BROWSE
Cill Ros
genitive: Chill Ros
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Kilross
(English)

Glossary

English church
English (wooded) height; wood; promontory

Explanatory note

  • English

    church of (the) (wooded) heights, woods

Centrepoint

52.4373, -8.28834latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1615
Killross
CPR Leathanach: 300a
1636
Killrosse
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: II 284
1654
Curraghkeilerosse (a bogg called)
CS II Leathanach: 59
1654
Kilerosse
CS II Leathanach: 61
1654
Killrosse
CS II Leathanach: 59, 64
c.1660
Killrosse
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: III
1666
Killrosse
ASE Leathanach: 52:38
1703
Kilcross
ASE Leathanach: 354:23
1714
Killross
CGn. Leathanach: 14.29.5889
1742
Killrosse
CGn. Leathanach: 106.462.74723
1840
Cill Rosa
(Clonbeg)
OD:AL
1840
Cill Rois
(Clonbeg)
pl:AL
1840
Cill Ros, 'church of the shrubbery'
(Lattin)
OD:AL
1840
Ceill Ros
(Lattin)
pl:AL
1840
Kilross
BS:AL
1975
ˌkilˈrɑs
C514A
Áit.
1989
ˌkilˈrɑs
Áit.

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