Lexicographical Neighbors of Brugh
Literary usage of Brugh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of the Boyne, and Its Tributary, the Blackwater by William Robert Wilde (1849)
"But by far the most celebrated and extensive of all the Irish cemeteries was that
denominated brugh, or brugh na Boinne, the Burgum Boinne, the fort or town ..."
2. Burgh Laws of Dundee: With the History, Statutes, & Proceedings of the Guild by Alex Johnston Warden, Dundee (Scotland). (1872)
"... that all the inhabitants of this brugh who shall be lawfully requirit be the
... of the common milnes of the sd brugh to bring ther malt ..."
3. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland: With Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1870)
"The samyn day, ordains the brugh of Banff to be ... complaint gewin in be Aberdein
agatha the said brugh, and the commissioner of the said brugh to comper ..."
4. The beauties of the Boyne, and its tributary, the Blackwater by William Robert W. Wilde (1849)
"But by far the most celebrated and extensive of all the Irish cemeteries was that
denominated brugh, or brugh na Boinne, the Burgum Boinne, the fort or town ..."
5. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"The earliest reference to brugh that we have is, I believe, ... In this, brugh
is a cemetery, and the house (tech) of the Mie oc is one of the monuments in ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Gray- bill had given an option to EJ brugh on this land for the period of 10
months from Febru- Sl LRA ary 3, 1890, but that nothing had been paid by brugh ..."
7. The goede vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at home and in society, 1609-1760 by John King Van Rensselaer (1898)
"... Stirling—William Alexander now Successor to the Title—Mary Alexander's Engagement
to Peter Van brugh Livingston—The Children's " Companies " Again—Birth ..."
8. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"We have here a consistent line of evidence as to the use of the word brugh as
the place-name of one of the chief cemeteries of pre-Christian times, ..."
Other Resources:
