Information about Bunlahy Bay

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Bunlahy Bay
Irish Form of Name:
Bun Lathaigh
Translation:
bottom of the mire or slough
Civil Parish:
Clonrush
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Bunlahy Bay
Bun Lathaigh
Bunlahy Bay
Bun Lathaidh
Bunlahy Bay B. S. Sketch
Bunlahy Bay Counsellor Reid
Bunlahy Bay John Burke, Esq.
Bunlahy Bay Mr. Mulloy
Bunlahy Bay Rev. H. B. Hulett
Description:
A small bay on the shore of Lough Derg (so called) but does not represent any peculiar appearance or matter worthy of remark and the name is only known to the inhabtants.
Situation:
At the junction of the boundary of Clonrush and Drummaun South with Lough Derg 1½ mile S.E. of Whitegate.

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:
Bunlahy Bay is in Cloonrush townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Bunlahy Bay
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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