Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
townland
townland
Killydrum
(English)
Hierarchy
county
barony
civil parish
Centrepoint
54.0462, -7.66179latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...
Historical references
Cf. Killydrum, FM, p: Boho, b: Magheraboy
|
||
"Arch. Inventory: “Rath. In a mixed woodland on the E-facing slope of a small N-S drumlin.” (102) "
|
||
n/a |
"Pinkman: Coill-a’-Droma = Wood of the ridge. The nominative insteadh of the genitive is retained in the English name. "
|
|
n/a |
“Killidrum was also known as Collartin.” (TAB, Bréifne 1982, 115)
|
|
1655 |
Coolnorbane
|
|
1685 |
Coolnorban
|
|
1733 |
Killydrum
|
CGn. Leathanach: 72.242.50595
|
1817 |
Kildrum
|
|
1830c |
Killidrum
|
TAB Leathanach: (61:16/15) innéacs
|
1836 |
Killydrum
|
|
1836 |
Cill a druim
'the church back'
|
|
1836 |
Coill a dhroim
'wood of the ridge'
|
|
1836 |
Kiladrum
|
|
1836 |
Kildrum
|
|
1836 |
Killidrum
|
|
1836 |
Killedrum
|
|
1836 |
Coill a droma
'wood of the ridge'
|
|
1836 |
Killadrum
|
|
1836 |
Killydrum
|
|
1836 |
[Killydrum]
"...near the centre of the townland there is a Danish fort..."
|
Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.
Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.
Permanent link
https://www.logainm.ie/29069.aspxOpen data
Application programming interface (API)
Available under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
Linked Logainm
Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML
Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland