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  • 06-11-2014 11:13pm
    #1
    winterwheat
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    Hi, could anyone help me translate an old Tipperary towns land - "Cooltogoughagh". No reference to it on the logainm website. Thanks :D


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    Insect Overlord
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    Where abouts in Tipp is/was it? The name doesn't appear on the Wikipedia list of Tipperary town-lands either.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Tipperary


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    Insect Overlord
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    Saying it out loud (and messing around with accents a bit) it could possibly be something like Coillte Dhubha. Any dark forests around the area?


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    winterwheat
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    It's situated between Ballingarry and Mullinahone. The name is seen in an old Tipperary map (1841). Nowadays the area is referred as "knockulty" , which I've been told translates as "ulster mans hill" , even thou there is no hill in the area. No forests near by either. So I'm a tad confused!


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    gaiscioch
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    winterwheat wrote: »
    Hi, could anyone help me translate an old Tipperary towns land - "Cooltogoughagh". No reference to it on the logainm website. Thanks :D


    Choose Tipperary under the 'County' option here in Seanruad and it should come up.

    When you've got the spelling, try the superb Placenames Database of Ireland for the Irish and its meaning.


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    winterwheat
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    Thanks for replying. No mention of it on the links provided. I'll just assume as there is no direct translation the map got the placename wrong or else it was mistranslated somewhere along the way.


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    Insect Overlord
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    winterwheat wrote: »
    Thanks for replying. No mention of it on the links provided. I'll just assume as there is no direct translation the map got the placename wrong or else it was mistranslated somewhere along the way.

    Two more possibilites: Gabhal Dá Dhúiche - the intersection of two lands.
    Cúl Dá Dhúiche - the back of two lands


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    winterwheat
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    An File wrote: »
    Two more possibilites: Gabhal Dá Dhúiche - the intersection of two lands.
    Cúl Dá Dhúiche - the back of two lands

    These are probably the closest translations as the area is the last block of land between two lands/ parishes. Thanks!


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