Coill an Ó/Wood of O

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townland

Coill an Ó

genitive: Choill an Ó

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(Irish)

Wood of O

(English)

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Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille

English wood

Hierarchy

county

Uíbh Fhailí/Offaly

barony

An Daingean Íochtarach/Philipstown Lower

civil parish

Baile Uí Chomáin/Ballycommon

Explanatory note

English

the wood of the —

Centrepoint

53.3003, -7.42057latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1550	Noy wodd of	Offaly Survey 'The Survey of Offaly in 1550', E. Curtis (1930), Hermathena, 20, 312-52.
1612	silva vocat' Oe	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 7 J I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1639	One, wood called	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 44 C I Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1659	O Kilclonfarte	Cen. Leathanach: 435 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1837	Wood of O	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1837	The Owe	Co. Treas.:AL County Treasurer, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1837	Wood of O	Cox Map 1748:AL Foinse in AL
1837	The O' is a corruption of O'Phaley. It was formerly called the wood of O'Phaley from its being in the possession of that sept.	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1837	Eo-choill	OD:AL 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
1837	The Owe	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40

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