BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na nGabhar
genitive: Chnoc na nGabhar
(Irish)
Knocknagore
(English)

Glossary

English hill
English goat

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

54.033, -8.49682latitude, longitude
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Historical references

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Nóta
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Nóta
1641
Knocknagowre
Wood-Martin Leathanach: ii 194
1660c
Knockagower
BSD Leathanach: 123
1819
Goat Hill
Larkin (Sl)
1833
Knocknagour
TAB
1836
Knocknagower
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl018,21
1836
There are two old forts on the S. side of the townland and a hill near the centre on which there is a trigonometrical station called by the inhabitants Knocknagower or Goat Hill”
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Knocknagower or Goat Hill
Inhabs.:AL
1836
Knocknagore
OD:AL
1836
Cnoc na ngabhar, “hill of the goats”
OD:AL
1836
Knocknagower
Old Tithe Bk:AL (Sl)
1836
Cruc na ngabhar
pl:AL
2008
Cnoc na nGabhar
Ó Muraíle

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