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Coill na Marbh
genitive: Choill na Marbh
(Irish)
Kilnamarve
(English)
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Centrepoint
53.9997, -7.61334latitude, longitude
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Historical references
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"Arch. Inventory: “Crannóg (possible). A submerged mound…on the bed of Kilnamar Lough…close to the N shore. It has no visible evidence of artificial construction, but a saddle quern, which is now kept at a nearby house, was found on it.” (lch 49) Rath. On top of a drumlin (103). "
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"Pinkman: Coill-na-Marbh = Wood of the corpses. Silva mortuorum (O’Donovan). The local tradition is that the name originates from a massacre. It is said that a number of Highland red-shanks were cut off here and slain (see Kilbracken): Kilbrackan: Coill-na-mBreacán = Wood of the brackens or plaids. This is O’Donovan’s rendering, and he adds on the Field Name Sheet “Here is where the red-shanks threw off their brackens.” "
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1590 |
?Killenemarne
(O Rourke)
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F Leathanach: 5439
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1604 |
?Cowlnemarwe
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CPR Leathanach: 32b
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1627 |
?Coillamarra
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Inq. Leathanach: 158
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1627 |
?Coillnamarra
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Inq. Leathanach: 158
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1655 |
Kilnemar
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1660c |
Killnemaive
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BSD Leathanach: 2
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1667 |
Killnemarrow
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ASE Leathanach: 101:23
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1685 |
Killinemar
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1734 |
Killnamarrow
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CGn. Leathanach: 76.222.53723
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1817 |
Killnamur
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1830c |
Kilnamar
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TAB Leathanach: (61:16/15) innéacs, 38
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1836 |
Killnamar
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1836 |
Cill an mor
'the great church'
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1836 |
Kilnamar
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1836 |
Kilnamar
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1836 |
Cill or Coill na mara
'the church or the wood tempted'
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1836 |
Kilnemor
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1836 |
Killnamur
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1836 |
from a massacre
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1836 |
"Coill na marbh 'wood of the dead'"
"'Sylva Mortuorum': a number of Highland Red-Shanks were cut off here." [Nóta OD]
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1836 |
Kilnamarve
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1836 |
[Kilnamarve]
"There is a Danish Fort south of the centre."
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