BROWSE
townland
Coill na Lon
genitive: Choill na Lon
(Irish)
Kilnalun
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the wood of the blackbirds

  • English

    the wood of the blackbirds

Centrepoint

53.889, -6.78176latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1776
Kilnalun
Anthony Preston Lord Viscount Gormanstown ... the Nobber Estate that is to say all those Lands and Hereditaments known and destinguished by the name of Garmanagh Lauffin upper Garmanagh Holestown Colledge Lurginagh Mullinagree Clogreagh and Mullin[ ] [Polemurrary?] Derrigmason Carretobber Killatymore Killa[ ] Coumak[ ] ... Whitewoods and Muff Rath Gillian Sellersook Camoge Killbride Spiddall Sloanstown Ardinagh Rowlagh Kilnalun Dunhida the Mill and Mill Lands [Leartagh?] ... upper and lower Ballanamore and Nobber ... Armagh Bregagh and Mullagh ... Morgallion
CGn. 312.89.207466
1777
Killnalun
Anthony Cruise of Spiddall ... Killnalun Rowlagh and Dunhida situate in the Barony of Morgallion
CGn. 326.109.214397
1781
Killnalunn
Gormanagh ... Lauffin ... Upper Germanagh Hollestown College ... Lurgenagh Mullenagree Cloghreagh ... Mullandrum & Polammay ... Dorigmason Caritobber and Killatymore ... Cournahave and Courleeah ... White Wood ... Muff ... Rathgillian ... Camoge ... Killbride ... Spiddull ... Killnalunn and Dunhida ... Loarlagh ... Culletagh ... upper and lower Ball[e?]namore
CGn. 339.93.227094
1812
Killnallon
Larkin (Mí)
1816
Kilnalun
Dunheeda, Carrickleck, Rooley, Kilnalun, Lisnahethernagh (Cavan), Curraghtubber
Longfield Maps
1827
Kilnalunn
TAB
1835
Killanalun
Lord Gormanstown
Longfield Maps MS 21 F. 14 / (069)
1836
Kilnalon
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Killnallen
CM:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Kilnalum
dúch dearg:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Kylenalun
Local:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Coill na lón
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
wood of the blackbirds, 'sylva merularum'
"See Aghalun, Co. Fermanagh."
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Kil-na-lun
pron.:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
Kilnalun
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Mí041,22
1836
[Kilnalun]
"…two forts…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Mí041,22

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