BROWSE
townland
Cnoc an Dumha
genitive: Chnoc an Dumha
(Irish)
Knockdoo
(English)

Centrepoint

53.0175, -6.7699latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1752
Knockadew
Noble & Keenan Co. Map
1760
Knockadew
Nevill 1760
1783
Knockadow
Taylor (Cill Dara)
1821
Knockandow
Duncan
1838
Cnoc dubh, 'black hill'
OD:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockdhu
BS:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockadew
Nevill Wicklow:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockadew
Balwin Map:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockadieu
Byrne, M.:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockadhu
De Renzi:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockadiogh
Carroll, H.:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockanduffe?
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockdhu Townland
Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
Knockdoo
"always made either Knockduff or -doo" [OD Nóta];
OD:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1838
[Knockdoo]
"Proprietor Henry Carroll Esqr, Ballynure; Agent, James Wall Esqr" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: CM008,28
1928
'Cnoc da dhamh'? ... 'Knock-ă-dou(gh) Hill' (slightly gutteral: 'ough' as in 'plough'... N.B. Father Shearman writes it 'Cnocadhow' (JSRAI xii, 344). (lch.13).
LPN
1930
'Knockadow', but Father Stafford called it 'Knockdoo' (I lch.56)
LPN
2019
nɔk ˈduː
Áit.

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