Drochaill/Droughill

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Drochaill

genitive: Dhrochaill

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(Irish)

Droughill

(English)

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Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille

English wood

Hierarchy

county

Laois/Laois

barony

Port na hInse/Portnahinch

civil parish

Lé/Lea

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

Ní léir bunús an logainm agus is réiteach fuaime atá san fhoirm Ghaeilge thuas.

‘Evil wood’ an míniú a thugann Dowling in JKAS XIII < *Droch-choill. Cf. Droghill i gContae an Chabháin (#4320) = Droch-choill (< Doire Choill?).

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53.1672, -7.18196latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1655	'Under wood'	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1667	Belladrochill Charles II granted him Lord Arlington a Charter constituting 100 acres ... on the Barrow into a Borough	JKAS Imleabhar: IV, Leathanach: 217 Journal of Kildare Archaeological Society
1723	Druchill	CGn. Imleabhar: 36.430.23382 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1814	Drughill	Par. Stat. Imleabhar: I A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1838	Droughill	BS:AL Leathanach: La041,20 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Drughill	Vestry Bk.:AL Leathanach: La041,20 Vestry Book, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks Bliain: 1838
1838	Drughill	Clarke, Rev. :AL Leathanach: La041,20 Clarke, Rev. :AL
1838	[Droughill] "…there are two spa wells in it…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La041,20 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Rughill (an ancient name)	Grange:AL Leathanach: La041,20 Grange:AL
1838	Droch-coill, 'bad wood'	OD:AL Leathanach: La041,20 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	Droughill	OD:AL Leathanach: La041,20 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	Droughal	Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La041,20 Grand Jury Map of Co. Laois, ex AL
2005	ˈdrokil	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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