BROWSE
townland
Sailí
genitive: Shailí
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Scilly
(English)

Glossary

sail, saileach
English willow-(tree)

Centrepoint

51.7045, -8.5175latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1655
Selly
DS
1659
Sillypoint
Cen. Leathanach: 211
1660c
Selly
BSD (Co) Leathanach: 55
1661
Sillypoynt
Corp. Kins. Leathanach: 66
1666
Cilly
ASE Leathanach: 55
1683
Silly
(gan tagairt)
Adm. Bonds Cork
1684
Sillypoynt
Corp. Kins. Leathanach: 170
1706
Scillypoint
Corp. Kins. Leathanach: 209
1748
Scilly
(s.n. Jeremiah Murphy)
Adm. Bonds Cork
1750
Scilly [village]
Smith Cork Leathanach: 1.234
1811
Silly
Bath
1837
Scilly
Top. Dict. Leathanach: ii, 514
1841
Scilly
BS:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
HCPR 1824:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
Seward Top. Hib.:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
TAB Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
Browne, Sir T.:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
CM:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly otherwise Cilly
Newman, W.:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Siellibane (?)
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Silly
Dep. 1652:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Selly
DS:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Soilidh bán, 'white place of sallows,' 'salicetum album'
OD:AL Leathanach: Co333,44
1841
Scilly
OD:AL Leathanach: Co333,44

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