Kildallan is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the historical barony of
Tullyhunco
Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby.
Location
Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to ...
,
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...
,
Ireland
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.
Etymology
The name of the parish derives from
Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of
Dallán Forgaill
Eochaid mac Colla ( 560 – 640), better known as Saint Dallán or Dallán Forgaill (; ; Primitive Irish: ''Dallagnas Worgēllas''), was an early Christian Irish poet and saint known as the writer of the "'' Amra Coluim Chille''" ("Elegy of Sai ...
'. The earliest surviving reference to the name is for the year 1475 in the 'Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 13, 1471-1484', where it is spelled ''Kylldallan''.
Another mention is in the Life of Saint
Máedóc of Ferns complied 1536, where it is spelled as ''Cill Dalláin''.
Townlands
The townlands of Kildallan civil parish are
Aghabane;
Aghaweenagh;
Aghnacreevy
Aghnacreevy (Irish derived place name, either Achadh na Craoibhe meaning 'The Field of the Wide-Branching Tree' or Áth na Craoibhe meaning 'The Ford of the Wide-Branching Tree'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyh ...
;
Ardlougher;
Bellaheady or Rossbressal;
Bocade Glebe;
Breandrum;
Callaghs;
Carn;
Claragh;
Claraghpottle Glebe;
Cloncose;
Clonkeen;
Clontygrigny;
Clooneen;
Coolnashinny or Croaghan;
Coragh;
Cormeen;
Cornaclea or Tawlagh;
Cornacrum;
Cornahaia;
Cornasker;
Derrinlester;
Disert;
Doogary;
Dring;
Drumbagh;
Drumbinnis;
Drumbo;
Drumcanon;
Drumcartagh or Diamondhill;
Drumcase;
Drumerdannan;
Drumgoohy;
Druminiskill;
Drumlarah
Drumlarah (Irish derived place name, either Droim Leath Rátha meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Half-Fort' or Droim Láthrach meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the House-Site' or Droim Lárach meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Mare'.) is a townland in the ci ...
;
Drummany;
Drumminnion;
Drummully East;
Drummully West;
Evlagh Beg;
Evlagh More
Evlagh More (Irish derived place name, Aibhleach Mór meaning 'The Big Place of Fires' (possibly from lime-burning).) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.
Geography
Evlagh More is bounded ...
;
Glasstown or Port;
Gorteen (Gorteenagarry);
Gortnacleigh;
Greaghacholea;
Keilagh;
Kildallan townland;
Killarah;
Killygorman;
Killygowan;
Killygreagh;
Kilnacross;
Kiltynaskellan;
Listiernan;
Mackan;
Makief;
Mullaghdoo;
Mullaghmore;
Mullaghmullan;
Raleagh;
Tonaloy;
Tullynabeherny;
References
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External links
Saint Dallán Forgaill (c.560 -c.640), alias Eochaid Éices
Civil parishes of County Cavan