Cnoc an tSuain/Knockatooan

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Cnoc an tSuain

genitive: Chnoc an tSuain

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(Irish)

Knockatooan

(English)

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Glossary

cnoc

English hill

Hierarchy

county

Corcaigh/Cork

barony

Dúiche Ealla/Duhallow

civil parish

Cluain Fearta/Clonfert

Explanatory note

English

the hill of (the) sleep, slumber

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52.2893, -9.19751latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1675	Knockatoone	Ussher Pap. Leathanach: 66 'Ussher Papers', in Analecta Hibernica, 15 (1944) 63-78.
1773	Knockatown	CEP Leathanach: XVIII, 94.2.4. The Corke Evening Post
1827	Knockatoon	TAB Leathanach: 3 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1840	Knockatooan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1840	Knockytyan (?)	Inq. C I:AL Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1840	Knockatooan	Leahy, D.:AL Leahy, D.:AL
1840	cnoc a tsíodhain	EC:AL Leagan Gaeilge logainm arna scríobh ag Eoghan Ó Comhraí, ex AL/Irish placename form written by Eugene (O') Curry, ex AL Bliain: 1830-40
1840	hill of the fairy-mount. The name is uncertain	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1840	cnoc a tsuain, or cnoc a tamhain	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1840	The local Irish should be determined	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1840	Knockatoon	Smith, G.:AL Smith, G.:AL
1845	735" (ar airde)	SO 6" An tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis, an chéad eagrán (6 orlach)/Ordnance Survey, first edition (6 inch)
1923	Knockatooan in Cork, sometimes called Slumber Hill (correctly)	Joyce Leathanach: III, 443 P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920

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