BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na hUamha
genitive: Chnoc na hUamha
(Irish)
Knocknahoo
(English)

Glossary

English hill
uaimh, óin, ón
English cave, souterrain

Centrepoint

54.0039, -8.55159latitude, longitude
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Nóta
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Nóta
1617
Knocknahowa
CPR Leathanach: 322b
1633‒6
Knocknahua
Surv. Conn.:Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 402
1633‒6
Knocknahua
Surv. Conn.:Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 405
1660c
Knocknehow
BSD Leathanach: 132
1678
Knocknehow
ASE Leathanach: 258
1725
Knocknhow
CGn. Leathanach: 90.377.64936
1819
Knockaho
Larkin (Sl)
1830c
Knocknehoo
TAB
1836
[Knocknahoo]
"an old fort near the centre of the townland on which there is a trigonometrical station, 286 feet above the level of the sea" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Cnoc na húmh, 'hill of the cave'
["(nasal)" i ndiaidh "húmh"];
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Cnoc na humhach
"by some, called from a 'cove' in a fort in the T.L." [dúch];
dúch:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Cruc na húmha
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Cruc na húmhach
"some" [pl]; "from a cove that is in a fort there" [pl];
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Knocknahoo
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Knocknaho
CM:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Knocknahoo
Garrett, Rev.:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Knocknahoo
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl022,19
1836
Knocknahoo
BS:AL Leathanach: (Sl022,19)
1836
Knocknaho
CM:AL
1836
an old fort near the centre of the townland on which there is a trigonometrical station, 286 feet above the level of the sea
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
by some, called from a ‘cove’ in a fort in the T.L.
dúch:AL
1836
Knocknahoo
Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836
Cnoc na húmh ‘hill of the cave’ [‘(nasal)’ i ndiaidh ‘húmh’]
OD:AL
1836
Knocknahoo
OD:AL
1836
Cruc na húmha ‘some from a cove that is in a fort there’
pl:AL
1836
Cruc na húmhach
pl:AL

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