Information about Killian (Barony)

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Killian (Barony)
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Itheáin
Translation:
Ithan’s Church
Civil Parish:
Killian
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Killian (Barony)
Killian Archdall’s Mon. Hib.
Killian By. Sketch Map
Killyan Co. Alph List
Killyan Grand Jury Pamphlets
Killian H. & P.R.
Killyan H. & P.R.
Killlian Larkins Co. Map
Killian Seward’s Top. Hib.
MacKillean Speed’s Map 1610

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.
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