Information about Sruffaunnatoran

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunnatoran
Irish Form of Name:
Sruthán na Teoran
Translation:
brook of the boundary
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunnatoran
Sruthán na Teoran
Sruffaun a Thorin Inhabitants
Description:
This stream is about 8 links wide with a rough rocky bottom. There is no fish in it.
Situation:
In the N. of Limnaheltya and W. of Sruffaun-na-Bolabanna, runs S. and falls into Kylemore Lake.

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:
Sruffaunnatoran is in Lémnaheltia townland.