BROWSE
townland
Coill Rois
genitive: Choill Rois
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Kilrush
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.0551, -7.7604latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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"CC Cill Rois Lm Cill Rois TÁ Cill Rois PL Cill Rois Cl (PO) Cill Rois Co; CD; ME; Sl; La; IM Gan chártaí "
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"Pinkman: Coill-Rois = Wood of the point of land. "
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"Arch.Inventory: Enclosure. On the SW-facing slope of a drumlin (154). Enclosure. At the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin (154). "
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"Lewis: “The gentlemen’s seats are…Kilrush, of W.Shanly, Esq.…” (Vol. II, 452) "
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1621
Cavaneskeene alias Killrushell
CPR Leathanach: 525a
1659
Killrussell
Cen. Leathanach: 561
1660c
Killrussell
BSD Leathanach: 17
1817
Kilrush
Larkin (Li)
1830c
Kilrush
TAB Leathanach: (61:16/14) innéacs, 1b
1836
Kilrush
BS:AL
1836
Kilrush
Stacke, Capt.:AL
1836
Kilrush
Larkin (Li)
1836
Kilrush
HCER 1820:AL
1836
Coill rois
'wood of the point'
OD:AL
1836
Kilrush
OD:AL
1836
[Kilrush]
"…two Danish forts…"
Desc. Rem.:AL
1837
Kilrush
(Shanly)
Top. Dict. Leathanach: 452, Vol.II

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