BROWSE
townland
Cill Bhríde
genitive: Chill Bhríde
(Irish)
Kilbride
(English)

Glossary

English church

Centrepoint

53.7664, -7.45886latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1629
----- [istigh le Larha]
Cotton Map
1631
Kilbryde
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 Car.1
1655
Kilbride
DS
1659
Kilbreed-mullaclare and Clommore
Cen.
c. 1660
Killbride
BSD
1673
Killbride
ASE Leathanach: 232
1813
Kilbride
Edgeworth
1836
Kilbride
BS:AL
1836
Cill Bhrighde, “Bridget’s Church”
OD:AL
1836
Cill Bhrighde
pl:AL
1836
...a burial ground called “Kilbride” or “old grave yard”
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Kilbride
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
Kilbride
DS:AL
1836
Kilbride
Inq. C I:AL
1951
“...that there was such a house of religious persons in this locality appears to be shown by the name given to a nearby well which is called (according to O’ Donovan) Tobar na mBan Naomh, the well of the Holy Women.”
JACAS Imleabhar: II (12), Leathanach: 86, Nóta: 'Holy Wells'
1954
“there is no evidence, documentary or traditional, of the existence there of a convent of nuns...”
Hist. Ardagh Leathanach: 540
2007
kilˈbrəid
Áit.

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