BROWSE
townland
Dúchoill
genitive: Dhúchoille
(Irish)
Dooghill
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
dubh, dú-, duí-
English black

Centrepoint

53.9254, -9.78868latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1635
the moiety of Doughill or 1/6 of the qr of Meynish
Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: §25
1661
Doughill
BSD (ME) Leathanach: 104
1830
Dukell
Bald Uimhir: 12
1832
Dooghill
TAB Leathanach: §20
1838
Dukell
CM:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dughhil
BS:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dughíl (Ink Hill)
Giblin, P.:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dughhil
Stoney, Rev. W.B.:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dughhil
["Rent Office, Westport"];
Rent Office:AL (ME) Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dwoghill
Strafford:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dubh choill, 'black wood'
OD:AL Leathanach: ME040,6
1838
Dooghill
"this is a very wild place: some remains of the wood formerly haunted by robbers" [OD Nóta]; "Doo [...] would do: but it is never so pronounced" [OD Nóta];
OD:AL Leathanach: ME040,6

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