BROWSE
townland
Cnoc an Liagáin
genitive: Chnoc an Liagáin
(Irish)
Knockalegan
(English)

Glossary

English hill
lia, liag
English stone, pillar-stone

Centrepoint

53.8994, -9.58835latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

1677
Knocklegan, Clohellyran [sic] als Cloghnahurck als
Palmer Est. Leathanach: 40,889/14(6-7)
1710c
Knocklegan als Raith... Cloghollican als Cloghnahunch
CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 73
1792
Knicklegan als Raith... Cloghollican
QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.74, 304
1792
Knocklegan
QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.74, 317
1805
Knockelegane
O’Donnel RR Leathanach: 2
1815
6. Knockaleegane
O’Donnel RR Leathanach: 3
1830
7. Knockalegan
Bald Uimhir: 13
1832
8. Knockelegane
TAB Leathanach: §20
1838
Cnoc a liagáin, 'hill of the standing stone'
OD:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Knockalegan
"Compare legan in Irish leegaun" [OD Nóta];
OD:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Knockalegan
CM:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Cnocalegaun (Flag Hill)
Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Knockalegaun
BS:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Knockalegaun
Stoney, Rev. W.B.:AL Leathanach: ME040,20
1838
Knockalegane
["Rent Office, Westport"];
Rent Office:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME040,20

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm