Place Names of County Carlow c1937

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Place Names of County Carlow c.1937

by the late Edward O'Toole of Rathvilly

English Name	Name in Irish	Translation	Civil Parish	Barony	O.S. Sheet	Notes
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Glenoge	Glinneog	A Small Valley	Grangeforth	Carlow	viii	Standing Stone
Gormona	Gorm Eanach	Blue Marsh	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi and xix
Gorteengrone	Goirtín Crón	Dark Little Garden	Urglin	Carlow	ii
Gowlin	Gabhailín	A Little Fork	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv and xxv
Graigue	Gráig	A Village	Carlow	Carlow	vii
Graigueleg	Gráig a Luig	Graigue or Village of the Hollow	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	xii	Three Castles formerly here
Graiguenaspiddoge	Gráig na Spideóg	Graigue or Village of the Robins	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	xii	St. Brigid's Well. Castle
Grangeford (new and old)	Gransha na Fotharta	Grange of the Fotharta	Grangeforth	Carlow	viii	Grange — A Farmhouse
Grangewat	Grainseach Baiteir	Watt's or Walter's Grange	Killerig	Carlow	viii
Greenane	Gríanán	Sunny, a Fort, a Prospect, a Bower	Killerig	Carlow	iii
H
Hacketstown (Lower and Upper)	Baile Haicéid	A Family Name	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv and v	Anciently Ballydrohid
Haroldstown		Harold is a family name of Danish origin	Haroldstown	Rathvilly	iv and ix	Dolmen. Holy Well. Church Ruins
Harristown			St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Heath	Fraoch	Heath	Lorum	Idrone East	xix
Huntington			Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xviii	Castle
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Inch or Inchaphuca	Inse an Phuca	The Goblin's Inch or Hollow	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxii and xxiv
Inchisland or Motalusha	Inse or Moat Eilise	A Holm, Inch or Strath, or Eliza's Moat	Grangeford	Carlow	viii
Island			Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix	Sub-donomination of Ballyduff
J
Janeville or Kilgarron	Coill Garrain	Underwood	Fennagh	Idrone East	xii and xvi
Johnduffswood			Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Johnstown			Urglin	Carlow	vii and viii
K
Kellistown East and West	Cell Osnadha, or, sometimes Ceann Losnadha	St. Osnadh's Church	Kellistown	Carlow and Forth	vii, viii, xii and xiii	Three Battles. Round Tower untill 1807 A.D. St. Patrick's Well
Kernanstown		Kernan's Town	Carlow	Carlow	vii	Cromlec
Kilballyhue	Cill Baile Aodha	Church of Hugh's Town	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	vii and viii	Church here formerly
Kilbrannish North and South	Cill Breathnais	Welsh Church	Barragh	Forth	xxii and xxiii
Kilbricken	Cill Breacain	Bracken's Church	Templepeter	Forth	xiii
Kilbride	Cill Brighde	St. Bridget's Church	Ahade	Forth	xvii and viii	Church mentioned by Keating
Kilcarrig	Coill Carraighe	Wood of the Rock	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Kilcarry	Coill Carraighe	Wood of the Rock	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xviii
Kilcloney	Cill Cluaine	Church of the Lawn or Meadow	Clonygoose	Idrone East	xix and xxii
Kilcoltrim	Coill Cala Truim	Wood of the Holm of the Elm Trees	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xxii
Kilconnaught	Cill Connacht	Connaught Church	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv
Kilconnor	Cill Conor	Conor's Church	Fennagh	Idrone East	xvii
Kilcoole	Cill Chomhghaill	St. Comgall's Church	Gilbertstown	Forth	xii and xiii
Kilcruit	Coill Cruit	Wood of the Hump	Lorum	Idrone East	xix
Kilcumney	Cill Cuimne	St. Cuimne's Church	Cloneygoose	Idrone East	xix	Battle here in 1798
Kildavin	Cill Daimhin	St. Devin's Church	Barragh	Forth	xxi and xvii	Ancient graveyard
Kildreenagh	Cill Draoighneach	Church of the Blackthorns	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi	Church mentioned in Irish Calendars
Kilgraney	Cill Gráine	Grania's Church	Barragh and Ahade	Forth	xvii and xviii	Grian fothart of Book of Armagh?
