BROWSE
townland
Cúil Dreas Uachtarach
genitive: Chúil Dreas Uachtarach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Cooldross Upper
(English)

Glossary

English corner, nook

Explanatory note

  • English

    nook, corner of the briars

Centrepoint

53.1033, -6.0666latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1570
Cooletrasse
F
1609
Cooledrase ... Cooledrass
Inq. Lag.
1609
Killdrass, Cooledinass [sic]
Inq. Lag.
1614
Cooldrasse
CPR
1619
Cooldrasse
CPR
1619
Cowledrasse
CPR
1619
Cowledrusse
CPR
1619
Cooldrasse
Inq. Lag.
1622
Cooledrasse
CPR
1655-7
Balleshanduff
DS
1660c
Cooledrasse
BSD (CM)
1668
Cooledrasse
HMR (CM)
1685c
Gooledrasse
Hib. Del.
1715
Cooldrass ... Cooledross
CGn.
1715
CooleRoss
CGn.
1715
Cooleross
CGn.
1719
Cooledross
Dublin Wills
1760
Cooldross
Nevill 1760
1837
Cooldross
TAB
1839
Cooldross
Nevill Wicklow:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cooldross
Allen Nevill Map:AL (CM) Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cooldross
CM:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cooldross
Archer, Rev. W.:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cúil dreas, 'corner or angle of the brambles'
OD:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cúl drois
pl:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1839
Cooldross
OD:AL Leathanach: CM068,10
1932
Some suggestions about Wicklow placenames made to me by Nioclás Toibín of Carlow (native speaker from Co. Waterford):...'Cúil dreas' ('bramble'). (172-3)
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