Inis Caoin/Enniskeen

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Inis Caoin

genitive: Inis Caoin

(Irish)

Enniskeen

(English)

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Other names

Clann Chaoich an Fheadha

genitive: Chlann Chaoich an Fheadha

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(Irish)

Glossary

caoin

English pleasant, fair

inis, inse

English island; river meadow

Hierarchy

county

An Cabhán/Cavan

barony

Clann Chaoich/Clankee

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

pleasant river meadow, island
Tá fianaise ar fhorbairt go *Eanas Caoin sa chaint, faoi mar atá le sonrú i roinnt inis-ainmneacha eile in Oirialla agus i gContae na Mí. Clann Chaoich an Fheadha, Clann Chaoich Uachtarach, agus Clann Chaoich na Seanchlainne (ag tagairt don chraobh úd na Raghallach sa cheantar seo a choimeád an sloinne Mac an Chaoich, is dócha) ainmneacha eile a bhí ar an gcuid seo den bharúntacht Clann Chaoich tráth
English

pleasant river meadow, island
This part of the barony of Clann Chaoich/Clankee also went by the names Clann Chaoich an Fheadha, 'Clann Chaoich of the wood'; Clann Chaoich Uachtarach, 'Upper Clann Chaoich'; and Clann Chaoich na Seanchlainne, 'Clann Chaoich of the old family', probably referring to the branch of the O'Reillys in this area who kept the surname Mac an Chaoich

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53.9165, -6.84581latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1530c	The uppermost Cleankhy	Crown Surv. Leathanach: 276 Crown Surveys of Lands 1540-41 with the Kildare Rental Begun in 1518 ed. Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Dublin, 1992) Pubref: Irish Manuscripts Commission
1530c	Clankheynea	Crown Surv. Crown Surveys of Lands 1540-41 with the Kildare Rental Begun in 1518 ed. Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Dublin, 1992) Pubref: Irish Manuscripts Commission
1606	Eniskin al' Clanchy	Inq. Ult. Uimhir: 2 Jac. I Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1606	Eniskin al' Clanchy	Inq. Ult. Alt: 2 J 1 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1609	Clanchyenaghe otherwise<br/>Clankina	CPR Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1680c	ar chloinn Aodha chaoich an Fheadha	LCAB Leathanach: 42 Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe (eag. T. Ó Donnchadha) Bliain foilsithe: 1931, Áit foilsithe: Baile Átha Cliath, Foilsitheoir: Oifig an tSoláthair
1703c	Clann Chaoich an Fheagha	Gen. Hist. O'Reilly Bliain foilsithe: 1703
1720	Iniskene	Schools and Scholars of Breifne Leathanach: Léarscáil Bowen O'Connell, P. (1942), The Schools and Scholars of Breiffne, Dublin: Browne and Nolan Limited.
1836	The Parrish of Inniskeene	DS:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Down Survey (1656-1658), foinse in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks
1836	Eniskeen C	Beauf. Mem.:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Beaufort's memoirs, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Enniskeen Ph	Coote Co. Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Coote Co. Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)
1836	Eniskeen Cury ["Cury" =/ "curacy"?];	Seward Top. Hib.:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Foinse ex AL -- W. Seward, Topographica Hibernica (1795).
1836	Eniskeene & Eniskeen	Old MS:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Old MS:AL
1836	Enniskeen	Co. Table:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Foinse in AL - County Table 1824 Bliain: 1832-40
1836	[Enniskeen] "The town of Kingscourt is in that part of the parish which is situated in the barony of Clonkee" [Desc. Rem.];	Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Enniskeen (Ph)	Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Inis caoin or Eanas caoin	dúch (scriosta):AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Nóta i ndúch in AL agus é scriosta/Note in ink in AL (crossed out)
1836	Inis caoin, 'beautiful holm or island'	OD:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 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	Enniskeen "see general Co. Book" [dúch dearg];	dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Nóta i ndúch dearg in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook)
1836	Eniskean	S&V:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Enniskeen P.C. ["P.C" =/ "Perpetual Cure"];	Carlisle Top Dic:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 N. Carlisle A. Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1810), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Enniskeen P.C.	Irish Eccl. Reg. 1824:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Irish Ecclesiastical Register 1824, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Enniskeen C.	Beaufort:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Beaufort:AL
1836	Enniskeen Parish	Pop. Rep. 1821:AL Leathanach: Ca026,1 Population Report 1821 in AL (Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis)

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