Hi, > From: Dave Corley <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSM-talk-ie] Townland naming oddities > > Hi all, > > I'm putting the finishing touches to another video based on a number of > questions that have come up over the last number of weeks. I've covered each > one of these in the video to act as a guide for others if they join in > mapping later on. > > What I have so far are: > - Part of (non-enclave) > - Part of (enclave) > - Townlands with "and" in the title > - Townlands with "or" in the title > - Townland with a (surname) in the title > - Townlands with only a letter contained within the boundary > - Islands with and without townland names > > Are there other instances of peculiarities in townland naming that I might > have missed. If so please let me know and if possible include a link so that > I can make use of an example to explain it. >
Briefly explaining the townland -> (civl) parish -> barony -> county hierarchy might be useful. The opposite to an enclave is an exclave - wikipedia has a good article on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave "Townlands with "and" in the title" - aren't these compound names? "Townlands with "or" in the title" - with OSM, is there a way to give alternative names? I'm not sure, but some (Dublin, possibly others) city centre areas were historically mapped on a parish basis only, not townlands. On naming conventions, a number of Irish places have the suffix -ton, e.g. Palmerston (Dublin West) and Gormanston (Meath). "Ton" (also "Tun") is the Old English spelling of "town". However, the names have sometimes been corrupted, e.g. "Palmerston" is often written as "Palmerstown" and half of the streets in Palmerston do spell it "Palmerstown". Some pronunciations vary widely, e.g. "Balla" in Mayo is pronounced "Bal", while "Togher" can be "Toher" or "Toker". Colm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
