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Dromcollogher-Broadford
Drom Collachair-Béal an Átha— Town — Motto: "Impossible is nothing" Location in Ireland
Dromcollogher-BroadfordCoordinates: 52°20′42″N 8°58′27″W / 52.3450991°N 8.9740563°WCoordinates: 52°20′42″N 8°58′27″W / 52.3450991°N 8.9740563°W Country Ireland Province Munster County County Limerick Population (2006) - Rural 891 Time zone WET (UTC+0) - Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1) Irish Grid Reference R350220 Dromcolliher-Broadford is a parish bordering North Cork in the County Limerick, Ireland. There are two Villages within parish, Dromcolliher and Broadford.
Dromcolliher (Drom Collachair in Irish) is a small Irish town towards the west of County Limerick. It is part of the parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford (previously known as Killagholehane). It is also very close to the boundary of north Cork on the R522 Road from Newcastle West to Liscaroll/Buttevant, County Cork. Broadford (Irish: Béal an Átha - "the Mouth of the Ford") is located in the west of County Limerick in Ireland. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford. In the 2006 Irish census, the resident population of the Broadford electoral district was 891.
According to records, the village is relatively new, and was first recorded by cartographers in 1837. Prior to its current name, it was known as "Killaliathan" or "Killagholehane".[1]
Townlands
English Name Irish Name Meaning Ballinlongig Baile an Longaigh The town of An Longach Ballyfirreen Baile Phirín The town of Pirín Ballymongaun Baile Uí Mhongáin The town of Ó Mongán Banemore An Bán Mór The big (tract of) lea ground Barnagarrane Barr na nGarrán The high ground of the groves Boola An Bhuaile The booley Broadford Béal an Átha The mouth of the ford Carroward East Side An Cheathrú Árd The high quarterland Carroward West Side An Cheathrú Thiar The high quarterland Coolaboy Cúil Buí Yellow corners Coolaleen Cúil an Lín The corner of the flax Coolnaknockane Cúil na gCnocán The corner of the hillocks Dromcollogher Drom Collachair Ridge of the Hazelwood Farrihy An Fhairche The territory Gardenfield East Ghairdínpáirc Thoir; Gardenfield South Ghairdínpáirc Theas Gardenfield West hairdínpáirc Thiar Gorteen An Goirtín The small field Kells Na Cealla The churches Killeen An Cillín The small church Knockacraig Cnoc an Chraobhaigh The hill of An Craobhach Knockgloss An Cnoc Glas The green hill Knocktoosh Cnoc Túis Church of Toosh Lacka Lower An Leaca The Lower hillside Lacca Upper An Leaca The Upper Hillside Lisnafulla Lios na Fola The enclosure of the blood Mondellihy Móin Deilithe Meaning uncertain Mount Plummer Cill Aidhleach The church of Aidhleach Sheshiv Seiseamh Sixth part Springfield Gort na Tiobraide The field of the well Tullaha Na Tulacha The hillocks Tulligmacthomas Tulaigh Mhic Thomáis The hillock of Mac Thomáis Woodfield Ros na Réileán The high place of the level tracts References
- ^ "Dromcollogher-Broadford Parish". Diocese of Limerick Heritage Project. http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Dromcollogher/textDromcollogher.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
External links
- 2006 Census data from the Central Statistics Office
- Dromcollogher / Broadford. Parish - Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick
- Broadford, Co. Limerick, at the Placenames Database of Ireland
Categories:- Untranslated Irish place names
- Towns and villages in County Limerick
- County Limerick geography stubs
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