BROWSE
townland
Coill na Sián
genitive: Choill na Sián
(Irish)
Kilnashane
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
English fairy mound

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the wood of the fairy mounds, hillocks

    Taispeántar dumha anseo ar SO 25ʺ — ‘a mound with a raised area around it’, Fardal Seandálaíochta §643 (www.archaeology.ie) (ach féach ‘Possible landscape feature’, loc. cit.).

Centrepoint

52.8797, -7.28917latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1549
Kylnesian
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 55
1551
Kylnesian
F Leathanach: 684
1552
Kilnesian
F Leathanach: 1145
1557
Kylnesyan
P.R.O.L. Leathanach: 62/1
1567
Kilneshian
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Eliz.
1570
Kilnesean
F Leathanach: 1623
1593
Kilnesean and Ballenekyll
Alexander Cosbie
F Leathanach: 5825
1607
Kilnescan & Ballinekill
CPR Leathanach: 106
1607
Kilnashane
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 J I
1611
Kilnescane and Ballinekill
CPR Leathanach: 199
1633
Killneshane
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 16 C I
1633
Killyneshane
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 16 C I
1660c
Killneshane
BSD (La) Leathanach: 102
1838
Kilenashane
French, Rev.:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilneshane
Johnston, G.:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilneshane
Edge, J.:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilneshian
Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Killneshane
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilnashane
Ecc. Annals:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Coill na síodhán, 'wood of the fairy mounds'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilnashane
OD:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilneshane
BS:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilnashane or Kilneshane
Cramer, J. T.:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
1838
Kilneshane
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA024,21
2006
kəɪlnəˈʃeːn
Áit.

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