Information about Sruffaunnagreeve

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:

Sruffaunnagreeve

Irish Form of Name:

Sruthán na gCraobh

Translation:

streamlet of the branches or bushes

Civil Parish:

Ross Parish
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Sruffaunnagreeve
Sruthán na gCraobh
Sruffawnnagreeve Local

Description:

A stream which meres between Baurreevaugh and Carnmanagh then runs into Lough Mask.

Situation:

Situated in the townland of Baurreevaugh.

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:

Sruffaunnagreeve is in Baurrevagh townland.