placenamesKillerry
Cill Oiridh
The Cullentra archaeological report compares wooded shoreline with former fields in Killerry townland.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Oiridh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killerry · English · main form
Place & story
Reading the woodland through maps
The Millennium Forests archaeological report for Cullentra examines land in Killerry townland on Lough Gill’s southern shore. Its comparison of Ordnance Survey maps records a changing pattern of trees and fields. In the northeastern parcel, the 1837 map showed woodland on the eastern side and open, apparently marshy ground to the west. By the 1909–12 edition, that parcel was shown as fully wooded. The report separately describes a western parcel that remained without woodland on those later maps. The forest’s different parts therefore had distinct recorded land-use histories. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killerry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cullentra Woodland Site, County Sligo: Archaeological Report · Millennium Forests project (report published without a named author)
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.