Information about Sruffaunweirs

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunweirs
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
weirs of the sruffane or streamlet
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunweirs
Comment:
hybrid name
Description:
A stream.
Situation:
S. of the Ph. between Cloghmore and Bourabaun.

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:
Sruffaunweirs is in Cloghmore townland.