BROWSE
townland
Cuilleann
genitive: Chuillinn
(Irish)
Cullen and Brownhill
(English)

Explanatory note

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53.9967, -7.62921latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
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"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. "
Nóta
n/a
“parts of Corglass were known as Cullen and Brownhill…” (TAB, Bréifne, 1962, 114).
Nóta
1622
Cullen
CPR Leathanach: 539a-b
1733
Brownhill
CGn. Leathanach: 72.242.50595
1817
Culleinbrown
Larkin (Li)
1836
Cullien Brown Hill
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Cnoc dun a coll
'the hazel brown hill'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Cullen and Brown Hill
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Cuileann, 'holly'
OD:AL
1836
Cullienbrown
CM:AL
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]
OD:AL
1836
Cullien-Brown-Hill
BS:AL Nóta: cóipleabhar
1836
Brown Hill
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Brown Hill
Inhabs.:AL
1836
"A small hill known to the Inhabs by that name it is all under cultivation"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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