Information about Cill Itheain

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Cill Itheain
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Itheáin
Translation:
Ithean’s Church
Civil Parish:
Ballynakille in the Barony of Killian
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cill Itheain
Cill Itheáin
Killian (Barony)
Killian By. Sketch Map
Killyan John N. Gerrard, Esq.
Killian M. D. Bellew, Esq.
Killyan Robert Smyth, Esq.
Killehane Robert Smyth, Esq.
Killyon Robert Smyth, Esq.
W. Killean Speed’s Map of Connaught 1610
Killian William Killgannon, Esq.

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.