BROWSE
townland
Corr an Chábúin
genitive: Chorr an Chábúin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Corracaboon
(English)

Glossary

English round hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odd

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.9508, -7.86098latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Corr-a’-chabúin = Hill of the ignorant fellow. Cábún means a crowing hen, and, in a figurative sense, a whistling woman, or a low ignorant fellow."
Nóta
1834
Curracaboone
TAB Leathanach: 12, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Carraghcaubaun
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Carrowcaboon
BS:AL
1836
Corracapoon
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Corragh caubaun
'a white capon'
Hyde, Rev. A.:AL
1836
Caracaubawn
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Coracaboon
S&V:AL
1836
Cor a cabu//in
pl:AL
1836
Cor
'is sometimes a pit or hollow'
OD:AL
1836
Cor a chabúin
'the capon's hill'
OD:AL
1836
Corracaboon
OD:AL
1836
[Corracaboon]
"'Corraghcaubawn' is held by the tenure of paying a white capon annually … 'Carrowcaboon Bridge' is on the road from Mohill to Ballinamore."
Desc. Rem.:AL

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm