Cnoc Alúine/Hill of Allen

Hierarchy

hill or hills

Cnoc Alúine

genitive: Chnoc Alúine

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(Irish)

Hill of Allen

(English)

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Other names

Almha, Almhain

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(Irish)

Glossary

cnoc

English hill

Hierarchy

county

Cill Dara/Kildare

barony

Connail/Connell

civil parish

Ráth Eirnín/Rathernan

electoral division

Ráth Eirnín/Rathernan

townland

An Charraig/Carrick

Archival records

Historical references

g.d.	géag fhionn Almhan	Aith.D Leathanach: 57, Véarsa: 17 Aithdioghluim Dána, A miscellany of Irish bardic poetry I (ITS XXXVII) Foilsitheoir: ITS, Údar: L. McKenna, Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1939
g.d.	a Albha Laighean	Aith.D Leathanach: 96, Véarsa: 27 Aithdioghluim Dána, A miscellany of Irish bardic poetry I (ITS XXXVII) Foilsitheoir: ITS, Údar: L. McKenna, Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1939
g.d.	a nAlmhain	Ir. Bard. Poet Leathanach: 163, Véarsa: 12, Líne: 1 Irish Bardic Poetry (ed. Bergin, Greene, Kelly. 1970) Bliain: 1200-1620, Leathanach:
904	Cnoc Almaine	ARÉ Imleabhar: 11, Leathanach: 572 Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters I-VII, ed. J. O'Donovan (an 2ú heagrán, 1856). BÁC Bliain: 300–1636, Nóta eolais: , Údar: John O'Donovan
1450c	ó iath Almhan	Ir. Bard. Poet Leathanach: 154, Nóta eolais: 1, Líne: 4 Irish Bardic Poetry (ed. Bergin, Greene, Kelly. 1970) Bliain: 1200-1620, Leathanach:
1590	go hAlm[uin] Laighean "& as sin [.i. Baile an Pholardaigh] go hAlm[uin] Laighean. d'ionnsuighi Gearoid mhic Philib mhic Muiris do shliocht in Ridire Chiarraidhe ... A bhean .i. Mabel inghen tSeoirsi mhic Gearailt."	RIA Uimhir: 3 C 19, Leathanach: 116v Royal Irish Academy (Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann). Is in éineacht le huimhir lámhscríbhinne de chuid an Acadaimh a úsáidtear an nod seo de ghnáth. Bliain: 1400-1900
1787	Allowin "... in Leinster ... the hill of Allen, or rather, as the natives of that country pronounce it, Allowin..."	Trans. RIA 1787 Leathanach: 76, Nóta: b Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. M.DCC.LXXXVII. Dublin. Printed by George Bonham.
1807	The Hill of Allen	Stat. Surv. (CD) Leathanach: 206 Statistical Survey Kildare 1807

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