What is the meaning of the prefix Kil- or Cill- in Irish place names?
"Kil Municipality Kil Municipality (""Kils kommun"") is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil. The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality. Kil means wedge, crack or similar in Swedish, in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the fifteenth century, referring to a bay by the small lake Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical Kil Hundred, which is known to have"
"Keeill Keeill (also ""keill, keeil""; plural ""kialteenyn"") is a Manx Gaelic word for a chapel. The word is a Gaelic loanword from Latin ""cella"", which originally meant a storeroom, or a small room. In both English, and the Goidelic languages, the word was borrowed in the sense of a monastic cell. In English, the word ""cell"" has also taken on the additional meaning of a room in a prison. The word, in its various forms, can be found in Irish and Scottish Gaelic too. It is often anglicised in Scotland and Ireland as ""Kil-"" e.g. Kilmarnock, Kildare etc. Columba is"
"that merge into the estates of Ongar in western Fingal. The name ""Fingal"" derives from the medieval territory of ""Fine Gall"" (tribe or territory of foreigners), the Viking settlement north of Dublin. The Vikings referred to the hinterland of Dublin as ""Dyflinarskiri"". In Ireland, the usage of the word ""county"" nearly always comes before rather than after the county name; thus """"County"" Clare"" in Ireland as opposed to ""Clare ""County"""" in Michigan, US. In the case of those counties created after 1994, they often drop the word ""county"" entirely, or use it after the name; internet search engines show many"
"then known as Síol Anmchadha in east Galway. He also claims there are two sept one in Co. Mayo and other in Co. Galway. The surname is also common in Co. Sligo. In Connacht, Phillips is an Anglicisation of McPhilbin. Phillips was used interchangeably with MacPhillips, but later dropped the Mc/Mac prefix. Philbin Philbin or McPhilbin (Irish name: ""Mac Philbín"") are Irish surnames, which is a patronymic form meaning ""family of ""Philip"""". The clan is of Norman origin, and is one of the Hibernicised branches of the Burke clan. Some would have later dropped the prefix. The clan descends from"
"Caoilte, Caolte, and Cuallta in Gaelic, and Kielty, Kealty, Keelty, Keilty, Kelty, Kilty, and Quilty (with or without an O' or Mc or Mac) in English. The most common variants are Kielty and Quilty. The name is possibly a derivation of ""caol"" meaning slender. In 1850 there were over 75 families bearing the name of ""Quilty"" in Ireland, over half of them in County Limerick. As of 2005, there were about 300 families bearing the name of ""Quilty"" in the United States alone, almost half them in the northeast, with the highest concentrations in the states of Massachusetts, New York,"
"Killian Killian or Cillian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillín. Killian is the more radical anglisation of the name as there is no 'K' in the Gaelic alphabet. Killian, as a surname, is found in both Ireland and Germany. It was originally spelled Ó Cillín in Irish before being Anglicized into Killeen as well as Killian. Spelling variations for Killian include Kilian, Killion, and others. The name is said to derive from Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary to Germany in the 7th century, who, according to the Acta Sanctorum, was born in Mullagh,"
"Kilmaine Kilmaine or Kilmain () is a barony and village in County Mayo, Ireland. ""Kilmaine"", derived from the Irish language 'Cill Mheán', means The Middle Church – 'Cill' is the word used in the Irish language for a church, and 'meán' is the Irish word for middle. The village is located on the N84 road between Shrule and Ballinrobe. The hinterland is entirely rural, made up of farms and scattered houses. The nearest town is Ballinrobe, and the closest city is Galway, roughly 40 kilometers (24 miles) away. The village of Kilmaine has a population of less than two hundred,"
"Ordnance Survey of Ireland, referring to a figure on Kiltinan Castle, County Tipperary. Scholars disagree about the origin and meaning of the name in Ireland, as it is not directly translatable into Irish. Alternative spellings of ""Sheela"" may sometimes be encountered; they include ""Sheila"", ""Síle"" and ""Síla"". According to the ""Oxford English Dictionary"", it is derived from Irish, ""Síle na gcíoch"", meaning ""Julia of the breasts"". The name ""Seán-na-Gig"" was coined by Jack Roberts for the ithyphallic male counterpart of the Sheela. While rare in Ireland, it is much more common on the continent. Jørgen Andersen writes that the name"
