Cúlach/Coolagh

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Hierarchy

townland

Cúlach

genitive: Chúlaigh

(Irish)

Coolagh

(English)

Capitalise

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

Cill na mBanbhán/Kilmanman

electoral division

Baile an tSagairt/Castlecuffe

Explanatory note

Gaeilge
place of corners, nooks?

Baile fearainn cuibheasach mór é seo. D’fhéadfaí foirm iolra a chur san áireamh, i bhfianaise na leaganach béarlaithe de bf Na Cúlacha (#28375) i bparóiste an Chaisleáin Bhric, 17km soir uaidh seo. Faoin logainm seo faoi chaibidil tá 1655 ‘Cullagh’, 1819 ‘Coolagh’, 2005 /ˈkuːlək/ againn. D’fhéadfaí na foirmeacha seo a chur i gcomparáid le 1593 ‘Cowlagh’, 1593 ‘Coulagh’, 1622 ‘Coolagh’, 1660c ‘Cullagh’, 1997 /ˈkuːlək/ faoin logainm eile úd thoir.

Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:
1. Léirítear Pollanedan SO < Poll an Fheadáin (?) “the hole of the stream” in aice srutháinín sa phortach in oirthuaisceart an bhaile fearainn (cf. poll-ainmneacha i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn teorantaigh bf Baile an tSagairt (#28373) lastoir).
2. Díreach laisteas de sin atá Toberbane SO < An Tobar Bán “the white well”.
3. Ar imeall theas an bhaile fearainn tá Raheen SO < An Ráithín “the (little) ring-fort”.
4. Ní heol dúinn aon tagairtí stairiúla do Gallows Hill SO ná do Soldier’s Hill SO.

Centrepoint

53.1582, -7.61449latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1655	Cullagh	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c	Cullagh	BSD (La) Leathanach: 123 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1667	Coolagher	ASE Leathanach: 135 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Cullogh	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1819	Coolagh	Par. Stat. Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 315 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1819	Coolagh "Corner."	Par. Stat. Leathanach: 331 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1824	Coolagh	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Coolough	Map 1824 (Hamilton):AL Leathanach: La036,26 Map 1824 (Hamilton):AL
1838	Coolagh	HCSV:AL Leathanach: La036,26 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1838	Coolagh	CM:AL Leathanach: La036,26 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Coolagh	HCons PR:AL Leathanach: La036,26 HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Cullagh	DS:AL Leathanach: La036,26 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Cúlach, 'back of the hill'	OD:AL Leathanach: La036,26 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Coolagh	pl:AL Leathanach: La036,26 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Coolagh	OD:AL Leathanach: La036,26 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	[Coolagh] "…contains a sub-denomination called 'Sandhills' and several small turloughs."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La036,26 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Coolough	BS:AL Leathanach: La036,26 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Coolagh	Map 1824 (Warnesford):AL Leathanach: La036,26 Map 1824 (Warnesford):AL
1997	ˈkuːˌla	Áit. Uimhir : C894b2 Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
1997	ˈkuːlə	Áit. Uimhir : C894b3 Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	ˈkuːlak	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	ˈkuːlək	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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