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The following appear as names for Great Island. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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BARRYMORE ISLAND | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
<EM>ARD NEIMHEIDH | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
GREAT ISLAND | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). | |
GREAT ISLAND OR BARRYMORE ISLAND | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Great Island. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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GREAT ISLAND | Irish Civil Parish | 1831 Census of Ireland, Table [1], 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'. |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Great Island, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Great Island, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Island, in and County Cork | Place names, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27476/names
Date accessed: 29th May 2024