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county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

townland

townland
An Caol
genitive: an Chaoil
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Keel
(English)

Glossary

English narrow; a narrow; marshy stream

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

electoral division

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

53.6427, -7.72731latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Keele?
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1655
Keily
DS
1659
Keele
Cen. Leathanach: 460
1660
Keyley
BSD Leathanach: 139
1668
Keele alias Keyley
ASE Leathanach: 165
1671
Keele
ASE Leathanach: 228
1685
Keel
Hib. Del.
1813
Keel
Edgeworth
1835
Keyley
DS:AL Imleabhar: C108, Leathanach: 28
1835
Keele
BS:AL
1835
Keel
Edgeworth Map:AL
1835
Keele
Rev. J Jessop:AL
1835
Keel
J Robison T.?P.:AL
1835
Keel
HCER 1826:AL
1835
Keele
Inq. J I:AL
1835
Caol 'a narrow piece of land or neck'
OD:AL
1908
Caol 'narrow ridge, a marsh.
MacGivney Leathanach: 149
2008
kiːl
Áit.

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