BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na Muc
genitive: Chnoc na Muc
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Knocknamuck
(English)

Glossary

English hill
English pig

Centrepoint

52.2734, -8.21081latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Ní don áit thuas a thagraíonn Knocknamuck (AL: Dep., Dep. IV 96, anno 1642) ach is le ceantar eile ar fad (bar. Kinalmeaky, p. Ballymodan, SO 96, 109, 110) sa chontae céanna a luaitear é. In ainneoin nach luaitear Knocknamuck sa ghiota seo a leanas, tuigtear go ndeachaigh róchomóntacht na muc sa cheantar seo trí chéile i bhfeidhm ar an údar: Hogs are kept in such numbers that the little towns and villages swarm with them; pigs and children bask and roll about, and often resemble one another so much, that it is necessary to look twice before the human face divine is consessed. I believe there are more pigs in Mitchelstown than human beings, and yet propagation is the only trade that flourished here for ages. (Young’s Tour 1778 II 275) AL: OC; OD
Nóta
1655
Lands unforfeited
DS
1721
Knocknamuck
CGn. Leathanach: 30.398.18966
1745
Knocknamuck
CGn. Leathanach: 120.384.82947
1792
Knocknamuck (s.n. Mary Thos O’Brien)
17/3/1792
Reg. Bapt. Leathanach: (p.4992)
1792
Nucknamuck (s.n. Mary Edmund Cull)
4/2/1792
Reg. Bapt. Leathanach: (p.4992)
1793
Knucnamuk (s.n. Ellen Maurice Lonergan)
3/3/1793
Reg. Bapt. Leathanach: (p.4992)
1812
Knuck-anamook (T.L.)
Post. Towns Leathanach: II 63
1831
Knocknamuck
TAB Leathanach: 62
1840
Knocknamuck
BS:AL Leathanach: 1 26
1840
Knocknamuck (?)
Dep.:AL
1840
cnoc na muc
OC:AL
1840
hill of the swine
OD:AL
1844
ar airde
SO 6" Leathanach: 11

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