BROWSE
townland
Cill Bhréachmhaí
genitive: Chill Bhréachmhaí
(Irish)
Kilbreffy
(English)

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52.9892, -6.59657latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1310
Kilbrefny
RBO
1533
Capella de Kilbreni
Rep. Vir.
1547
Kilbrewhye ...in the parish of Donaghmore
F Alt: 110
1560
Kilbree
CPCR
1618
Kilbreghwy
CPR Leathanach: 426
1721
all those parts of Kelsamore ... called Ballyreske & Kilbrefie
CGn.
1748
Killbreffy
CGn.
1760
Killbreffy
Nevill 1760
1773
Kilbruffy
'Names from estate maps etc. at Shelton Abbey ... Other names shown... of places not on the estate. (192-3)
LPN
1816
Kilbreffy
Reg. Bapt.
1818
Kilbrofy bridge
GJR 1818 (CM)
1821
Kilbruthy,
GJR 1819-21 (CM)
1824
Kilbriffy
GJR 1823-24
1826
Kilbriffy
TAB
1839
Coill breuchmhaighe, 'wood of the plain of the wolves'
OD:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbreffy (Townland)
Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbreffy (Townland)
BS:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Killbreffy
Nevill Wicklow:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Killbreffy
Balwin Map:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbriffy
TAB Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbriffy
Radcliff, Rev. W.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbriffy
Greene, Rev. T.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Kilbrithy
Fenton, M.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1839
Coill breathmhaigh
"Coill bhreathmhaigh [t] Coill breuchmhaighe" [dúch];
dúch:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
1933
Local names which I got from the farmer who owns 'the Church Field' in Kilbreffy. (209)
LPN
1933
Cf. LPN (214): He calls the townland 'Kilbruffy'. His other fields are called 'the Broom Field' because it had a hedge of broom;...
LPN

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