Information about Kilgarriff

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Kilgarriff
Irish Form of Name:
Coill Garbh
Translation:
rough wood
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Kilgarriff
Coill Garbh
Kilgorriv – wood Local
Comment:
coarse burying ground
Description:
A very high hillock. It was once a burial ground but now tilled.
Situation:
In Magharamore townland.

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.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Kilgarriff is in Magheramore townland.