Kilgraney	Coill Gréine	Sunny Wood	Lorum	Idrone East	xix	Cloghavrona Dolmen
Kilkey	Cill Cae	St. Kea's or Gea's Church	Fennagh	Idrone East	xiii
Kilnock	Cill Cnuic	Church of the Hill	Kellistown	Forth	xiii and xvii
Killalongford	Coill a Longphoirt	Wood of the Camp	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix	Killahookaun Stone
Killamaster	Coill a Maighistir	The Master's Wood	Killerig	Carlow	iii	Master of Knights Templars?
Killane	Cill Áine	Anne's Church	Kellistown	Forth	xiii and xvii
Killedmond	Coill Eamoinn	Edmond's Wood	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xx, xxii and xxiii
Killeeshal	Coill Íosail	Low Wood	Cloydagh	Carlow	vii and xii	Fort
Killenora	Cill Onorach	Venerable Church of Cell	Kellistown	Carlow	viii	Church and Castle Sites
Killerig	Cill Eirc	St. Erk's Church	Killerig	Carlow and Rathvilly	iii and viii	Ruins of Church and Preceptory of Knights Templars
Killinane	Cill Fionáin	St. Finnan's Church	Killinane	Idrone West	xvi	Ruins of Church
Killoughternane	Cill Fortchern	St. Fortchern's Church	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix and xx	Ancient Church and Holy Well
Killyshane	Cille Seain	John's Church	Urglin	Carlow	ii
Kilmacart	Cill Mic Art	Church of the Son of Art	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv and v
Kilmagarvogue	Cill Mogharbhog	Mogarvog's Church	Tullophelim	Rathvilly	iii and viii	No trace of Church or Graveyard
Kilmaglin	Coill Mic Floinn	Wood of the Son of Flann	Fennagh	Idrone East	xii, xiii, xvi and svii
Kilmaglush	Cill Maige Glaise	Church of the Green Plain	Myshall	Forth	xxiii	Location of Carmen Games (?)
Kilmeany	Coill Meadhonach	Middle Wood	Ballinacarrig	Carlow	vii
Kilmissin	Coill Maosain	Messian's Wood	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxii and xxiii
Kilmurry	Cill Muire	Mary's Church	Ballon	Forth	xiii and xvii	Ruined Church and Graveyard
Kilree	Cill Ríogh	Church of the King	Sliguff	Idrone East	xvi
Kneestown		Knee is a Family Name	Killerig	Carlow	iii
Knocknagarry	Cnoc a Garraidh	Hill of the Garden	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Knockarda	Cnuic Arda	High Hills	Urglin	Carlow and Rathvilly	ii
Knockballystine	Cnoc Baile Steill	Hill of Stripe Town	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix
Knockbarragh	Cnoc Barrach	Top Hill	Barragh	Forth	xvii
Knockbower	Cnoc Bodhar	Deaf Hill	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	xii
sKnockboy	Cnoc buidhe	Yellow Hill	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Knockbrack	Cnoc Breac	Speckled Hill	Myshall	Forth	xvii	Holy Well
Knockclonegad	Cnoc Cluana Gad	Hill of the Lawn of Gads or Withes	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix
Knockdoorish	Cnoc Dubrois	Hill of the Black Wood	Barragh	Forth	xvii
Knockdramagh	Cnoc Druimeach	Hill of the Ridges or Backs	Myshall	Forth	xvii and xx
Knockeen	Cnoicín	A Hillock or very small Hill	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Knockendrane	Cnocán Draoighin	Hill of the Blackthorns or Sloe bushes	Fennagh	Idrone East	xix and xx
Knockevagh	Cnoc Aoife	Eva's Hill	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Knocklishen Beg	Cnoc Lisín Beag	Hill of the Lisheen or Small Fort	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Knocklishen More	Cnoc Lisín Mór	Hill of the Lisheen or Big Fort	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Knockmanus	Cnoc Maghnuis	Manus's Hill	Ballyellin (1)	Idrone East	xix
Knockmore	Cnoc Mór	Great Hill	Ballyellin	Idrone East	xxii and xxiii
Knocknabranagh	Cnoc a Bhreathnaigh	Walshe's Hill	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Knockbaun	Cnoc Bán	White Hill	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Knocknagundarragh or Scorteen	Cnoc na gCundanach or Scairtín	Hill of the Condons or A Small Copse	Clonegoose	Idrone East	xxii
Knocknatubrid	Cnoc na Tubrid	Hill of the Spring Well	Ardoyne	Rathvilly	xiii	Bronze Age skeleton found here
Knockroe	Cnoc Ruaidh	Red Hill	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xxiii
Knockroe	Cnoc Ruaidh	Red Hill	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Knocksquire or Knockscur	Cnoc Scuir	Hill of the Tent	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xix, xx and xxii
Knockullard	Cnoc Abhail-gort	Hill of the Orchard	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix
Knockymulgurry	Cnoc Uí Maolgaraidh	O'Mulgarry's Hill	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv and xxv
Kyle	Cill	A Church	Ballyellin (1)	St. Mullins Lower	xxii
L
Labanasigh	Leaba na Saighe	The Greyhound's Bed	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Lackabeg	Leaca Beag	Little Hillside	Barragh	Forth	xviii
Lackan	Leacain	Hillside	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xv
Lacken	Leacain	Hillside	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xxii
Lacken	Leacain	Hillside	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxii and xxiv
Ladystown			Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv	Formerly in Baltinglass Parish
Larah	Laithreach	A Site (of anything)	Ballon	Forth	xiii and xvii	Mentioned in Book of Armagh (?)
