Information about Tobar Cilleáin

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Tobar Cilleáin
Irish Form of Name:
Tobar Cilleáin
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Killaan
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Tobar Cilleáin
Comment:
Patron Day Sunday after Garland Sunday or Garland Sunday
Description:
Old Church of Killaan – all its architectural features destroyed, and only a few feet of one wall remaining. Holy Well called Tober Chille Leáain near it, at which a pattern was held on Garland Sunday or the Sunday after it to take pattern by the patron saint Leáán.

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:
Tobar Cilleáin is in Killaan townland.
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