Information about Sruffaunnambrackdeany

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunnambrackdeany
Irish Form of Name:
Srubhthán na m-Breac Deamhnaidhe
Translation:
streamlet of the pinkeens or devil's trouts
Civil Parish:
Moycullen
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunnambrackdeany
Srubhthán na m-Breac Deamhnaidhe
Srufaunnabrackyoany Local name
Comment:
This bric a deamhain, the devil’s trouts are those they call pinkeens in Dublin
Situation:
In Aaghherry townland

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Sru and Sruh represent the Irish sruth, a stream.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Sruffaunnambrackdeany is in Shannagurraun townland.
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