Lasmaconly	Leas Níc Conghaile	McConly's Fort	Myshall	Forth	xvii
Leagh or Ballybeg	Leath or Baile Beag	Half Town or Little Town	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	xii
Leany	Lení	A Wet Meadow (Joyce)	Ardoyne	Rathvilly	xiv
Leighlinbridge	Leitglinn a Driochit	Half Glen or Grey Glen of the Bridge	Agha	Idrone East	xii and xvi	Castles, Monastery, Dinn Ree
Linkardstown		Linkard is a Family Name	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	xii
Lisgarvan	Lios Garbhain	Garwan's Fort	Gilbertstown (Det.)	Forth	xvii
Lisnevagh	Lios na Aoife	Eva's Fort	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iii, iv and ix
Lissalican	Lios Ailleacan	Halligan's Fort	Ballyellen	St. Mullins Lower	xxii
Lorum	Leamh Druim	Ridge or Long Hill of the Mallows	Lorum	Idrone East	xix
Lumcloon	Lom Clúain	Bare Lawn or Meadow	Fennagh	Idrone East	xvi and xvii
M
Maplestown		Maple is a Family Name	Rahill	Rathvilly	i and iii
Marley or Knockduff	Marlach or Cnoc Dubh	Abounding in Marl or Black Hill	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Milltown			Barragh	Forth	xvii	There was a Burial Ground called Knockeile in this Townland
Milltown	Baile a Muilinn	Town of the Mill	Fennagh	Idrone East	xviii, xix and xx
Minvaud Lower and Upper	Mín Mhaid	Maud's Level Plain	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix and x
Moanacurragh	Móin a Curraigh	Bog of the Moor	Ballinacarrig	Carlow	vii
Moanalow	Móin na Loich	Bog of the Loughs	Grangeforth	Carlow	viii
Moanamanagh	Móin na Manach	Bog of the Monks	Grangeforth	Carlow	viii
Moanavoth	Móin a Bhoid	Bog of the Fire	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Moanduff	Móin Dubh	Black Bog	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi, xv and xvi
Moanmore	Móin Mór	Great Bog	Fennagh	Forth	xiii and xvii
Moanmore	Móin Mór	Great Bog	Old Leighlin and Wells	Idrone West	xv
Mohuller	Mag Chuilin	Plain of the Bog	Ballyellin (1)	St. Mullins Lower	xxii
Monastill	Móin a Still	Bog of the Still	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	v
Monaughrim	Móin Eathdhroma	Bog of Aughrim or Horse Hill	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xix and xxvii
Moneybeg	Muine Beag	Small Shrubbery	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Moneygrogh or Monagrogh	Móin na gCurrach or Móin na gCruach	Bog of the Moors or Ricks	Barragh	Forth	xvii
Moorestown			Killerig	Carlow	iii
Mortarstown Lower and Upper		Mortar or Mortel is a Family name	Carlow	Carlow	vii
Mount Kelly or Mount Neil			Rathvilly	Rathvilly	ia and iv	In Speed's Map of 1610 A.D. these two townlands are included in "Walterstowne" now Waterstown
Mount Melican or Mount Pleasant			Fennagh	Idrone East	xii, xvi and xvii	Mount Melican, i.e., Melican's Mount. Melican is the Irish Caolacan (J. O'D.)
Mount Wolsely or Crosslow	Crois Loga	Lughaidh's or Lewis's Church	Tullowphelim	Rathvilly	viii and xiii
Moyle (Big and Little)	Moathail	Soft or Spongy Land	Kellistown	Carlow	vii and viii

Transcribed by JJ Woods c2008