The townlands of the parish of Kilsheelan in Co. Waterford.

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What follows is an extract from "The Placenames of the Decies". This book was written by Rev. P.Power and printed in London by David Nutt, 57-59, Long Acre in 1907.

Like Killaloan, this Parish is chiefly in the Barony of Iffa and Offa East, Co. Tipperary. Only five of its eighteen townlands lie in Co. Waterford, and of these five, one ,Knocknaree, is within the Barony of Glenahiery. The first five, following, lie within the Barony of Upperthird bordering on Rathgormack's north-western boundary.

The townlands of the parish of Kilsheelan in Co. Waterford

BOOLA, Buaile - "Milking Place." The townland, nearly all mountain and bog, is of very peculiar shape resembling a gigantic camán or "hurley," some three miles in length by less (on an average) than one-third of a mile wide. Area, 642 acres.
S.D. Cnuicín na Circe - "Little Hill of the (Heath) Hen."

COOLISHAL, Cúil Íseal - "Lower Corner." Area, 646 acres.
"Cooleisheel" (Inq. Chas. I.).

GURTEEN, Góirtín - "Little Garden"; anciently Goirtín a tSionnaigh ("Little Garden of the Stockade"). In 1838, a snake, three and a half feet in length was capture here. Area, 1,939 acres
S.DD. (a) Carrgeenseebohilla (O.M.), Carraigín Suidhe Buachalla - "Little Rock of the Cowboy's Seat"; now it is more generally known as Carraig Dhóighte - "Burned Rock."
(b) Carrickatobber (O.M.), Carraig a' Tobair - "Rock of the Well."
(c) Cloghadda (O.M.), Cloch fhada - "Long Rock"; a majestic dallán, 10 feet in height.
(d) Bóithrín Pheadair - "Peter's Little Road."
(e) Seana-Bhaile - "Old Village."
(f) Tor a' Chuilinn - "Holly Bush."
(g) "Decoy."
(h) Páirc na nEascon - "Field of the Eels"; a low-lying meadow by the riverside into which eels sometimes crawl at night from the river.
In the River (E. to W.):-
(i) "Church Gap"; a ford, formerly well known, immediately to the east of the Bridge, about midway between the latter and the church ruin. There was a second ford, not so generally used, a few perches to the west of the bridge.
(j) Poll a' Chapaill "Horse's Pool."
(k) Poll Dhiarmada - "Dermot's Pool."
(l) Áth Bhaile an Phríoraigh - "Priorstown Ford."
(m) Cora Chonchobhair - "Connor's Weir."
(n) Linn a' tSagairt - "Priest's Pool" in which a priest was drowned. Relative position of Linn was not noted.

LANDSCAPE, Ceapach - "Tillage Plot." Area, 140 acres.
S.DD. (a) Cromlech (O.M.); this fine monument, having weathered the snows of three thousand winters, has been patly prostrated by an inundation of the river.
(b) Crann Giobalach - "Untidy (or Ragged) Tree"; an aged tree by the roadside, regarded with superstitious dread.
In the River:-
(c) Scairbh na Móna - "Stony Ford of the Bog."
(d) "Hogan's Hole."
(e) Cúil - "Corner"; an elbow in the river.

A single townland of the parish belongs to the Glenaheiry barony, scil:-

KNOCKNAREE, Cnoc na Ríogh, apparently - "The King's Hill." But, more probably, >Cnoc na hUidhre - "Hill of the Dun (Cow)." Area, 1,258 acres.
"Cnocknary" (Inq. Jas. I.).
S.DD. (a) Cnoc a' tSéideáin - "Hill of the Bowing."
(b) Móin Uí Fhathaigh - "O'Fahey's Bog."

Views of Monyaha Bog with the Knockanaffrin Ridge in the background. This bog was the main source of fuel for the surrounding area, including Clonmel, during the "emergency" in WWII. The cutting, which continues today, can be seen in the middle ground of the colour photo.

(c) Ród Buidhe- "Yellow Road"; a boggy road with a stiff yellow clay bottom.
(d) Áth na Ríogh - "Ford of the Kings." Perhaps Áth-na-hUidhre.
"Achnyre" (Inq. at Clonmel, 1279).

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