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The following appear as names for Skirts. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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DERG | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
SKIRTS | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
SKIRTS OF URNEY | Samuel Lewis | A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837). |
SKIRTS OR SKIRTS OF URNEY ALSO CALLED DERG | 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 Skirts. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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SKIRTS | 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 Skirts, 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 Skirts, 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 Skirts, in and County Tyrone | Place names, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/30600/names
Date accessed: 11th June 2024