BROWSE
townland
Corr na Caillí
genitive: Chorr na Caillí
(Irish)
Cornacullew
(English)

Glossary

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

Centrepoint

53.8845, -7.6972latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1629
Cornekilly
Cotton Map
1655
Cornecallie
DS
1660c
Cornecallie
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 175
1667
Cornecally
ASE Leathanach: 145
1813
Cornacullew
Edgeworth
1832
Cornacullew
BS:AL
1832
Cornacullew
Crawford, Sir, G.:AL
1832
Cornacullen [sic]
Edgeworth Map:AL
1832
Cornecallie
DS:AL
1832
Cor na Coilleadh, “pit or hill of the wood”
OD:AL
1832
There is also a well called Tubberpatrick and Village called Drumgort
Desc. Rem.:AL
1832
OD – “The hill now called Carn, a part of the same range he [Petty] calls Carnecallie, a name which is still remembered and connected with a tradition about a hag (Cailleach).”
LSO (Lo) Leathanach: 27
1908
Cornacallow, Cor na Coilleadh, “pit of the grove or wood”
MacGivney Leathanach: 90
2007
kornəˈkeliˑ
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