BROWSE
town
Coill Dubh
genitive: Choill Dubh
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Coill Dubh
(English)

Other names

Blackwood
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
dubh, dú-, duí-
English black

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.2933, -6.8167latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

1588
isin Choill Duibh
LGen. 839.3
Éigse Imleabhar: XXX, Leathanach: 139
1590
o Choild na Cúirti Duibhi
"Ainnsen go Dún Uabhair dham. lucht in dúna sin .i. Semus mac Gerailt mic Seain mic Uilliam oig mic Thomáis .i. mac mic Thomáis Geraltaigh o Choild na Cúirti Duibhi ... A bhen .i. Mairgreg ingen Remuinn óig mic Tomáis ... do shliocht Seoin mhic in Iarla ..."
RIA 3 C 19 Leathanach: 116r

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