BROWSE
townland
An Cnoc Liath
genitive: an Chnoic Léith
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Knockleigh
(English)

Glossary

English hill
liath, léith
English grey, grey place, grey horse

Centrepoint

51.7208, -8.45829latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

1618
Knockleah
CPR Leathanach: 364
1641-7
Knockleigh
Outlaws Leathanach: 335
1655
Knockleagh
DS
1660c
Knockleagh
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 190
1667
Knockleagh
ASE Leathanach: 89
1669
Knockleagh
ASE Leathanach: 191
1703
Knocklea
Trustees Leathanach: 390
1704
Knocklea
Cl. Par. Rec. CCR Leathanach: 1. 344
1811
Knocklea
Bath
1841
Knockleigh
BS:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knocklea
Daunt, G.:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knocklea
Knolls, T. W.:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knocklea
TAB Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knockleigh (supposed)
Buck, F.:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knuckleigh
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knocklea
Freeholders Reg.:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knockleagh
DS:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Cnoc liath
OC:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
grey hill
OD:AL Leathanach: Co254,7
1841
Knockleigh
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Co254,7

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm