BROWSE
townland
Coill na Spideog
genitive: Choill na Spideog
(Irish)
Kylespiddoge
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the wood of the robins?

    Caolseans gur atuiscint ó spearóg “sparrow-hawk” atá sa cháilitheoir (cf. 1566; cf. www.dil.ie s.v. speróc).

    Féach na nótaí faoi bf Coill Rúraí (#28194), bf Baile Thomáis (#28509).

Centrepoint

53.0454, -7.16191latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1566
Killnesperokye?
'Rory(e) O'More capten of Leyse slayne by his said brother [Patricke] & the Conors in a place called ...'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 1 Eliz.
1812
Killespedogue
CGn. Imleabhar: 640.228.439068
1838
Spideog
pl:AL Leathanach: La044,8
1838
Kylespiddogue
[scriosta]
OC:AL Leathanach: La044,8
1838
Kylespiddoge
OD:AL Leathanach: La044,8
1838
Kile-Spiddogue
BS:AL Leathanach: La044,8
1838
Kylespidogue
GJP:AL Leathanach: La044,8
1838
Coill spideóg, 'wood of the redbreasts'
OD:AL Leathanach: La044,8
2004
kəilnəspiˈdoːg
Áit.

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