Cnoc Sceichín/Thornhill

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townland

Cnoc Sceichín

genitive: Chnoc Sceichín

(Irish)

Thornhill

(English)

Capitalise

Glossary

cnoc

English hill

Hierarchy

county

Maigh Eo/Mayo

barony

Muraisc/Murrisk

civil parish

An Nuachabháil/Oughaval

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

hill of (the) little thornbush
Leathaistriúchán atá san fhoirm Bhéarla, a fhaightear den chéad uair sa bhliain 1812; téann fianaise an ainm Ghaeilge siar chomh fada le 1607 Knockskyne
English

hill of (the) little thornbush
The English form, a partial translation of the Irish, is first found in 1812; evidence for the Irish form dates back as far as 1607 Knockskyne

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53.7852, -9.66959latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1607	Knockroban... Knockskyne	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: I.19 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1617	Knockskehin ½ qr	CPR Leathanach: 318b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1617	Knockrobbin 1 cart.	CPR Leathanach: 318b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1617	Knockskehin	CPR Leathanach: 319a Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1617	Knockstehiun	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.193 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1617	Knockstehine	Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.207 Ionchoisní Chontae Mhaigh Eo/Inquisitions County Mayo I - III.
1635	Knockribbane, 1 qr called	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §34 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1635	½ carton called Gortedrawnane inthe half qr of Knockeskeaghine	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §37 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1635	Knockskeaghane 3 half cartrons	Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §51 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo (RIA MS 24 E 15) Foilsitheoir: Irish Manuscripts Commission, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: William O’Sullivan , Bliain foilsithe: 1958
1661	1½ Cart of Knockskehine...	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 108 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1661	Knockrobbine ½ Qr. ye other ½ Cart of Knock-Skehine called Gortrownane	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 108 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1661	Mountain belonging to Knockrobbine &c.	BSD (ME) Leathanach: 108 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Mayo)
1672c	Killrobbin	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1673	Knockskohin	Westport Est. Pap. Leathanach: 40,889/12(10) Westport Estate Papers Áit: NLI MS 40, Áit: LN 40, Teideal iomlán: Westport Estate Papers, A collection of records relating to the ownership and management of the largest estate in Co. Mayo, covering the 16th-20th centuries...
1677	Knockskehine 1 qr.	ASE Leathanach: 243.4 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1698	Knockskehene 1 qr	Browne's RR Leathanach: 1698 Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1699	Knock eskehine 1 qr, Lenevish Mount	Browne's RR Leathanach: 1699 Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1704	Knockskehine	Browne's RR Leathanach: 1704 Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1708c	Knockskehine 1 qr with Lenavish Mount.	Browne’s Lands Leathanach: I Account of the Sales of Col. John Browne’s Lands in the Counties of Galway and Mayo from 1698 to 1708 Áit: LN Micreascannán n.617, p.940
1708c	Knockskehane 1 qr with Lenavesta Mountain	Browne’s Lands Leathanach: II Account of the Sales of Col. John Browne’s Lands in the Counties of Galway and Mayo from 1698 to 1708 Áit: LN Micreascannán n.617, p.940
1710c	Knockskehine 1 qr	CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 87 Crown Rental of Lands.
1776	Knockscaheen	Mackenzie Leathanach: xiv Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Irelan Teideal iomlán: Maritime Survey of Ireland by Murdoch Mackenzie (A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain taken by Order of the Right Houourable The Lords Commissioners of Admiralty in two Volumes by Murdoch Mackenzie Volume I. Maritim Survey of Ireland), Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Pubref: London, 1776, Bliain: 1776
1792	Knockskehine	QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.74, 176 Quit Rent Ledgers
1802	Knockeskeeheen	Browne's RR Leathanach: 1802 Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1812	Thornhill, Cloonagh, Knock Ribben	Bald Bog Map Map of the Bogs, Lying on the South Western Part of the County of Mayo whose waters discharge themselves into Clew Bay, Killery Harbour and Lough Mask. Nóta: NLI 16 E 6, Údar: William Bald, Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1824	Thornhill	Sligo RR Leathanach: IV/3 Rollaí cíosa de chuid Eastát Shligigh sa Leabharlann Náisiúnta(a coinníodh i Westport House aroimhe)/Rent Rolls of the Sligo Estate in National Library (formerly in Westport House) Nóta: Féach Logainmneacha Mhaigh Eo le Fiachra Mac Gabhann
1830	Thorn hill, Cloonagh, Knock Ribben	Bald Uimhir: 17, 18 William Bald, A Map of the Maritime County of Mayo, in 25 sheets; surveyed between 1809 and 1817 and published in 1830 Bliain foilsithe: 1830
1831	Thornhill East, Thornhill West, Knockribbeen	TAB Leathanach: 45 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1833	Leenaveesta, Thornhill	Browne's RR Leathanach: 1833 Rent Rolls of Col. John Browne’s Estate, NLI micreascannán n.617 p.940 nó NLI WEP Ms 40,916/1. Áit: LN micreascannán n.617 p.940
1838	Sgeithin	pl:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Thornhill "or Knockskeheen" [scriosta]	OD:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	[Thornhill] "…one fort or campsite near the W. side."	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1838	Thornhill	Rent Office:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME128,28 Rent Office, foinse in AL Co. Mhaigh Eo / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Mayo.
1838	Thornhill	Query Bk.:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME128,28 Query Book, foinse in AL, Co. Mhaigh Eo / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Co. Mayo.
1838	Cnoc sgeithín, 'hill of the little bush, or thorn'	OD:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Thornhill	TAB Leathanach: ME128,28 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Cnoc a sgein, 'thorn hill'	Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Giblin, P.:AL
1838	Thornhill	BS:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Thornhill	CM:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Thornhill	Cess:AL Leathanach: ME128,28 Cess, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.

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