Coillidh Chaoin/Killykeen

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Hierarchy

townland

Coillidh Chaoin

genitive: Choillidh Chaoin

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(Irish)

Killykeen

(English)

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Glossary

caoin

English pleasant, fair

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille

English wood

Hierarchy

county

An Cabhán/Cavan

barony

Lucht Tí Uachtarach/Loughtee Upper

civil parish

An Chill Mhór/Kilmore

electoral division

Coillidh Chaoin/Killykeen

Explanatory note

English

pleasant wood

Centrepoint

53.9991, -7.46758latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1836	Killykeen	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 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
1836	Coille caoin, 'beautiful wood'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 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
1836	[Killykeen] "There is a beautiful cottage at the point of Killykeen, kept as a pleasure house & much resorted to by parties on picnics to admire the scenery of the lake &c...The wood in this townland contains ash, oak, hazel and beech: Killykeen Cottage is situated at the N. extremity of the townland on the banks of Lough Oughter." [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Killikeen	Farnham, Lord:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 Farnham, Lord:AL
1836	Killikeen	Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 Co. List 1790, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Killykeen	BS:AL Leathanach: Ca039,98 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830

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