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Explanatory note
- Gaeilge
the marshy stream, marsh?
Tá bríonna éagsúla leis an ainmfhocal caol i logainmneacha; cf. www.dil.ie s.v. cáel II (e): 'a stream flowing through a marsh'. Tá talamh fliuch agus sruthán i ndeisceart an bf seo.
Cf. bf Cluain Caoil, par. Chill na Sí - English
the marshy stream, marsh?
The noun caol has several meanings in placenames; cf. www.dil.ie s.v. cáel II (e): 'a stream flowing through a marsh'. There is wet ground and a stream in the south of this townland.
Cf. bf Cluain Caoil, par. Chill na Sí
Centrepoint
Historical references
1612 |
Keele?
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Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
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1655 |
Keily
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1659 |
Keele
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Cen. Leathanach: 460
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1660 |
Keyley
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BSD Leathanach: 139
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1668 |
Keele alias Keyley
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ASE Leathanach: 165
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1671 |
Keele
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ASE Leathanach: 228
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1685 |
Keel
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1813 |
Keel
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1835 |
Keyley
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DS:AL Imleabhar: C108, Leathanach: 28
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1835 |
Keele
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1835 |
Keel
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1835 |
Keele
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1835 |
Keel
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1835 |
Keel
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1835 |
Keele
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1835 |
Caol 'a narrow piece of land or neck'
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1908 |
Caol 'narrow ridge, a marsh.
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MacGivney Leathanach: 149
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2008 |
kiːl
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