"appears as Lios a' tSeagail, seagail meaning rye in Irish, in early maps). However ""lios"" in Irish refers generally to a court or enclosed area, so it may be that the name originally referred to the area enclosed by the dolmens, on which Listoghil stands, rather than the cairn itself. Listoghil stands 59m above sea level at the geographic centre of the Cúil Irra peninsula, c.3 km from Sligo town. Set close to the highest point in the complex, along a low ridge, it acts as the focus of the Carrowmore passage tomb complex. To the west is Knocknarea with"
"at Graiguenamanagh to traverse the lower slopes of Brandon Hill. County Kilkenny takes its name from the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny is the anglicised version of the Irish ""Cill Chainnigh"", meaning ""Church (Cell) of Cainneach or Canice"". This probably relates to the church and round tower, now St. Canice's Cathedral, which was built in honour of St. Canice. The Kingdom of Osraige was one of the ancient Kingdoms of Ireland. The Kings of Osraige, the Mac Giolla Phádraig family, reigned over Osraige and Cill Chainnigh was their stronghold. The Kingdom of Ossory existed from at least the 2nd century until"
"names with ""béal"" ('mouth') in such locations, as ""Béal Átha na Sluaighe"" (Ballinasloe, Co. Galway), ""Béal an Átha an Fheá"" (Ballina, Co. Mayo) or ""Béal Feirste"" (Belfast). The difference in usage may be explained by the fact that Gaelic names in Ireland are typically a thousand years older than those in Scotland, and hence the prevailing fashion could have been different. In Anglicised forms, ""inver"" occasionally appears as ""inner"", such as Innerleithen. Innerhaddon is variant of Inverhaddon. In some cases, an ""Inver"" has been lost, e.g. Ayr (Inbhir Air), which was recorded as ""Inberair"", and Ayre (Inver Ayre) in the"
"called Cill d'Fhinnian or Cill do Fhinnian that is cell of thy Finnian indicating that he was not from Arran. It was common to put personal pronouns before saints' names see for example Kilmacolm which in Gaelic is Cill mo Colm that is cell of my Colm. In Gaelic mo is my and do is thy. Saint Inan (Evan) was the patron saint of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he is said to have resided during the 9th century AD. He is reputed to have come from Iona, and to have died in Irvine, where his tomb was reputed to have"
"also by Kildare sports teams in more recent times. Kilbride (""Church of Brigid"") is one of Ireland's most widely found placenames, there are 43 Kilbrides located in 19 of Ireland's 32 counties: Antrim (2), Carlow, Cavan, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny (3), Laois, Longford, Louth, Mayo (5), Meath (4), Offaly (4), Roscommon (2), Waterford, Westmeath (2), Wexford (4), and Wicklow (8) as well as two Kilbreedys in Tipperary, Kilbreedia and Toberbreeda in Clare, Toberbreedia in Kilkenny, Brideswell Commons in Dublin, Bridestown and Templebreedy in Cork and Rathbride and Brideschurch in Kildare. A number of placenames are derived from ""Cnoic Bhríde"""
"Kilkieran Cill Chiaráin (anglicized as Kilkieran) is a village in the Connemara area of County Galway, Ireland. The R340 road along the coast from Galway city passes through Cill Chiaráin on your way to Clifden. Cill Chiaráin is a Gaeltacht area of Ireland. It is linked to the nearby town of Carna by the Irish college of Coláiste Sheoisaimh, which runs courses in Irish during the summer and mid-term breaks. Cill Chiaráin is Irish for ""Ciarán's church"" and is named after Saint Ciarán, who lent his name to the village. There is a national school, a church and a holy"
"Kilree Kilree is a former Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Kilree is located 2.4 km (1½ mile) south of Kells, County Kilkenny. The monastery at Kilree was supposedly founded in the 6th century by Saint Rhuidche, from which the name ""Cell-righ"" derives. Niall Caille, High King of Ireland, is locally believed to have drowned in the Kings River at Callan in AD 846 and his body washed up near Kells, County Kilkenny. However the Annals of the Four Masters and Annals of Inishfallen are clear the king drowned in the river Callan near Armagh.. Some"
"a word for a round-shaped hill or mountain, bare of trees. It is anglicised as ""mull"", and is common in Irish and Scottish place names such as the Mull of Kintyre. Gaelic spelling rules require that maol, following creach, be lenited; that is, an h is inserted after the first letter, providing the first letter is a consonant (and not an ""l"", ""n"", or ""r""). This h makes the preceding consonant silent, or changes its sound (""mh"", or ""bh"", for instance, are silent or sound like an English ""v"" or ""w""). Gaelic spelling rules also require that, with the first"
"the etymology of the word ""culchie"", as being a mildly derogatory term for a country person or one not from the city of Dublin, as ""Apparently alteration of Kiltimagh, Irish Coillte Mach (older Mághach), the name of a country town in Co. Mayo."" The word ""culchie"" is derived from the Irish word ""coillte"", the plural of coill, the Irish word for ""wood"", an area of growing trees. It was used, mainly in Mayo and Galway, by townspeople as a condescending reference to people from rural areas. It came into use in Dublin in the mid sixties as a counter to"
