An Caol Bán/Keelbaun

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Hierarchy

townland

An Caol Bán

genitive: an Chaoil Bháin

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(Irish)

Keelbaun

(English)

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Glossary

bán

English white; lea-ground, grassy

caol

English narrow; a narrow; marshy stream

Hierarchy

county

An Longfort/Longford

barony

Sruthail/Shrule

civil parish

Nuachabháil/Noughaval

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the white narrow
Tá bríonna éagsúla leis an ainmfhocal caol.
Tuigeadh do mhuintir na háite sa 19ú haois go raibh an focal bán ag tagairt don ghaineamh atá le fáil anseo (cf. 'Sand Pit' i ndeisceart an bhaile fearainn, léarscáil 25″ ar www.osi.ie)
English

the white narrow
The noun caol has several meanings.
The adjective bán was understood locally in the 19th century to refer to the sand found here (cf. 'Sand Pit' in the south of the townland, 25″ map on www.osi.ie)

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53.541, -7.74788latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1751	Keelban	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1803	Keelbawn	CGn. Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1813	Carrigkeel [?] / Carrolevagh [?]	Edgeworth A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813); 4 leathanach (W. Faden, Londain a d’fhoilsigh, 1814)
1836	Keelbawn	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Caol ban, “white narrow stripe”	OD:AL 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
1836	Caol ban	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	from white sand	Nóta:AL Nóta in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1908	Caol Bán, “narrow white ridge”	MacGivney Leathanach: 149 Place names of the County Longford. Correctly spelled in Irish and fully explained in English, with notes and illustrations by Rev. Joseph MacGivney
1959	An Caol Bán	Cártaí Móra Cártaí Cartlainne de chuid an Bhrainse Logainmeacha
2008	kiːlˈbɑːn	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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