placenamesCoolock
An Chúlóg
The nineteenth-century barony extended from the northern coast into the countryside beyond Dublin city.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Chúlóg · Irish · main form · validated name
- Coolock · English · main form
Place & story
A wider area than the village
The 1842 Act defining County Dublin’s baronies lists Coolock as a substantial district containing many separate parishes. Its schedule includes coastal Howth, Malahide, Portmarnock and Raheny alongside inland Santry, Artane and Saint Margaret’s. Coolock parish was only one part of this territory. The barony therefore describes a much wider historical administrative area than the village bearing the same name. [2]
The importance of detached pieces
The Act’s schedule also assigns portions of parishes to the barony rather than treating every parish as indivisible. Parts of Glasnevin, Grangegorman and Saint George’s outside Dublin’s municipal boundaries appear in Coolock. A small Swords glebe, isolated within Cloghran parish, was specifically included. Such details show how the settlement dealt with scattered jurisdictions and explain why parish and barony boundaries did not always coincide. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Coolock. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- An Act to alter the number and define the boundaries of the several baronies of the County of Dublin,1842,5&6Victoria c96,ScheduleV · United Kingdom Parliament; The National Archives legislation.gov.uk
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.