Kildallan Explained

Kildallan civil parish is situated in the Barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.

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'. 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.^{[1] [2]} Another mention is in the Life of Saint Máedóc of Ferns complied 1536, where it is spelled as Cill Dalláin.^[3]

Townlands

The townlands of Kildallan civil parish are Aghabane

Aghaweenagh

Aghnacreevy

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

Drummany

Drumminnion

Drummully East

Drummully West

Evlagh Beg

Evlagh More

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

External links

• Saint Dallán Forgaill (c.560 -c.640), alias Eochaid Éices

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calendar of Entries in the Papal Register Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. 24 June 2018. Google Books.
2. Web site: Lateran Regesta 753: 1475-1476 | British History Online.
3. Web site: Bethada Náem Nérenn = lives of Irish Saints. Charles. Plummer. 24 June 2018. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Internet Archive.