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Place Names

nollaig · 2006-02-26 17:16:49

When were names of places first established? Like, in what century? I am most interested in just the names of villages & townlands that make up parishes. When were they first named?

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When were names of places first established? Like, in what century? I am most interested in just the names of villages & townlands that make up parishes. When were they first named?

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#2 27-02-2006 9:42pm

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I think most places have always have had names of some kind, even if only decriptive (Dugn Linn), however there was a concerted effort in I think the 17th century to name everywhere and this is where many of the Anglicisations came from. They were later used in the first set of Ordnace Survey maps.

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