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Kilcommon (County Wicklow civil parish)

Kilcommon (Irish: Cill Chomáin[1]), is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Ballinacor South in County Wicklow, Ireland. The parish is centered on the village of Tinahely. It is divided into 28 townlands[9 1]

List of townlands

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The civil parish contains 28 townlands. Today, for local administration purposes, it lies in the county of Wicklow and is administered by Wicklow County Council. Like all civil parishes in Ireland, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with, a pre-existing parish of the Church of Ireland. The core of the parish is centered on the townland and village of Tinahely. The townland at the northern extremity is Kyle; to south it is bounded by the River Derry at Ballyshonog; to the west is the boundary with the barony of Shillelagh at Carrick; to the east lies Ballybeg at the Derry Water.

Name in English Name in Gaelic
Ballinacor Baile na Corra Beag
Ballybeg An Baile Beag[9 2]
Ballycumber North Baile an Chomair Thuaidh
Ballycumber South Baile an Chomair Theas
Ballynamanoge Baile na mBánóg
Ballyshonog Baile Sheonac
Bridgeland Fearann an Droichid
Carrick An Charraig
Churchland Cill Chomáin
Coolafunshoge Cúil na bhFuinseog
Coolross Cúil Rois
Cross An Chrois
Curravanish Corr Mhánais
Farnees Fearnaigh
Garryhoe Garraí Mhic Eochú[9 3]
Glenphilipeen Gleann Philibín
Knocknaboley Cnoc na Buaile
Kyle An Chill
Lugduff An Log Dubh
Mangans An Mongán[9 4]
Mullannaskeagh Mullán na Sceiche
Mullans North An Mullán Thuaidh
Mullans South An Mullán Theas
Muskeagh Maigh Sciach
Raheenteige Ráithín Thaidhg
Rosbane An Ros Bán[9 5]
Tinahely Tigh na hÉille[9 6]
Whitefield An Gort Bán
Whiterock Carraig Caltair

Ecclesiastical parishes

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St. Kevin's Kilavaney parish church in the Catholic Church
All Saints, Carnew and Tinahely Union in the Church of Ireland

In the Church of Ireland, Kilcommon is today united with three other parishes that were formerly civil parishes in their own right. Today, the "Tinahely Carnew Union" consists of three parishes in the barony of Ballinacor South: Kilcommon, Preban (the church of St John) to the north, Kilpipe to the east of Kilcommon; it also includes the parish of Carnew (the church of All Saints) in the neighbouring barony of the Shilleagh to the south-west.[2] There is an ecclesiastical parish of the Catholic Church in the civil parish called "St Kevin's Parish, Killavaney".[3]

References

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From "Placenames Database of Ireland". Logainm. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

  1. ^ "Cill Chomáin / Kilcommon | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "An Baile Beag / Ballybeg | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Garraí Mhic Eochú / Garryhoe | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "An Mongán / Mangans | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. ^ "An Ros Bán / Rosbane | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Tigh na hÉille / Tinahely | logainm.ie". logainm.ie. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

Other sources

  1. ^ A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, (2003)
  2. ^ [1] Tinahely and Carnew Union of Parishes
  3. ^ [2] Killavaney church