BROWSE
townland
Cnoc na Coilleadh
genitive: Chnoc na Coilleadh
(Irish)
Knocknakillew or Woodhill
(English)

Glossary

English hill

Centrepoint

54.0622, -8.57094latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Knocknakillew
Knocknakillew in Mayo and Sligo;Cnoc-na-coille, hill of the wood.
Joyce Leathanach: 453, Imleabhar: III
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
1584
Knockymerghir
Exch. E:Wood-Martin I Leathanach: 391
1608
Knockmiercher
CPR Leathanach: 109b
1655‒7
Knocknurcar
DS
1659
Knocanurhar
Cen. Leathanach: 599
1660c
Knockmurcare
BSD Leathanach: 125
1685c
K:nur:i:cer?
Hib. Del.
1813‒4
Knockacullue
LN Leathanach: 16 F 17 (38) (Palmerston Estate Sligo)
1819
Knockaculla
Larkin (Sl)
1828
Woodhill
TAB
1836
Wood Field ()
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl012,78
1836
Wood Hill als. Cnocknakillue
Corly, Rev.:AL
1836
A small rivulet ... waters this townland
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Wood-Hill (cruc na coilleadh) ‘Wood-Hill ... They sometimes call it Coill & Baile na Coilleadh’[pl]
dúch:AL
1836
Coill ‘They sometimes call it Coill & Baile na Coilleadh, “town of the wood”’
dúch:AL
1836
Wood Hill
Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836
Knocknakillew or Woodhill
OD:AL
1836
Baile na Coilleadh “town of the wood” [‘oo’ (dúch) os cionn ‘-eadh’ i ‘Baile na Coilleadh’]
OD:AL
1836
Wood Hill als. Cnock na Killue ‘Prond Wood Hill als. Cnock na Killue’
pron.:AL
2008
Cnoc na Coilleadh
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