Origins of Kilcoole’s Name
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 …