"Caillin at Fenagh, County Leitrim. He is important in the history of Irish Christianity as he was the first nobleman baptised by St. Patrick, thus opening the way for the conversion of the ruling classes of Ireland. He appears as a host and companion of Caílte mac Rónáin, one of the central Fianna figures in the tale ""Acallam na Senórach"" (""Colloquy of the Ancients"") who survive into Christian times and recounts tales of the Fianna and the meaning of place names to a recently arrived Saint Patrick. Caílte performs the same function to Conall in Tír Conaill and uncovers the"
"sheep enclosures or meadows. A ""maol"" is a round-shaped hill or mountain, bare of trees. It is anglicised as ""mull"", and is common in Irish and Scottish place names such as the Mull of Kintyre. Gaelic spelling rules require that maol, following creach, be lenited; that is, an h is inserted after the first letter, providing the first letter is a consonant (and not an ""l"", ""n"", or ""r""). This h makes the preceding consonant silent, or changes its sound (""mh"", or ""bh"", for instance, are silent or sound like an English ""v"" or ""w""). Gaelic spelling rules also require"
"Drumminakela, Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Parker), Gortacullin, Gortnaglogh, Gortnagonnella, Hurdleston, Killaderry (Massy), Killaderry (O'Brien), Kilmoculla, Kilseily, Knockshanvo, Kyle, Meanagh, Mountrice, O'Shea's Acres, Snaty (Cooper), Snaty (Massy), Snaty (Wilson), Violethill and Woodfield. Kilseily Kilseily () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Broadford. Kilseily lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare. It is to the southwest of Killaloe on the road to Ennis. As of 1837 it had as applotted under the tithe act. Some of the land was suitable for cultivation while the rest was mountain pasture"
"'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g. Dordtsche Kil, Sluiskil, or Kil van Hurwenen. It can occasionally be found in North America. Kill (body of water) A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek, but also a tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea. The term is derived from the Middle Dutch ""kille"" (""kil"" in modern Dutch), meaning ""riverbed"" or ""water channel"". It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys. Examples of the"
"with gable ends and two chimneys, replacing mud cabins and waste ground. Existing mercantile buildings such as the 17th century Market House, where the town's first school was based in 1709, were incorporated into the expanding mill complex of buildings near the bridge. Developers began to survey e green field sites to the north east of the bridge in the direction of Castletown House. The result was to move the axis of Celbridge away from the bridge, corn and tuck mill and road to St Mochua's church to a new Main Street. The old Irish name Cill Droichid (Kildrought), meaning"
"Kilflynn Kilflynn () is a village and a civil parish in north County Kerry, Ireland. It is north-east of Tralee just off the N69 road from Tralee to Listowel. The origin of the place name Cill Flainn is unknown. Two suggestions are commonly circulated. ‘Cill’ in Irish can mean 'cell' or 'churchyard' so in context might mean 'church of Flainn.' A popularised tale is that it was named after a Roman Catholic hermit monk, Flainn, said to have lived by the River Shannow (which runs through Kilflynn). Crippled and blind, he was visited by the Virgin Mary, who offered to"
"as in ""Creachmhaoil"" (creach + maol). Consequently, maol, where it appears combined in place names, may not be Anglicized as ""mull"". Creachmhaoil is typically Anglicized (as a toponym) as Craughwell. The reverse is also true, and though ""mull"" appears in numerous Irish and Scottish toponyms, a convoluted history of Anglicizations means that in many it may have no connection to the word maol. The Gaelic mullach (often found as mullagh) is a variation of maol/mull. Dwelly's (Scottish) Gaelic-to-English dictionary gives the basic definition: ""the top, summit, or extremity of anything"". It is common in the names of Irish prominences, such"
"Ireland, there were eight families listed in the townland. Clare, County Westmeath Clare (Irish-derived place name, Clárach meaning 'A Level Place'.) is a townland in Killare, Rathconrath, County Westmeath, Ireland. Clare is bounded on the north by Clonickilroe and Clonnamanagh townlands, on the west by Ballinlig Lower and Clonybane townlands, on the south by Ballinaspick townland and on the east by Dungaghy, Rackavra, Rathskeagh Upper and Taghnafearagh townlands. Its chief geographical features are Clare Hill which reaches a height of 433 feet, small streams, forestry plantations and dug wells. Clare is traversed by the local L1240 road, minor public roads"
