BROWSE
townland
Coillidh Bheithe
genitive: Choillidh Bheithe
(Irish)
Killyvehy
(English)

Glossary

English birch
coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9035, -7.72511latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌkiləˈvehə
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Coill-a’-Bheithe = Wood of the birch tree. Beith, a birch tree, is sometimes made a masculine noun. Compare Gort-an-Bheithe (Dineen). Killyvehy is pronounced locally Cullaveha."
Nóta
1621
Cullaghbehy
CPR Leathanach: 514b
1631
Cullaghbehy
Inq. Leathanach: 176
c1660
Killefehy
BSD Leathanach: 33
c1660
Killeybehye
BSD Leathanach: 33
1666
Killfehy
ASE Leathanach: 51:23
1836
Chuill a bheith
'the birch wood'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Coill an eatha
'the wood of the cattle'
dúch:AL
1836
Coill a bheithe
'wood of the birch'
OD:AL
1836
Killyvehe
CM:AL
1836
Killyveagh
Walsh:AL
1836
Killyvehy
OD:AL

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