BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na Sionnach
genitive: Chnoc na Sionnach
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Knocknashannagh
(English)

Glossary

English hill
sionnach, sionnaigh, seannach
English fox

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

52.1156, -9.16257latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1625
Cnocknyshynagh
LN Leathanach: D26005
1773
Knockneshanage
CGn. Leathanach: 299.231.198123
1775
Knocknesannage
CGn. Leathanach: 309.300.205789
1778
Knucknashannig
HC Leathanach: XI, 77.3.3
1827
Knocknashinagh
TAB Leathanach: (1:11)
1834
Knucknashanagh
TAB Leathanach: (2:3)
1839
Crucknashannagh
BS:AL
1840
Knockynyshanahy (?)
Inq. J I:AL
1840
cnoc na sionnach
EC:AL
1840
Hill of the foxes
OD:AL
1840
Knocknashinnagh
Philpott, J.:AL
1840
Crucknashannagh
Wallis, H.:AL

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