Information about Sruffaunnagappaghy

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunnagappaghy
Irish Form of Name:
Sruthán na g-Ceapachaidhe
Translation:
streamlet of the plots
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunnagappaghy
Sruthán na g-Ceapachaidhe
Srughaun na Gappaghy Inhabitants
Description:
This stream is about 2 feet wide generally dry in summer has a gravelly bottom. There is no fish in it.
Situation:
Rises near the centre of the E. boundary Letteretterin, runs W. about 13 chains then turns S. and falls into Lough Fee.

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:
Sruffaunnagappaghy is in Letterettrin townland.
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