Author: James

This map, which dates from 1658, shows “Killcool”, it’s church, several local streams, and a number of local townlands as they were surveyed after the Cromwellian invasion. It is the first known map showing Kilcoole. For more information, and to view the maps of the Down Survey, visit Trinity College Dublin’s Down Survey page. In …

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Scholars tracing the origins of Kilcoole’s name have put forth two main theories. The first was an attempt to interpret the Anglicised spelling directly: Cill Chuile, “the church of the corner”, and draws on a reference from the Book of Leinster (c. 1160): Bran Airdcheann, King of Leinster, and his wife Eithne, daughter of Domhnall …

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