BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na Gailsí
genitive: Chnoc na Gailsí
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Knocknagulshy
(English)

Glossary

English hill

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the hill of the foreign woman
    < gailseach (litriú caighdeánaithe < gaillseach)

  • English

    the hill of the foreign woman
    < gailseach (standardized spelling < gaillseach)

Centrepoint

53.6426, -9.25773latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1594
Knocknegulshe
F Leathanach: 5865
1596
Knocknegulshie
F Leathanach: 6016
1615
Knocknegusshe
CPR Leathanach: 283
1629
Knockegulsü
Inq.(ME) Leathanach: III.351
1635
Knocknagullsy, the qr of
Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §92V
1661
Knocknegulshie 1 Qr.
BSD (ME) Leathanach: 27
1685
Knocknahelbe [sic]
Hib. Del.
1716
Knocknegulsey
CGn. Imleabhar: 18.151.8735
1739
Knocknegulsey
CGn. Imleabhar: 96.374.68354
1746
Knocknegulsey
CGn. Imleabhar: 125.89.84306
1827
Knocknagilshy
TAB Leathanach: §50
1830
Knocknagelshee
Bald Leathanach: 19
1838
Knocknaculsheagh
BS:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknegulsey
Co. Bk.:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknagilsky
Tithe Ledger:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknagulsey
Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknagullsy
Strafford:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Cnoc na Goillsighe
pl:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Cnoc na Goillsighe, 'hill of the English woman'
"gaillseach is an English woman, or an earwig" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknagulshy
OD:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2
1838
Knocknagilsky
Anderson, Rev. I.:AL Leathanach: Ga030,2

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