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Kilroosk
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Explanatory note
- English
church of (the) bark, bark-like surface
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"Pinkman: Cill-Rúisc = Church of the moor or marsh. “There is another old churchyard and burial place in this parish (Killasnet) called Cill-Rúisc, which gives name to the townland of Kilroosk.” O’Donovan, Letters on Leitrim. "
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"Arch. Inventory: Ring-cairn. On top of Crocknagaple Hill (17). Earthwork (site). On a prominent hillock in an undulating landscape of reclaimed pasture (167). "
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"LSO: There is another old Church yard in this Parish called Cill Rúsc, which gives name to the Townland of Kilroosk and there is a third called Cill Mhi-Nórach (bhFionnabhrach); in what townland it lies, I could not ascertain. "
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1600idí |
?Cuil Ruscach
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Top. Frag. Leathanach: Iml. I, 1950, 65
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1817 |
Kilroosk
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1835? |
Killroosk
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TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 63 (59:16/2)
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1835? |
Kilroosky
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TAB Leathanach: 59, 61 (59:16/2)
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1836 |
Killroosk
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1836 |
Kilroosk
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1836 |
Cil-rúisc
'a burying place so called'
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1836 |
Kilrooske
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1836 |
Kilroosk
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1836 |
Killroosk
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1836 |
Cill ruisc
"There is an old burying place in this townland." [pl]
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1836 |
Cill rúisc
'church of the marsh'
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1836 |
Kilroosk
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2010 |
ˌkilˈruːsk
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