BROWSE
townland
An Choillidh
genitive: na Coilleadh
(Irish)
Cully
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood

Centrepoint

54.0587, -7.70612latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"UF An Choillidh Sl. Féach Mu. "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Coillidh = A woody place. "
Nóta
"Arch.Inventory: Rath. On top of a drumlin overlooking Garadice Lough (77). Enclosure (site). In pasture on the S-facing slope of a drumlin (144). Church (site). On the W shore of a bay at the NE corner of Garadice Lough. The parish church of Drumreilly with documentary references from the early 15th century (Seymour 1935; Earley 1999), which was associated with a hospital (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 350, 382). "
Nóta
<s>1620<s>
<s>?Quilly <s>
<s>[Cuillagh p: Fenagh, b: Leitrim]<s>
Inq. Leathanach: 142
<s>1622<s>
<s>?Cully <s>
<s>(barony of Dromaher)<s>
CPR Leathanach: 529a
<s>1627<s>
<s>?Quilleagh in barron de Carrgallyn<s>
Inq. Leathanach: 160
1655
Rudagh and Cuilley
DS
1660c
Rudagh Cuelly
BSD Leathanach: 4
1685
Cuilly
Hib. Del.
1817
[Derrybeg]
Larkin (Li)
1834?
Culley
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/9) 7, 9
1836
Cully
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Cully
BS:AL
1836
Cullea
Larkin (Li)
1836
Cully
HCSR:AL 
1836
Coilleadh
'a wood, or woodland'
OD:AL
1836
Cully
OD:AL
1836
Cully
"…one Danish fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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