BROWSE
townland
Móin Lios na Coille
genitive: Mhóin Lios na Coille
(Irish)
Monastill
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
English ring-fort, enclosure
móin, mónaidh
English bogland

Explanatory note

  • English

    the bog(land) of the ring-fort of the wood

Centrepoint

52.8615, -6.54127latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1540-1
Monesnekyll, campo de
Suíomh éiginnte
Crown Surv. Leathanach: 3
1552
Monesnekill
F Leathanach: 1112
1570
Monesnekyll
F Leathanach: 1600
1604
Moneskill or Monesnekille
CPR
1839
Monastill
BS:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Monastill
Featherstone, Rev.:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Monastill, Monastile
Fenton, J., Agent:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Monestill
Howard Map 1711:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Kilmacart
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 17
1839
Monastill
Morran, Rev., P.P:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Moin a still, Bog of the still, i.e. of the poteen still. This name is not as old as Paracelsus.
OD:AL Leathanach: Ce 27, 21
1839
Monastill
Reg. Voters:AL Leathanach (AL): Ce 27, 21
1996
moːnəˈstil
Áit.

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