BROWSE
townland
Ros Coillteáin
genitive: Ros Coillteáin
(Irish)
Rosskelton
(English)

Glossary

English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    height of (the) little wood

    ‘Talamh ard (coillteach), coill, ceann tíre’ an réimse bríonna atá leis an bhfocal ros. Dhealródh sé gur minicí an bhrí ‘talamh ard (coillteach)’ leis sa taobh seo tíre; tá cnoc 103m in oirthear an bhaile fearainn seo agus talamh ard c. 100m san iarthar. Cf. bf An Ros (#27887).

    Bronnadh pardún sa bhliain 1569 ar ‘Matthew Skelton, of Skelton rathe [Queen’s county], gent’ (Fiants (Eilíse) 1339). Cé go réiteodh cuid mhaith den fhianaise anseo le * Ráth Scealtúin “the ring-fort of Scealtún (< Skelton)” níl aon fhianaise a cheanglódh an logainm stairiúil úd leis an áit seo idir chamáin. Ná níl aon iarsmaí d’imfhálú le fáil ar an mbaile fearainn ach chomh beag.

    Ní léir cá raibh 1838 ‘Keeran’s Well’ a luaitear san Ainmleabhar.

Centrepoint

52.9795, -7.3988latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1549
Roskeltain
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 59 + 60
1551
Roskiltane
F Leathanach: 700
1551
Roskiltane
F Leathanach: 736
1563
Ruscuftain
Cotton Map
1563
Roscoltayne alias Roscoulayne
F Leathanach: 510
1569
Skelton rathe, Matthew Skelton of
F Leathanach: 1339
1569
Roskelton alias Rosquillan
Francis Cosbie and Elizabeth Palmes, his wife
F Leathanach: 1375
1577
Roscoltaine alias Roscolaine
Barnard Fitzpatrick, knt
F Leathanach: 3050
1579
Roscolltayne alias Rosconlan
F Alt: 3522
1593
Rossekelton alias Rossequillan
F Leathanach: 5824
1608
Rosseskelton or Rossequillan
CPR Leathanach: 124
1619
Rossquiltane al' Rossquillan
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 14 J I
1620
Roskelton alias Rossequillan
CPR Leathanach: 510
1655
Roscoltean
DS
1659
Rosquittan
Cen. Leathanach: 498
1660c
Roscoltean
BSD (La) Leathanach: 89
1666
Roskiltan
ASE Leathanach: 70
1669
Roscesteane or Roscellteane
ASE Leathanach: 199
1685
Roscoltean
Hib. Del.
1838
Rossquiltane alias Rossquillan
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Roscoltean
DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosscoltean
DS Map:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Roskelton
Map (Hawksworth):AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Ros coilteain, 'wood of the eunuch'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosskelton
OD:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
[Rosskelton]
"…a well called 'Keeran's Well'."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosskelton
Coote Map:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosskelton
BS:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosskelton
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
1838
Rosskelton
CM:AL Leathanach: LA015,84
2004
rosˈkelton
Áit.

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