Etymology
“Aughanduff” (also spelt “Annduff”) is commonly said to derive from the Irish Áth an Daimh, meaning "ford of the oxen" (or “oxford”), with the relevant ford being one across Balina stream which separates the townland from neighbouring Carricknagavina. It has also been argued, however, that the name comes from the Irish Achadh Dubh meaning "black fields". The spelling used for official purposes is Aughanduff, and the area is commonly pronounced Ann-duff.
The modern English spelling ‘’Aughanduff’’ appears to have emerged during the 18th Century, and the Northern Ireland Place-Names Project records the following spellings being used in official documents or maps prior to Aughanduff being used in John Rocque’s 1760 Map of County Armagh:
- Aghadampe - Esch. Co. Map, 5.26, 1609 (Escheated map of County Armagh: Orior);
- Aghadamph - CPR Jas I, 187a, 1611 (Irish patent rolls of King James I);
- Aghaduffe the backside of - Civ. Surv., x $77, 1655c (the Civil or "Down" Survey);
- Aghadiffe - Inq. Arm. (Paterson), 228, 1657(Inquisition as to parishes in County Armagh in 1657);
- Aghaduff - Inq. Arm. (Paterson), 225, 1657;
- Aghadu - Hib. Reg., Oryer, 1657c (Hibernia Regnum or the Down Survey of the Baronies of Ireland, 1655-58, Map of The Barony of Oryer in the County of Ardmagh (2 sheets));
- Aghaduffe - BSD, 3, 1661 (the Books of Survey and Distribution);
- Aghaduffe - HMR Murray (1941), 131, 1664 (the Hearth Money Rolls 1664);
- Agheduffe - HMR Orior, 426, 1664 (the Hearth Money Rolls of Orior, 1664);
- Aghneduffe or ‘’Aughinduffe’’ - ASE, 107 b 7, 1666 (the Acts of Settlement and Explanation); and
- Aghaduffe - Hib. Del., 28, 1672c (Sir William Petty's Hiberniae Delineatio or Petty’s Atlas. Based on the Down Survey).
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