Coillte Brancs/Kiltybranks

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Hierarchy

townland

Coillte Brancs

genitive: Choillte Brancs

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(Irish)

Kiltybranks

(English)

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Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille

English wood

Hierarchy

county

Ros Comáin/Roscommon

barony

Dún Gar/Frenchpark

civil parish

Tigh Baoithín/Tibohine

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the woods of Brancs?
Ní léir brí an dara heilimint; Brancs ón sloinne Brancks, mar atá ag Ó Donnabháin, b'fhéidir
English

the woods of Brancs?
The meaning of the second element is unclear; perhaps Brancs from the surname Brancks, as suggested by O'Donovan

Centrepoint

53.8705, -8.6062latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1837	Coillte Brancs	pl:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1837	Kiltybranks?	OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Seán Ó Donnabháin, ceartúchán in AL/ John O'Donovan, correction in AL
1837	Kiltabranks	OD:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 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
1837	[Kiltybranks] "There are three forts, the one called Kiltobanks (a station) has a cave in it." [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1837	Kiltobanks	BS:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	Kiltobranks	Corr, D.:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Corr, D.:AL
1837	Kiltobranks	Sandford, J.:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 Sandford, J.:AL
1837	Coillte Brancs, 'Branck's woods'	OD:AL Leathanach: RC082,17 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

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