Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Cill Bhréachmhaí
genitive: Chill Bhréachmhaí
(Irish)
Kilbreffy
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Centrepoint
52.9892, -6.59657latitude, longitude
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Historical references
| 1310 |
Kilbrefny
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| 1533 |
Capella de Kilbreni
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| 1547 |
Kilbrewhye ...in the parish of Donaghmore
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F Alt: 110
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| 1560 |
Kilbree
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| 1618 |
Kilbreghwy
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CPR Leathanach: 426
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| 1721 |
all those parts of Kelsamore ... called Ballyreske & Kilbrefie
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| 1748 |
Killbreffy
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| 1760 |
Killbreffy
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| 1773 |
Kilbruffy
'Names from estate maps etc. at Shelton Abbey ... Other names shown... of places not on the estate. (192-3)
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| 1816 |
Kilbreffy
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| 1818 |
Kilbrofy bridge
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| 1821 |
Kilbruthy,
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| 1824 |
Kilbriffy
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| 1826 |
Kilbriffy
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| 1839 |
Coill breuchmhaighe, 'wood of the plain of the wolves'
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OD:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbreffy (Townland)
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Rec. Name:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbreffy (Townland)
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BS:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Killbreffy
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Nevill Wicklow:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Killbreffy
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Balwin Map:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbriffy
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TAB Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbriffy
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Radcliff, Rev. W.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbriffy
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Greene, Rev. T.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Kilbrithy
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Fenton, M.:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1839 |
Coill breathmhaigh
"Coill bhreathmhaigh [t] Coill breuchmhaighe" [dúch];
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dúch:AL Leathanach: CM031,7
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| 1933 |
Local names which I got from the farmer who owns 'the Church Field' in Kilbreffy. (209)
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| 1933 |
Cf. LPN (214): He calls the townland 'Kilbruffy'. His other fields are called 'the Broom Field' because it had a hedge of broom;...
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