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Instead, the Irish Ordnance Survey was initially staffed entirely by members of the British Army. [ 7 ] From 1825–46, teams of surveyors led by officers of the Royal Engineers , and men from the ranks of the Royal Sappers and Miners , traversed Ireland, creating a unique record of a landscape undergoing rapid transformation.
The term baile, anglicised as "bally", is the most dominant element used in Irish townland names. [14] Today, the term "bally" denotes an urban settlement, but its precise meaning in ancient Ireland is unclear, as towns had no place in Gaelic social organisation. [14] The modern Irish term for a townland is baile fearainn (plural: bailte fearainn).
Roebuck (Irish: Reabóg), [3] also originally known as "Rabuck", is a townland and the name of a former estate in the baronies of Dublin and Rathdown in Ireland. The townland incorporates roughly all the land in the triangle between Clonskeagh , Dundrum and Mount Merrion . [ 4 ]
Tallow (/ ˈ t æ l. oʊ /; Irish: Tulach an Iarainn, meaning 'hillock of the iron' [3]) is a town, civil parish and townland in County Waterford, Ireland.Tallow is in the province of Munster near the border between County Cork and County Waterford and situated on a small hill just south of the River Bride.
Unbought Tenants' Association and Unpurchased Tenants' Association were labels for agrarian pressure groups in Ireland in the 1910s and 1920s. Under the Irish Land Acts , most farmers in the preceding decades had bought the freehold to their farms; the Association represented the interests of remaining tenant farmers .
Cootehill (/ ˈ k uː t h ɪ l /; Irish: Muinchille, meaning 'ridge') [8] is a market town and townland in County Cavan, Ireland. Cootehill was formerly part of the neighbouring townland of Munnilly. [9] Both townlands lie within the barony of Tullygarvey. [8] [9] Cootehill is 20 km north-east of Cavan town and 20 km south-west of Monaghan town.
Termonfeckin or Termonfechin (Irish: Tearmann Feichín, meaning 'Féchín's church land') [2] is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland.It is within a civil parish of the same name, and is 8 km (5.0 mi) north-east of Drogheda.
Knockmore (from Irish Cnoc Mór 'big hill') is an upland area and townland situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland outside the village of Derrygonnelly, in the historical barony of Magheraboy. This area, together with the adjacent Barrs of Boho and most of the uplands in Boho parish, are described as the Knockmore Scarplands. [1]