Cúil Dabhcha/Culdaff

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Cúil Dabhcha

genitive: Chúil Dabhcha

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(Irish)

Culdaff

(English)

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Glossary

cúil

English corner, nook

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thoir/Inishowen East

Explanatory note

English

Cúil Dabhcha ‘corner, recess of (the) vessel or vat’

In Irish hagiographical tradition this dabhach ‘vessel’ is reputed to have carried the saint Buadán from Scotland to Ireland.

Centrepoint

55.2688, -7.15539latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1425	vicarius parrochialis ecclesie de Culdabcha	Ann. Ult. 189 De Annatis Hiberniae (ed. M.A. Costello & A. Coleman, 1909) Bliain: 1400-1535, Bliain:
1429	ecclesie de Cuildabcha	Ann. Ult. 191 De Annatis Hiberniae (ed. M.A. Costello & A. Coleman, 1909) Bliain: 1400-1535, Bliain:
1601	Culdaughe	CPR 1600-1601, 277 Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1609	Cooledagh	Inq. Ult. App. Inquisitiones Ultoniæ, Appendix Bliain: 1609, Nóta: Appendix I–VII: Tailte eaglasta i gcontaetha AM, TE,Do, DG, FM, Ca Appendix IX–XII Escheated Lands not granted to the Bishops......, Pubref: His Majestie's Printers, Dublin 1829, Teideal iomlán: Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariæ Hiberniæ Asservatum Repertorium, Vol. II (Ultonia)
1621	Caldagh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 JI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1621	Coldagh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 JI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1621	Culdaugh	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: 11 JI Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	The Parrish of Collduff	CS III 5 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1655-7	Colduffe Parish	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1655-7	Coleduff	DS Contae (DG) The Down Survey - The County Donagall Ar fáil: https://downsurvey.tchpc.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php
1669	Culdagh alias Culdafgha	Chic. Pat. 136 'confirmation of the Chichester Patents enrolled 1669', in R. M. Young, Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its vicinity (Belfast, 1896) lgh. 127-138.
2016	Cúil Dabhcha	FSÁG Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge/Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames. Eag. P. Ó Riain, D. Ó Murchadha & K. Murray (2003-)

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