Townlands
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You will have passed though about 120 townlands by the time you get to Monaghan. This is just the ones going up the hill here…
Monanny. Monanny means Little Bird's Bog in Irish. Eanna being an Irish boys name (for last actually). Monanny. Creevy (Swinburn). Creevy meaning Bushy. Swinburn being a local landlord. Creevy (Swinburn). Killabrick - only the left half of the road here- the other half being ???. Killabrick means Badger wood in Irish. Killabrick. Aghavilla. Aghavilla translates as Field of the Bill - as in someone owed someone a bill. Aghavilla. Lissgall. Lissgall meaning Cathals or Charles' Hill Fort. Lissgall Donaghmoyne. the Church of the Precincts, referring to the territories of the Mugdorna, a tribe that in the first millennium inhabited this area. Donaghmoyne. Annahaia Field of the Kiln Donaghmoyne again Toneyellida The geldings bottom land Tullyvaragh (Upper) Hillock of the Strangers Tullyvaragh (Lower) Hillock of the Strangers
