Information about Sruffaungarve

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaungarve
Irish Form of Name:
Sruthán Garbh
Translation:
rough streamlet
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaungarve
Sruthán Garbh
Coarse Stream (Eng.)
Srughaun Gorrive Inhabitants
Description:
This stream is about four feet wide rocky bottom and very shallow. There is no fish in it.
Situation:
Rises at the S.E. part of Cloon. Divides same from the parish of Omey, runs W. for about ½ mile then turns N. and faces into L. an Illaun.

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:
Sruffaungarve is in Cloon townland.
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