archipelago
Explanatory note
- English
Faoide
Etymology unclear. Perhaps from the Scandinavian hvít-øy, meaning ‘white island’
Centrepoint
Properties
Historical references
1200c |
Fáide
|
Ag. na Sean. Leathanach: 110
|
1573 |
Fydy
|
F Leathanach: 2249
|
1601 |
Whuide
|
F Leathanach: 6511
|
1611 |
Whydy
|
CPR Leathanach: 205
|
1621 |
in Fuidia insula
|
Hist. Cath. Ib Leathanach: 236
|
1621 |
Whiddy
|
CPR Leathanach: 501
|
1655 |
Whetdy Island
|
|
1659 |
Whiddy Island
|
Cen. Leathanach: 229
|
1660c |
Whiddy Island
|
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 116
|
1666 |
Whiddy-island
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ASE Leathanach: 81
|
1750 |
The island of Whiddy, antiently called Fucida Insula
|
Smith Cork Leathanach: 1, 293
|
1841 |
Whiddy Island
|
BS:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841 |
Whiddy Island
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Smith Map Co Leathanach: Co246,8
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1841 |
Whiddy Island
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Young, J.:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841 |
Whiddie Island
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Inq. C II:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841 |
Whideis Island
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Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841 |
Whiddy Island
|
Dep. 1652:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841y |
Oile Faoite, 'White's Island,' 'Fuidia insula'
"O'Sullivan Bear's Hist. Cathol. Fol. 182" [Nóta OD]
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OD:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841y |
Oilean Faoit, 'Fuidia insula'
"Annals 4 Masters, 1602" [Nóta OD]
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OD:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841x |
Oilen fuidhe?
|
pl:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1841 |
Whiddy Island
|
OD:AL Leathanach: Co246,8
|
1969 |
Faoide
|
Bailte Poist Leathanach: 80
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