Information about Sruffaunluganinnisglin

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunluganinnisglin
Irish Form of Name:
Sruthán Luig Finasglain
Translation:
brook of the hollow of the bright nook
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunluganinnisglin
Sruthán Luig Finasglain
Srughaun Lug an Inisglin Inhabitants
Description:
This stream is about 8 chains wide with a rough rocky bottom and has no fish in it.
Situation:
Rises at a small lake in the N. N.E. of Ilyan and runs S. S.W. and forms part of the boundary between Finisglin and Ilyan.

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:
Sruffaunluganinnisglin is in Illion townland.
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