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Explanatory note
- English
O’Donovan is doubtless correct when he explains Cotts as ‘cottages or huts’ (5). As observed above (see COOLCOTS (#54540), par. Carrick), the English dialect word cott “cottage” also occurs in other place-names in what was the English Pale, e.g. Coldcut (D) and Colecot (D). (In regard to English-language place-names and Yola, the now-defunct English dialect of South Wexford, see Introduction.)
The Irish form Na Botha is a translation (cf. BPP p.47).
[It has been stated elsewhere that this place-name ‘may be either of Viking or Anglo-Norman extraction’ ([details to be added]). However, as English has been the dominant language in south Wexford over the past 800 years — since the early days of the Anglo-Norman colony — the place-name Cotts, readily derivable from English, cannot be used as an indicator of Norse settlement.]
[Excerpt from Logainmneacha na hÉireann IV: Townland Names of County Wexford, 2016, with additional commentary in square brackets [ ].]
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Historical references
1576 |
Cotts (Walt. Sinot) Wm Kelly of Sculrishe, ...Geak kelly of Milton, Walt. Devrod of Rathcheagan..John Dorstall of Kilmore.
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Hore Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 388
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1606 |
le Cotts (Wil. Synott)
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Inq. Lag. Alt: 4
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1606 |
the Cotts
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Inq. Lag. Alt: 4
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1638 |
Cotts & Fennes (John Stafford)
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Inq. Lag. Alt: 132 C I
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1716 |
Cotts (Barrington-Gough)
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CGn. Imleabhar: 18, Leathanach: 39, Uimhir: 8244
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1830c |
Cotts & Littletown
Tacumshan II
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TAB Leathanach: 5
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1840 |
Cotts
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BS:AL Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 22
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1840 |
Cotts
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CM:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 22
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1840 |
Cotts
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1840 |
Cotts
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GJP:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach: 22
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1840 |
Cotts
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1840 |
Cotts
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OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 22
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1840 |
Cotts
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1840 |
Cotts, 'i.e. cottages or huts'
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OD:AL Imleabhar: 1, Leathanach (AL): 22
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