BROWSE
townland
Coill an tSiáin
genitive: Choill an tSiáin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Killyteane
(English)

Glossary

coill, coillidh, coillte, coille
English wood
English fairy mound

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the wood of the fairy mound

Centrepoint

53.9323, -7.2756latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1637
Keil-Itihan al' Kill-Itihan
Inq. Ult.
1652
Killeteean
(v.l. -leean, tá sé gan trásnán ach níl sé lúbtha mar is dual don -l- ag an scríobhaí seo)
Comm. Surv.
1660c.
Killetean
BSD (Ca) Leathanach: 258
1700c
Killitain
Carvaghs
1761
Killytean
Freeholders (Ca)
1761
Killatean
Freeholders (Ca)
1821
Killataine
Daonáireamh
1836
Coill a t-siadhain, 'wood of the fox-glove'
"sylva digitalis" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killytain
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killitain
Co. List 1790:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killeteean
"admirable!" [OD Nóta];
Commonwealth Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killytain
BM:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killytain
CM:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killatain
TAB Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killitaye
Co. Table:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Coill a t-sidheain
pl:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40
1836
Killyteane
"Vide Donaghmore in Down" [dúch]; "Drumantine" [pl];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca015,40

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