Cill Chaomháin/Kilcavan

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Cill Chaomháin

genitive: Chill Chaomháin

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(Irish)

Kilcavan

(English)

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cill

English church

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county

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barony

Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch

civil parish

An Caisleán Breac/Castlebrack

Explanatory note

Gaeilge
the church of Caomhán
Caomhán — ainm pearsanta

Is é naomh atá caomhnaithe sa logainm seo ‘Coeman ailithir o Chill Cháemain i nGesilli & in aliis locis’, CGSH §722.89 ( FSÁG III 140). Talamh portaigh é seo ar imeall thuaidh an chontae; ní mhaireann aon iarsmaí eaglasta ann.

Ainmneacha stairiúla:
1. 1622 ‘Clonegah’, 1636 ‘Leaneclonegah’, 1636 ‘Curreaghclonegah’, 1660c ‘Clonagagh’ < Cluain Ga (?) “pasture of (the) spears” (léana “the damp pasture” agus currach “wet land” atá sna leaganacha ó 1636) — i dtreo 1660c ‘Red Bog’ DS i ndeisceart an bhaile fearainn.
2. 1550 ‘Kyllynnacregyr’, 1607 ‘Killmaccragdare’ [leg. Killinaccrageare], 1636 ‘Killenacriegare’, 1622 ‘Killmacrygare’, 1660c ‘Killcomaceagar’, ‘Killconaceager’, ‘Killanaceager’, ‘Killnacregare’ < Coill an Acra Ghirr “the wood of the short acre” (16ú haois) nó Coill an Acra Ghearr (17ú haois) (cf. 1780 ‘A Ghearailt gheáirr an gháire ghonta’, téacs ó Laois i gcló in Irish Minstrelsy I) (cf. bf An tAcra Gearr (#28551) le hais Mhóinteach Mílic).
3. Ainm eile ar an ‘quarter’ seo ab ea Clann Chearúill (féach (#28468)). Féach 1607 ‘Killkevan in the quarter of Clancaroll’.

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53.1895, -7.36799latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1100c.	Coeman ailithir o Chill Cháemain	CGSH Iontráil: 722, Foroinn: 89 Corpus Genealogiarum Sanctorum Hiberniae Údar: P. Ó Riain, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain foilsithe: 1985
1550	Ballykilkevan	Offaly Survey Leathanach: 348 'The Survey of Offaly in 1550', E. Curtis (1930), Hermathena, 20, 312-52.
1550	Kilkevan Kuregge	Offaly Survey Leathanach: 348 'The Survey of Offaly in 1550', E. Curtis (1930), Hermathena, 20, 312-52.
1550	Kyllynnacregyr	Offaly Survey 'The Survey of Offaly in 1550', E. Curtis (1930), Hermathena, 20, 312-52.
1582	Kylkewan Tirlagh O Doyn	F Leathanach: 3840 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1593	Clonticarrowle alias Kilkevan CN R.C. 5/10	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 166 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1601	Kilkevan Terence O Dunn	F Leathanach: 6523 Calendar to Fiants of reign of Henry VIII. 1510-47...of Queen Elizabeth. 1558-1603'. In RDK (1875-90) Nóta eolais: Tagraítear d'uimhir ailt (ó am go chéile, nuair a théann an t-alt thar bhreis agus leathanach amháin, tagraítear d'alt agus do leathanach) / Reference to article number (occasionally, when the article extends over more than one page, the article and page number are given)., Áit foilsithe: London, Bliain foilsithe: 1875-90
1607	Killkevan, Kilkevan in the quarter of Clancaroll	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 14 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1608/9	Clancarroll alias Kilkevan	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 75 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1608/9	Clancarroll alias Kilkevane	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 80 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1609	Ballinmonyne	CPR Leathanach: 123 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1609	Clancarroll or Kilkevane	CPR Leathanach: 123 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1609	Clancarroll qr. Clancarroll qr.	CPR Leathanach: 123 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1609	Kilkevane, Clancarroll or	CPR Leathanach: 123 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1622	Clancorrell	CPR Leathanach: 552 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1630c.	Caomhan ó Chill Chaomhain	FNÉ Leathanach: 2 Felire na Naomh nErennach/Martyrology of Donegal (1630) (ed. J. O'Donovan, R.H. Todd, W. Reeves). Bliain foilsithe: 1864, Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Údar: J. O'Donovan, R.H. Todd, W. Reeves
1636	Clancaroll alias Kilkevan; Clancarroll alias Kilkevan	O Doyne Ms. Leathanach: 177, 178 Lámhscríbhinn Uí Dhuinn/The O'Doyne Manuscript, eag. K.W. Nicholls Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Bliain foilsithe: 1983, Foilsitheoir: Coimisiún Láimhscríbhinní na hÉireann
1655	Killcavan & c.	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Kilkeevan	Cen. Leathanach: 505 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1660c	Ballimonine & Aghavane	BSD (La) Leathanach: 124 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1660c	Killcavan, Killanaccagar, Clonagagh & Garrimore	BSD (La) Leathanach: 124 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Laois)
1669	Ballynemonin, parcell of Kilkevan	ASE Leathanach: 211 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1669	Kilkevan and Killnacregare and Ballynemonin, parcells of Kilkevan.	ASE Leathanach: 211 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1669	Killnacregare, parcell of Kilkevan	ASE Leathanach: 211 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1669	Ballynemony and Aghavane	ASE Leathanach: 214 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1669	Part of Killkeanane next Killoge	ASE Leathanach: 214 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Ballimonin	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1685	Kilcavan	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1769	?KilCavan	CGn. Uimhir: 276.232.177136 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1778	Killcavan	T&S Leathanach: 159 Taylor & Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777. Foilsiodh an leabhar seo i 1778. Bliain: 1778, Pubref: leabhar de mhapaí
1812	Kilcavan	Leet Leathanach: 23 Ambrose Leet. Directory of Postal Towns (1812) Bliain: 1812
1819	Kilcavan	Par. Stat. Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 317, 332 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1819	Kilcavan "Wood of the vale."	Par. Stat. Leathanach: 332 A statistical survey or, parochial survey of Ireland, (3 vols, Dublin, 1814, 1816, 1819) ii, lxvii. Údar: William Shaw Mason
1833	Kill Cavan	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1838	Kilcavan	CM:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1838	Killcavan	HCons PR:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1838	Kilcavan	DS:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Cill Choemhain, 'St. Kavan's church'	OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Kilcavan	OD:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1838	Kilcavan	BS:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1838	Killcavin	H.C. Bog Rep. 1810:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 House of Commons Bog Report 1810 fianaise in AL / evidence in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1838	Kilcavan	HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA013,13 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
2005	kilˈkavən	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2005	kilˈkavin	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
2008	Ceall Chaomháin	FSÁG Imleabhar: 3, Leathanach: 140 Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge/Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames. Eag. P. Ó Riain, D. Ó Murchadha & K. Murray (2003-)

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