"reflect languages spoken earlier in the region, but which have later died out, leaving the descriptive place-names unintelligible in the present-day languages of the area. Since Galicia was clearly a Celtic region at the time of the Roman conquest, let us have a look at the place-name Pindo from the perspective of the Celtic languages – more specifically from the perspective of the Goidelic or Gaelic branch of the Celtic languages. In Irish Gaelic, binn means “peak”, “mountain top” and, by extension, at times it is used in reference to a mountain. In Scottish Gaelic, beinn also means “peak”, “mountain"
"Cillín A cillín (plural cilliní) is a historic burial site in Ireland, primarily used for stillborn and unbaptized infants. These burial areas were also used for the recently deceased who were not allowed in consecrated churchyards, including the mentally disabled, suicides, beggars, executed criminals, and shipwreck victims. The Irish word ""cillín"" is defined as a small church or ""cell"" as in prison cell or monastic cell. In Ireland, a ""cillín"" can also be called a ""caldragh"", ""calluragh"", ""cealltrach"", ""ceallúrach"" and ""lisín"", depending upon the location of the site within Ireland. English versions of cillíns include: ""cill burial grounds"", ""kyle burial"
"Neill, son of Niall of Tara. In this way many of the Irish surnames, in use today, were developed. In 1989 Rory O'Connor, the elected Chieftain of the O'Connor Kerry Clan, set out to bring about a revival in the organisation of the Irish Clans. It was his intention that there would be a branch of each Irish clan organised in every county in Ireland and in every continent around the world. It was also his ambition that once the individual clans had been organised there would be a mass gathering of all of the clans at the Hill of"
"including the towns Pallasgreen and Pallaskenry. A further source of place names of other origin is places names after religious sites outside Ireland. Examples are Lourdes Road in Dublin and Pic du Jer Park in Cork. The baronies of North Salt and South Salt are derived from ""Saltus Salmonis"", a Latin calque of the town name of Leixlip (from Norse ""Lax Hlaup"", ""salmon leap""). In the Republic of Ireland, both Irish and English names have equal status and are displayed on roadsigns. However, in the Gaeltacht, the English/anglicized names have no official status and do not appear on roadsigns. During"
"Kelly is an Anglicisation of the Irish ""Ó Cadhla"", which means ""descendant of ""Cadhla"""". The O’Kelly or Kelly of the Clan Brasil Mac Coolechan originated as a chieftain clan of the Ulaid. The surname can also be derived from several place names. For example, the surname can be derived from two places in Scotland: Kelly, near Arbroath; and Kellie, in Fife. The surname can also be derived from a place name in England: Kelly, in Devon. This place name is derived from the Cornish ""celli"", meaning ""wood"" or ""grove"". The surname is one of the most prevalent surnames in Ireland."
"Kilglass Kilglass or Kilglas () is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town of Enniscrone. Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a primary school, Kilglass National School. The Jesus and Mary Secondary School is 4 km away in Enniscrone town. It also has a Protestant church. Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today, it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of ""Cill Molaise"" (St Molash's"
"large British expatriate communities. Examples include Falkirk, Kirkwall or numerous Kirkhills in Scotland, and Kirkstall, Ormskirk, Kirkby, Kirklees, and so forth in England, and Newkirk, Oklahoma in the United States. What may be slightly surprising is that this element is found not only in place names of Anglo-Saxon origin, but also in some Southern Scottish names of Gaelic origin such as Kirkcudbright (where the second element is the ""Gaelic"" form of the English name Cuthbert). Here, the Gaelic element ""cil-"" (church, monk's cell) might be expected. The reason appears to be that ""kirk"" was borrowed into Galwegian Gaelic, though it"
"(who survived until the 1940s). This spelling of the name, and the associated translation, most likely arose through folk etymology among non-native speakers. One proposed reconstruction of the original name is ""Béal Átha na Bláiche"", meaning ""mouth of the ford of the buttermilk"", by analogy with a similar placename in County Limerick; another version attested in literature is ""Béal na Bláth"" (anglicised as ""Bealnablath"") which can either mean ""mouth of the blossom"" or ""mouth of the buttermilk"". As of 2012, the Irish Placenames Commission considers ""Béal na Blá"" to be the most accurate version of the original placename. The meaning"