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Cuilleann
genitive: Chuillinn
(Irish)
Cullen and Brownhill
(English)
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Historical references
"Cf. FM, TE UF, Brownhills: An Cnoc Rua "
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"Pinkman: Cuileann = Holly – a place abounding in holly. "
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"“Cuileann in Áitainmneacha” Béaloideas 1960, Im. XXCIII, lch. 50-65 “Learg nó fánán an airdhe thalmhanda atá ina húdar anma dona háiteacha a cuireadh sa liosta thuas, ach is ceann fiorfheicheálach . Rite nó fíor-rite a fuaireas an learg ins gach áit…” (Li)… Is solasach an learg ansin, ag tuitim ó phointe 377 (Brownhill?) go dtí an loch.” Féach freisin “A Reassessment of the Element Cuilleann” Gregory Toner, Ainm, Iml. Vii, 1996-7. "
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“parts of Corglass were known as Cullen and Brownhill…” (TAB, Bréifne, 1962, 114).
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1622 |
Cullen
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CPR Leathanach: 539a-b
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1733 |
Brownhill
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CGn. Leathanach: 72.242.50595
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1817 |
Culleinbrown
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1836 |
Cullien Brown Hill
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1836 |
Cnoc dun a coll
'the hazel brown hill'
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1836 |
Cullen and Brown Hill
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1836 |
Cuileann, 'holly'
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1836 |
Cullienbrown
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1836 |
Cullen and Brown Hill
"The general appellation in the county is 'Cullen and Brown Hill' but nothing is known about its origin or meaning." [Nóta OD]
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1836 |
Cullien-Brown-Hill
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BS:AL Nóta: cóipleabhar
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1836 |
Brown Hill
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Brown Hill
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1836 |
"A small hill known to the Inhabs by that name it is all under cultivation"
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